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Poetry

Major Jackson, Award-Winning Poet and Host of The Slowdown Podcast, Reads from New Collection at Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Tonight

September 27, 2023

Photo: Poet Robert Pinsky, a white man with a full head of gray hair, stands at a mic with a black button down as he reads his poetry. A single spotlight illuminates him.

Arts & Culture

Poetry, Jazz, and BU’s Robert Pinsky Headline at WBUR’s CitySpace Saturday

September 6, 2023

Photo: A black and white photo of a Black man with a long, peppered beard. He has a nose piercing in his left nostril. He was a collard shirt, a sweater overtop, and a flat-brimmed hat.

Poetry

Award-Winning Poet John Murillo to Headline Spring 2023 Lowell Poetry Reading

March 29, 2023

Photo: Covered in signatures, the final beam is put into place during the Topping Off ceremony at the Data Sciences Building September 30. The Marine flag and the American flag hang off the beam as two hard hat workers help lead it into place.

Poetry

BU Poet Karl Kirchwey Reflects on the Center for Computing & Data Sciences Building

December 5, 2022

Arts on Campus

Pulitzer Prize Winner and Former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Headlines Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Tuesday

April 11, 2022

Photo of the cover for the anthology "Poems of Healing"

Arts & Culture

Poems of Healing for These Troubled Times

April 8, 2021

Arts & Culture

Two Poets, Drawn by History, Headline Thursday’s Lowell Poetry Reading

February 18, 2021

A portrait photo of chef Jacques Pepin in black and white

Arts & Culture

Video: Celebrity Chef Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11) Shares His Favorite Poem

November 30, 2020

Composite image: on the left, a close-up portrait of poet Natasha Trethewey, her bangs sway to the right over her eyes, photo by Matt Valentine; on the right, the book cover for "Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir" by Natasha Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize Winner. On the cover, a sepia photo of Trethewey's mother holding her as a young baby.

Poetry

Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey to Lead Thursday’s Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

October 15, 2020

Aerial shot of Marsh Plaza and Comm Ave. Drone footage vividly capturing how BU has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Video shot by Above Summit, edited by Chris Palmer, BU Productions

Campus Life

This Eerie Drone Footage of BU Will Make You Yearn for Campus Life

May 13, 2020

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye smiles for a photo while standing on a bridge

Arts & Culture

“Wandering Poet” Naomi Shihab Nye Headlines Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

November 5, 2019

Portrait of Mark Halliday

Literature

Poet Mark Halliday Headlines Lowell Poetry Reading Thursday

April 10, 2019

Tupac Shakur

Arts & Culture

A Class That Explores the Gospel According to Tupac Shakur

February 27, 2019

University News

The Favorite Poem Project Comes Home to BU—20 Years Later

October 9, 2018

Evan Jymaal Cutts performs at a poetry slam.

Arts & Culture

Boston Poetry Slam Tonight at Cantab Lounge

May 30, 2018

Arts on Campus

Lyric Poets Headline Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

April 17, 2018

The Roman Colosseum at Dawn.

Creative Writing

The Allure of the Eternal City

March 14, 2018

Humanities

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky snacks on cheese

Faculty

Robert Pinsky: America’s Poet

January 16, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

University News

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday