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History

A group of women march holding signs that read "We want beer 1933" and American flags.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The 100th Anniversary of Prohibition Reminds Us That Bans Rarely Work

January 17, 2020

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.

Books

Andrew Bacevich on Winning the Cold War, Then Blowing the Cold Peace

January 14, 2020

BU Poli Sci professor Spencer Piston delivers a talk called Who Built America in response to a talk by conservative figurehead, Ben Shapiro.

Politics

A Response to Ben Shapiro’s Talk at BU Last Month

December 9, 2019

A student stands at a podium in class acting as president of revolutionary France’s 1791 National Assembly

Education

Listen to a Lecture about Revolution? Why Not Play a Revolutionary in Class?

December 2, 2019

Illustration of the first Thanksgiving

Holiday

What That Turkey Is All About

November 25, 2019

Composite image showing conservative commentator Ben Shapiro delivering a speech at Boston University (left) and African American protestors holding a sign that says 'Whose Freedom?' while demonstrating against Shapiro's appearance at BU.

Voices & Opinion

Impassioned Reactions to Ben Shapiro’s Speech at BU

November 14, 2019

the ghost of Eugene O'Neill in Shelton Hall (now known as Kilachand Hall) at Boston University

History

The Ghost of Kilachand Hall

October 30, 2019

The observatory dome

Astronomy

The Secret History of BU’s PRB Observatory and the Telescope It Was Built to House

September 30, 2019

Offred, the heroine in The Handmaids Tale stands in the Arlington Station

Things-to-do

Take a Tour of 10 Locales from The Handmaid’s Tale

July 30, 2019

central-square

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Central Square Activism Walking Tour

July 25, 2019

Paul Revere’s house

In the City

Brush Up on History at Paul Revere House

July 23, 2019

The sign that hangs outside the African Meeting House

In the City

Retracing Boston’s African American History

July 23, 2019

University News

BU Cited for Role in Boston’s LGBT History

June 28, 2019

lgbt

POV: Taking the Measure of the Stonewall Uprising 50 Years Later

June 27, 2019

Health & Medicine

Should Doctors Learn from Nazi Medical Research on Holocaust Victims?

June 20, 2019

An edition of Anne Frank's diary

Exhibitions

Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6, 2019

Hundreds of members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts will march from Faneuil Hall to the Boston Common and on to the Old South Church in the annual June Day Parade

Local

To Do Today: June Day Military Parade

June 3, 2019

A shot of the Boston harbor

museums

10 Free Things to Do with Family and Friends This Weekend

May 14, 2019

Three Boston University graduating students jump on the BU Seal symbol on Marsh Plaza on Commencement Sunday.

Commencement

The Myths and Legends Behind the BU Seal

May 9, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

History

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11