Boston University

History

tacos from Orninoco

Arts & Culture

The Weekender April 4 to 7

April 3, 2019

The Pardee School of Global Studies at 121 Bay State Road

Campus & Facilities

You Could Win Big in New Bay State Road Challenge

April 3, 2019

a monument showing the line between the union and confederacy

Politics

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

March 27, 2019

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Holiday

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

a missile test in north korea

Classes

Nuclear Governance Class Offers Context to Current Headlines

December 17, 2018

Video still from the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tv special showing Santa Claus talking to Rudolph with his blinking red nose.

Film & TV

POV: Rudolph the Sad, Bullied, Verbally Abused Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 7, 2018

Fine Arts

A Disaster at Sea and a 70-Year-Old Secret Drive Tonight’s Cinemathèque Film

December 7, 2018

Historian Nina Silber

History

The Civil War History You Don’t Know

November 30, 2018

Bruce Schulman and Chris Daly teach a class on media and politics.

University News

Trump and the Press: We’ve Been Here Before

October 31, 2018

Music

Unnnh! Owww! Good God, Y’all! It’s Time for Funk Class!

August 7, 2018

The Massachusetts State House

Culture

Take a Tour of the Massachusetts State House

July 16, 2018

Student Discounts

In the City

10 Summer Student Discounts You’ll Love

June 15, 2018

Event Preview

Date Night at Otis House Tonight

June 6, 2018

Robert F Kennedy holds two fingers up in a victory sign as he talks to campaign workers at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, prior to his assassination.

Science & Technology

POV: Remembering RFK, 50 Years Later

June 5, 2018

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. Photo courtesy of the AHAC

Boston

June Day Parade, Largest Such Event on East Coast, Is a Massachusetts Tradition

June 4, 2018

Still image from the documentary film Paper Lanterns directed by Max Esposito, about 12 Vietnam POWs.

History

Bringing the Untold Story of 12 World War II American POWs to Light

May 29, 2018

The USS Constitution Museum offers a special Memorial Day program honoring veterans

History

Boston Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend

May 25, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Global

The Media Frenzy behind the Next Royal Wedding

May 17, 2018

Graduates read comic books during the BU Commencement on Nickerson Field, May 15, 1983.

History

A Look at Commencements Past

May 17, 2018

Rep John Lewis

Race

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights