Boston University

History

The Boston portion of the Women’s March drew a crowd estimated at 175,000 people. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

History

The Women’s March and Its Impact, One Year Later

January 22, 2018

Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., is a more than 3,700-acre ecological research area where scientists have been carrying out experiments since 1907.

Climate Change

CAS Researchers Working to Predict Future Climate Change

December 14, 2017

Diane Thompson extracting a core from a live Porites coral colony at Kiritimati in 2012.

Geosciences

Winds of Change

December 11, 2017

Historian Cathal J. Nolan shows we’ve gotten a lot wrong about war—with bloody consequences

History

The Allure of Battle

November 30, 2017

Attendees hold a Confederate Flag during the Florida Southern Pride Ride parade.

Government & Law

The Confederate Flag Symbolizes…What?

June 22, 2017

Dana Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission at Boston University School of Theology, and member elected to the American Academy of Sciences

Theology

STH’s Dana Robert Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

May 9, 2017

The censorship board. George Creel is seated at far right.

History

How Woodrow Wilson’s Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism

May 1, 2017

Portrait of terrorism expert Jessica Stern, a research professor at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

Social Sciences

Why Terrorists Kill

April 13, 2017

More than 100 headstones were vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia in Feb. 2017.

History

What History Reveals about Surges in Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

April 7, 2017

Economics professor and numismatist Pankaj Tandon holds a coin from ancient India under a magnifying glass

History

Economics Professor—and Noted Numismatist

March 6, 2017

Ashley Farmer, assistant professor of history and African American studies at the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

History

Female Activists Behind the Black Power Movement

February 13, 2017

wolf's skull

Biology

A BU Museum You’ve Never Heard Of

January 18, 2017

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton

STEM

Why Scientists Need History Lessons

August 29, 2016

erin miller

Judaic Studies

Resistance of the Soul

June 3, 2016

Wesley Wildman, Boston University School of Theology

Religion

A Time Machine for Religious Scholars

March 16, 2016

Anthony Petro

History

How the AIDS Crisis Became a Moral Debate

December 15, 2015

Africa

Mozambique: Market-Driven

December 3, 2015

Africa

Into Africa

December 3, 2015

President Barack Obama

Government & Law

Why America Can’t Separate Religion and Politics

December 2, 2015

Blue Nile, Africa

Africa

The Soul of the Blue Nile

November 17, 2015

The Soul of the Blue Nile