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BU student Henry Di—who goes by the stage name Enrique the Magician—performs magic tricks on TikTok. Here he performs a card trick for the camera

Social Media

Abracadabra! Student Magician Henry Di’s Rise to TikTok Stardom

July 29, 2022

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July 29, 2022

A mural is being painted outside of BUA gym on July 19, 2022. Recen BUA graduate Sitarah Lakhani conceived of this project in her sophomore year at BUA. The mural is a collaboration between Sitarah, BUA, the BU Arts Initiative, and artist Amanda Hill. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

New Mural on Campus

July 28, 2022

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July 28, 2022

Composite of three images of Sujena Soumyanath wearing three different outfits. Soumyanath is a young woman of color with long, dark, straight hair. At left, she wears a white tank top, wide-brim baseball hat, light jeans and a chunky belt on a sidewalk near some industrial looking pipes. At center, she wears a colorful tube top, ripped wide leg jeans, and stands with her hands in her belt loops in front of a graffitied wall. At right, she wears a brown sweatshirt, black mini skirt, and brown, nearly knee-high boots. She wears dark round sunglasses and poses on a street corner.

Accolades

Society of Professional Journalists Honors Daily Free Press Writer for Fashion Column

July 27, 2022

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July 27, 2022

Photo of the company of Much Ado About Nothing during a dress rehersal. On stage, seven people people are seven. At right, a person dressed as a park ranger looks upset and shakes a baton at young people dresses in camoflauge pants and green vests at right. Behind those folks, what appear to be cub scouts are seen. At the back, underneath a trellis, a Black woman reads from a binder.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Shakespeare on the Common

July 26, 2022

Caitlin Weimar (COM'24) high fives with London Herdricks after she score a two-point shot. BU Athletics and Government & Community Affairs are hosting a two-day sports camp (July 26 and 27) for approximately 60 kids from Boston Centers for Youth and Families. BU has hosted the camp for a number of years, but had to cancel it the last two years due to the pandemic. The purpose of this two-day long camp is to offer younger kids an oppertunity to use world-class athletic facilities and a chance to visit college campus during the same time. July 26th. Photo by Ziyu (Julian) Zhu (CGS'23)

BU Athletics and Government & Community Affairs Sports Camp

July 26, 2022

Sepia photo of the aftermath of a devastating gas line explosion at the corner of Tremont and Boylston streets on on March 4, 1897, which blew up two trolley cars and left 10 people dead, just six months before the Boston subway was scheduled to open. At left, a man in a bowl hat and a long trench coat looks out into the rubble of metal and piece. A crowd of people, back right, can also be seen examining the damage. Photo by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins, courtesy Boston Pictorial Archive via Boston Public Library

Transportation History

125 Years Ago, Like Today, Many Bostonians Feared Their Subway System

July 26, 2022

Photo of High school junior Jose Pinto of East Boston painting a still life at CFA’s Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) July 12. In the photo, an apple with two slices laying on the cutting board next to it, is seen blurred in the foreground. The apple is red with orange and yellow streaks. Pinto, a young person of color, has short curly hair, and looks intensely at the apple while holding a green paintbrush to the easel in front of him. Other students can be seen painting and doing other art projects in the classroom behind him.

Apple’s-Eye View

July 26, 2022

Poet laureate Robert Pinsky speaks to a room full of educators as part of a National Endowment of the Humanities-funded summer institute July 13 at COM. The program will run from July 10-22 and will focus on adolescent friendships as viewed through popular media such as books, TV, and film. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Humanities

Teachers Become Students as BU Hosts Institute to Address Adolescent Well-Being

July 26, 2022

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July 26, 2022

Mayor Michelle Wu Visits Striking Starbucks Workers

July 25, 2022

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July 25, 2022

Photo: A group of people watching as a whale surfaces from the water with seagulls scattering around it

Things-to-do

To Do Today: New England Aquarium Whale Watch

July 24, 2022

Photo of the drug misoprostol sitting on a gynecological table at Casa Fusa, a health center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. A blue and white box reads: "MISOP 200: Misoprostol 200g" and an orange package with 4 pills is seen in front.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why We Can’t Rely on Abortion Pills to Offset Closure of Abortion Clinics

July 22, 2022

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the Jan. 6 committee revealed Donald Trump’s awareness that the mob he sent to the Capitol was armed. Photo by AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Sociology

Prosecute Trump? What Motivated the Mob? What Will Voters Say in November?

July 22, 2022

Photo of student tour guide Dante Pettinato (CAS'25) talking about on-campus residence options while walking on Bay State Road on July 8th. He wears a gray scallycap, a red Boston University polo shirt, and gray shorts. He speaks into a microphone, and the speaker hangs at his side. The shoulders of masked tour attendees are seen in the foreground. The trees and cars parked on Bay State Road are seen behind him.

If It’s a Tour, It Must Be Summer

July 22, 2022

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July 22, 2022

A picture of a tiger at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit the Franklin Park Zoo

July 21, 2022

To Do Today: Visit the Franklin Park Zoo