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An illustration by Sky & Telescope that depicts where certain planets will be in the sky on June 24th

Science & Technology

Want to See Five Planets with Your Naked Eye This Week?

June 21, 2022

BU Today 6-21-2022

June 21, 2022

Composite image, three photos of students at BU's Juneteenth celebration. At top, a wide photo of students sitting in the GSU courtyard on picnic blankets and talking to one another. At bottom, left: Sabah Choudhury (CAS’24), at left, and Ekta Karkala (CAS’24) lay on a red and white checkered picnic blanket and smile for the camera. Both are young women of color with long dark hair. At bottom right,

Juneteenth Celebration Cookout

June 20, 2022

Composite image of ten book covers included in the summer reads listicle. Books include: “Love Marriage”. “Olga Dies Dreaming", ”Girl on Fire”, By the Book”, “Young Mungo”, “There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important", "Portrait of a Thief", "Girls Can Kiss Girls Now", and "Happy-Go-Lucky".

Literature

15 Great Summer Reads Sure to Keep You Turning the Pages

June 20, 2022

Screenshot of BUTV10 program Amber. Two young AAPI women wear black blazers and sit behind a news desk. At left, is Dalvina Bian, COM'23, who has brown hair and wears red lipstick. At right is Chunyi Xu, COM'23, who has black hair and smiles slightly. Behind them, on screen, a TV reads "Amber" in English and presumably in Chinese characters. The "A" of Amber is a broadcast towere and the design also features the figure of a chinese women in the lower right.

Film & TV

BUTV10 Wins Big—Again

June 20, 2022

Photo of two young women with long brown hair smiling and wearing crowns made of green leaves. The woman on the right has curly hair and wears black framed glasses and the woman on the left has straight hair.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

June 20, 2022

Photo of a trader (a White, bald man wearing a blue jacket) working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. He has his left hand on his face and looks concerns as he types at a computer screen. Other people working on computers and large screens with stock information on them are seen blurred behind him.

Business & Finance

Interest Rates Are Up, Stocks Are Down. What’s Next for the Economy?

June 20, 2022

BU Today 6-20-2022

June 20, 2022

BU Today 6-17-2022

June 17, 2022

Photo of Young Chan Cho (ENG’24), left, and Jung Won “Ed” Park (ENG’24) during an electrical engineering lab called Thevenin Equivalence Oscilloscopes in Photonics June 15. Cho is a young AAPI man and wears a black t-shirt and holds two wires in his hand as he looks across the table towards Park. Park wears a gray button down with rolled up sleeves and clear glasses and types at his laptop as he looks towards Cho. other students working on the lab can be seen behind him.

Summer Lab

June 16, 2022

Photo taken from behind a Jewish worshipper as they sit in a synagogue. They wear a blue and white star of David kippah. The space is darkened but they are spotlighted.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Antisemitic Mapping Project Likely to Lead to More Anti-Jewish Violence

June 16, 2022

Photo of a family smiling and posing at an outdoor table during a the evening. A black man waves tot he camera as he hugs a young black girl next to him. Other black children sit around a table with a tan tablecloth and smile.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Museum of Fine Arts Juneteenth Free Open House

June 16, 2022

Photo of Sven Birkerts, left, and William Pierce in the AGNI offices on Bay State Rd. Birkerts, a white man with light brown curly hair and a silver grey beard, wears a blue shirt and jeans as he leans back with one arm on a bookcase behind him. Pierce, a white man with grey and brown curly hair wearing a white short sleeved shirt and light green pants, sits on an armchair to the right of Birkerts, also in front of the bookcase. The bookcase behind spans the entire wall and is made of a light wood. Many books on it feature the title "AGNI"

Writing

AGNI, BU’s Elite Literary Magazine, Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

June 16, 2022

Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., chairman of Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, gestures during the subcommittee's hearings on Wednesday, July, 26, 1972 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Harvey Georges)

Student Voices

Pell Grant 50th Anniversary: Two BU Students Share How It Changed Their Lives

June 16, 2022

BU Today 6-16-2022

June 16, 2022

Photo of a diverse of students, most of them women, taking a selfie behind a large blue picnic blanket. The women smile as a student of color holds up her phone to take the selfie. The grass of the park is bright green and British houses and a large tree can be seen in the background.

CGS London Students Visit Bletchley Park

June 15, 2022

Collage: Images of 5 Black media arranged in two rows. Tp row of 3 shows cover of "The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States", podcast art for "The Read" podcast, and poster for "A Black Lady Sketch Show". Second Row has promotional artwork for "Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches" and album cover of Koffee's "Gifted".

Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with These 15 Films, Podcasts, TV Shows, Albums, and Books

June 15, 2022

Photo of the cast of X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X performing at the Detroit Opera House last month, featuring Davóne Tines, center in the title role. Tines wears a gray suit and glasses that resemble Malcolm X's. Behind him, Black actors in mid-20th century clothing mill about and speak with one another will the spotlight is on Tines. Silvery, green trim above the stage can be seen.

Things-to-do

To Do This Weekend: An Opera about the Life of Malcolm X

June 15, 2022

One of two MBTA Green B Line Cars damaged in a collision.

MBTA

MBTA to Install Green Line Safety System to Prevent Crashes

June 15, 2022

Photo of Chantel James, a young Black woman with clear glasses. She smiles, and wears a white blouse with tufted sleeves. She leans against a window in a room, presumably an office. Small pastel-colored rainbows are overlaid at left and right of the photo.

Pride

My Coming Out Story: Chantel James

June 15, 2022

My Coming Out Story: Chantel James