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Photo: A shot outside Time Out Market, an indoor space with food vendors and drinks. The day is bright and sunny.

Things-to-do

Where to Eat for Friends & Family Weekend

October 13, 2023

Photo: (left) Boston Mayor Michelle Wu embraces Monalisa Smith (right). Wu, an Asian woman with black hair and wearing a black dress, smiles and rests her right arm over the shoulders of Smith. In her left hand she holds a small, glass trophy. Smith, a Black woman wearing glasses, a long-sleeved black shirt, and grey plaid dress, leans into Wu's embrace and smiles. they both pose for another camera.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Honored by Mothers for Justice & Equality

October 13, 2023

Innovation

Student Entrepreneurs: Head to IDEA Con Tomorrow

October 13, 2023

Photo: A woman in a red and white BU ice hockey uniform fights for the puck against two opposing Northeastern players dressed in black and red uniforms. A referee can be seen to the left of them leaning out of the way of play against the ice rink barrier.

Terrier Women’s Ice Hockey Opener

October 13, 2023

BU Today 10-13-2023

October 13, 2023

Photo: Israeli police retrieve weapons used by militants outside a police station that was overrun by Hamas gunmen. Four men in army uniforms and holding large rifles talk outside a large building destroyed by a bomb.

Student Voices

“As a Jew, I Find It Important to Live Here”: BU Grad Student on Living through War

October 12, 2023

Photo: From (left to right) Luis Negron playing Gomez Addams, Aimee Doherty as Morticia Addam, Jack Baumrind as Pugsley Addams, Sam David Cohen as Lurch, Jane Stabb as Grandma, Emilia Tagliani and Timothy Bevens as Lucas Beineke, act out a scene during a dress rehearsal for the play, The Addams Family at Wheelock Family Theatre. A group of people dressed in spooky black, emo attire act out a scene on stage as the rest of the cast looks on.

Theatre

The Addams Family Opens Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2023–2024 season

October 12, 2023

Photo: A woman in a blue dress next to a woman in a red shirt who appears to be yelling performs in front of a room of students watching from chairs in the background

Theatre

All the World’s a Stage at 27th Annual CFA Fringe Festival

October 12, 2023

Photo: Students gather in front of Marsh Plaza on October 11th for a vigil organized by BU Students for Israel in partnership with BU Hillel. A young man wearing the white and blue Israeli flag around his shoulders and white yarmulke, stands at the front and center of the crowd as he reads a speech. He stands in front of a white plastic table as a large crowd holding various signs of support for Israel give him space and look on.

Candlelight Vigil for Israel

October 12, 2023

BU Today 10-12-2023

October 12, 2023

Photo: Bright, intricate lights make up the majority of the photo with wire flowers and a long, necked dragon. The lights are lanterned made to look like the images, colorful and artistic. The background is pitch black.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: October 12 to 15

October 11, 2023

BU Today 10-11-2023

October 11, 2023

Photo: Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed building after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

Campus Voices

Outrage, Mourning, as BU Community, Leaders, Respond to Israel-Hamas War

October 10, 2023

Photo: Protestors wearing red and white clothes hold up signs that read "#FairMaps" as they stand in front of the US Supreme Court building.

Business & Law

Will Supreme Court Conservatives Split on Voting Rights?

October 10, 2023

Photo: Photo: Ben Stiller, a white man with graying hair wears a dark, dusty blue button up with similar color shirt and slacks. He sits in a plush chair on a wooden stage, hands up, talking. Next to him, in another plush chair, is Jeff Kahn, another white man with a blue button up, a pinstripe blazer, and the same color pants as Stiller. He is smiling as he talks, faced in the same direction towards the audience as Stiller is.

GUEST SPEAKER

Emmy Award–Winning Comedian Ben Stiller Latest Cinemathèque Speaker

October 10, 2023

Photo: Chris Kolovos, right, a white man wearing glasses, a black suit, burgundy tie and holding a glass of water, speaks to Susanna Lara, a woman with brown hair and black blazr facing away from the camera, left, and Horacio Gutierrez, A Hispanic man wearing glasses and black long-sleeved collared shirt, middle. They all chat and stand around a white high-top table.

BU Academy 2030 Strategic Vision

October 10, 2023

BU Today 10-10-2023

October 10, 2023

Photo: Maurice Parent, a tall, bald Black man wearing a long-sleeved burgundy, striped collared shirt and jeans, holds one hand to his hip. His other hand is formed into the "phone" motion as he mimes talking into a phone on a stage.

Theatre

One-Man Show about an Actor’s Time Teaching in Boston Schools Opens Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Season

October 6, 2023

Photo: An overhead view of Boston University's campus on a sunny day. An urban mass of buildings along a river

Campus Safety

BU’s SAFE Initiative Offers Videos, Training in the Event of Campus Violence

October 6, 2023

Photo: Boston City Council At-Large candidate forum. On stage sit the four candidates, from left: Julia Mejia, Erin Murphy, Henry Santana, and Ruthzee Louijuene. They sit in chairs and speak into microphones to a small, seated audience.

BU College Democrats Host City Council Forum

October 6, 2023