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History

Should Doctors Learn from Nazi Medical Research on Holocaust Victims?

June 20, 2019

An edition of Anne Frank's diary

Exhibitions

Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6, 2019

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 in the annual June Day Parade

In the City

To Do Today: June Day Military Parade

June 3, 2019

A shot of the Boston harbor

Commencement

10 Free Things to Do with Family and Friends This Weekend

May 14, 2019

Three Boston University graduating students jump on the BU Seal symbol on Marsh Plaza on Commencement Sunday.

Marsh Chapel

The Myths and Legends behind the BU Seal

May 9, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

History

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

tacos from Orninoco

In the City

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

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 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

Japanese soldiers playing the American game of baseball supposedly in China during the war

International Relations

Long before Pearl Harbor, Japan Tried to Get America on Its Side

February 22, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Arts & Culture

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 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

History

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

a missile test in north korea

Science & Technology

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.

History

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

December 7, 2018

Film & TV

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.

History

Trump and the Press: We’ve Been Here Before

October 31, 2018

Image of the painting HMS Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael

Humanities

A Fascination with Disaster

August 15, 2018

Music

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

August 7, 2018

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