Boston University

Arts & Culture

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 2023

Photo: A woman and her son read books. The woman is wearing a headscarf. Women’s rights advocate Homeira Qaderi, pictured here with her son, Siawash, faced death for her activism when the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021.

Books

COM’s Mitchell Zuckoff Re-creates a Suspenseful Story from the Chaotic US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

April 25, 2023

Photo: Tucker Carlson, a white man in a suit, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Journalism & Media

Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News: Two COM Media Experts React

April 24, 2023

Graffiti Alley, the 80-foot-long walkway covered in graffiti produced by local artists

Film

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Central Square

April 20, 2023

Photo: Large, dramatic photo of a starry night sky over scenic mountains. A person can be seen in the foreground wearing a yellow puffer jacket and a headlamp that illuminates him and the area around him. Bodies of water can be seen around dark trees below the cliff the man sits on.

Photography

A BU Student Risked Encountering a Grizzly Bear to Capture This Award-Winning Photograph

April 19, 2023

Photo: a dozen or more strawberry shortcake cookies, which are golden brown and have strawberries and minimarshmellows around the sides

Recipe Series

Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

April 18, 2023

Photo: Sharlene Chang (SHA’24) and Irene Kim (COM’23), two young Asian women holding boba teas, smile and pose resting together. They sit in front of a backdrop of large boba tea recreations made out of cardboard and puff balls.

Watch Now

Video: Boba Showdown

April 14, 2023

Photo: Overhead shot of a person's hand as the roll a joint of weed. A dried plant is being rolled between brown paper of a table in a darkened room.

Business & Law

LAW’s Jay Wexler Fires Up Arguments to Normalize Pot in New Book

April 14, 2023

Photo: Anderson Stinson III, a black man wearing a camp and suspenders with trousers, center stars in the play as Bud with David Jiles Jr., right, during rehearsal at Wheelock Family Theatre, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher

Wheelock Family Theatre

Bud, Not Buddy Closes Out Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2022–2023 Season

April 13, 2023

Photo: Kellie Finley-Call, a white college student with a medium build wearing a bandana and a necklace, stocks the food pantry at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development on March 27, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Campus Life

BU Launches New Initiative Aimed at Fighting Student Hunger

April 11, 2023

Photo: A portrait of Marilynne, a white woman with shoulder length gray hair. She is wearing a deep blue blazer and sits on a brown leather couch with a stained-glass-trimmed window behind her. She smiles softly for the camera.

Arts & Culture

Renowned Author Marilynne Robinson to Speak on Campus April 11

April 10, 2023

Photo: A zoomed photo of various different vegetables such as mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, and a handful of raspberries on the lefthand side.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Pesticides and Produce—Ignore the “Dirty Dozen” List of Fruits and Vegetables

April 10, 2023

Photo: A Black man adjusts a small painting on the wall for his MFA thesis exhibition. The painting on his left is a curvy canvas (looks like an outline of the number 8) with a pink background and a nude woman on the front. The top painting is of a landscape with houses in the same form as the one on the left.

Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 2023

Photo: Jay Eddy (CGS’23) (left), the writer, composer and performer of Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D!, clowning around with director Shamus (CFA’23) on set. A woman with red hair and wearing a purple jump suit is shown mid-air as she jumps with a large, blow-up alligator in her arms. To he right, a man with dark brown curly hair and wearing a teal shirt and jeans peaks out from behind a set piece window. He has puppet alligators on his hands as looks to the woman to his left.

Theatre

Alligator-a-Phobia in 3-D! at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Chomps on Our Anxieties

April 6, 2023

New Music

New Music April 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

April 5, 2023

Kendall Square Cambridge, MA

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Kendall Square

April 5, 2023

Photo: A group shot of the winners of the Redstone Film Festival. From left, a short white man in a gray blazer and a blue button-up dress shirt. Next, a taller Southern Asian man in a stream-lined tan suit and a black t-shirt. Next to him, a Southern Asian woman in a black, lace top and a floral maxi skirt. And lastly, the person on the right is a Sourthern Asian woman with a black mock-neck top and a silk, grey dress.

REDSTONE FILM FESTIVAL

2023 Redstone Film Festival Honors Best of COM Student Filmmakers

April 3, 2023

Photo: Bolsonarista terrorists generate chaos in Brasilia, Brazil in a coup attempt with the invasion of the STF, National Congress and Palacio do Planalto. Seen from the back, A Braizilian person wearing the Brazilian flag as a cape stands and faces a line of armed officers in riot gear. Scene is at night, as a fog is seen in the air.

Books

Trump, Putin, Orban: New Book, How Democracy Survives, Probes Global Threat

March 31, 2023

Photo: A portrait of Thato Mwosa, a Black women with braids tied up in a bun on the top of her head. She smiles for the camera while wearing a black shirt with floral embroidery.

FILM

COM’s Thato Mwosa Is Creating Short Films for Teens about Mental Health, Gender Identity

March 30, 2023

Fort Point

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fort Point/Seaport

March 30, 2023

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fort Point/Seaport

Nearby Neighborhoods

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