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Photo of Chike Asuzu posing in a white room next to a large window. A Black person wearing a blue and white leopard-striped long-sleeved sweater leans forward on a yellow chair placed in front of them.

Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Chike Asuzu (COM’23)

September 30, 2022

a group of friends sharing a bowl of guacamole outside. Only their hands and the guac are visible.

Food

The Weekender: September 29 to October 2

September 28, 2022

Composite image of book covers included in the Hispanic Heritage Month listicle, including "Her Body and Other Parties", "Cemetery Boys", "Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity", "The Undocumented Americans", "Afterlife", "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau", "Daughter of Doctor Moreau", "Trust", "The Hurting Kind", "My Broken Language: A Memoir", and "Cuba: An American History".

National Hispanic Heritage Month

24 Books to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 26, 2022

The many faces of Judith Kalaora (clockwise from top left): as Deborah Sampson, the first woman to enlist in the American military; as 19th-century philanthropist Madam Sarah Derby; as early suffragist Lucy Stone; as Rachel Walker Revere, wife of Paul Revere; as Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, fourth US president; as Hollywood actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr; as teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe; and as Princess Diana. Photo of Sampon by Vincent Morreale; of Derby, Madison, and McAuliffe by Al Conant; of Stone by Chris Cavalier; of Revere by Claudio Gustafson; of Hedy Lamarr by Chris Beasley; of Princess Diana by Greg Anthony

Theater

Judith Kalaora Brings History To Life

September 23, 2022

A group of for students pose for a photo in front of a police lineup board

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 22 to 25

September 21, 2022

Blue Hills Reservation

Things-to-do

Great Places for Hiking in and around Boston

September 21, 2022

Lowell-based artist Jaina Cipriano creates installations that evoke the joy and pain of childhood nostalgia. Here she sits atop one of her creations, a tilted blue house with a yellow roofline and door. She is wear a red dress.

Arts & Culture

Newly Remodeled 808 Gallery Opens with Immersive Show Exploring Fantastical Worlds

September 20, 2022

A plate full of blueberry breakfast bars with ginger and almonds sits on a wooden table

Recipe Series

Blueberry Breakfast Bars with Ginger and Almonds

September 19, 2022

Books

SPH Professor Examines Nation’s Healthcare Woes

September 14, 2022

Photo of the multi-use building that is also the WHOOP headquarters in Kenmore Square. The building is brick with large blueish windows. A large grey "WHOOP" sign is prominent atop. A large CITGO sign can be seen peeking from behind the building.

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore

September 13, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in September 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Florence of Florence + the Machine, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Lil Nas X. Florence is shown in a haze of blue and red light as she looks out on stage on polaroid-style borders. Carly Rae Jepsen is shown on stage singing loudly into a microphone on a stage lit with purple and red on polaroid-style borders. Lil Nas X shown performing in concert. He holds a microphone to his mouth and one leg is raised as he faces the crowd within polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

NEW MUSIC

New Music September 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

September 13, 2022

Photo of Mexican group Son Rompe Pera posting with their musical instruments. The group is comprised of fiven youngish men of color, all of them with arm tattoos. Two hold instruments that look like xylophones , one holds a small guitar, another a set of handle held drums.

Arts on Campus

Get Ready to Dance at BU’s Annual Global Music Festival

September 13, 2022

Black and white photo of Princess Elizabeth smiling broadly as she arrives at the French Embassy in London's Kensington Palace Gardens. A young white woman with coifed dark hair and wearing a jeweled tiara smiles broadly and looks to the left of the camera.

Global

What Will Queen Elizabeth II’s Legacy Be?

September 9, 2022

James Kaz standing in Gramercy Tavern, where he spent months learning the art of fine dining. Photo courtesy of Michelle Giang

Student Life

SHA Student’s Summer Internship at New York’s Famed Gramercy Tavern

September 6, 2022

Diana, Princess of Wales death anniversary. File photo dated 13/5/1996 of the Princess of Wales, Royal Patron for the International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT), at Kensington Palace in London to celebrate the start of the charity's biggest ever fundraiser, Push 2000, a wheelchair push from Land's End to John O'Groats. Twenty four years have passed since Diana, Princess of Wales died in a Paris car crash. The princess - the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex's late mother - was just 36 was she was killed on August 31 1997. Issue date: Tuesday August 31, 2021. See PA story ROYAL Diana. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire URN:62090578 (Press Association via AP Images)

Arts & Culture

Why Are We Still Talking about Princess Diana 25 Years after Her Death?

August 30, 2022

As a CAS associate professor of the practice of playwriting, Nathan Alan Davis will run the University’s MFA Playwriting Program, and Megan Sandberg-Zakian is the new artistic director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Here the two stand back to back on Commonwealth Ave outside the theatre. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Faculty

Longtime Collaborators Raising the Curtain on a New Era for Playwriting at BU

August 25, 2022

Photo of Instructor Sam Guy with his VASI drawing class. A masked man wearing a blue VASI labeled shirt and black face mask speaks to students as he stands in front of a metal easel featuring various charcoal sketches of heads. He holds a stick of charcoal in his hand as he gesticulates. A white, triangle play button is overlaid on the image.

Visual Arts

How to Draw by Seeing Differently

August 17, 2022

Books

5 Summer Reads in Honor of National Book Lovers Day

August 9, 2022

Jami Sachs stands in all black in the dining room of The Modern at MOMA

Food & Dining

A Summer Interning at a Two-Michelin-Star Restaurant in New York City

August 9, 2022

A student's dorm room

Style

Dorm Design Tips from BU and Professional Design Experts

August 4, 2022

Dorm Design Tips from BU and Professional Design Experts