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Photo of the St. Agrippina’s Feast celebration. A group of men hoist an ornate statue as the parade and shout during the night in the North End street.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: North End Celebrates Annual St. Agrippina’s Feast

August 3, 2022

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and Taiwanese President President Tsai Ing-wen wave during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting top officials in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and other congressional leaders in a visiting delegation are showing they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

International Relations

Following Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan, What Happens Next?

August 3, 2022

Students relax on the COM Lawn at Boston University on a sunny day

Public Health

With Record Heat Expected, BU Again Opens Cooling Stations for Students

August 3, 2022

Photo of roughly six first-year medical students holding programs and wearing white coats with their names during the ceremony in which they recite the Hippocratic Oath for the first time, signaling their entrance to the study of medicine. The majority of the students in the row are women, White and AAPI, with a few men seen in the background. A white tent is seen behind them.

Student Life

School of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2026 at White Coat Ceremony

August 2, 2022

Photo of Little Brewster Island. A small, white lighthouse and house sit on a small island surrounded by a large body of water.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit Boston Harbor Islands

August 2, 2022

A composite image with photos of Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragos, and Bad Bunny over a black background with white text reading "what's how in music this month", referring to the month of August 2022

New Music

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

August 2, 2022

Black and white photo of a group of Cubans aboard the Mary D. II wave as they embark for U.S. shores from the port in Mariel Harbor, 20 miles west of Havana, Cuba, May 1980. The wide, white boat is jam-packed with folks, most of who look off to the left and raise their arms. Some stand on top of the boat near the helm. A shore with other boats is seen of in the distance.

Immigration

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others

August 1, 2022

Black and white photo of Bill Russell, of the Boston Celtics, driving to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers in the teams' final NBA playoff game in Los Angeles, May 5, 1969.

Boston Sports

POV: Remembering Boston Celtics Legend Bill Russell (Hon.’02)

August 1, 2022

Photo of Anthony Hollenberg, a middle-aged White man with short gray hair. He smiles, wears a blue suit with a dark blue tie with red spots, and poses on a blurred background, which looks like the inside of a building.

New Appointment

MED and BMC Fill Critical Roles with Cornell’s Anthony Hollenberg

July 29, 2022

Newburyport harbor in northern Massachusetts on a sunny day, with boats docked in the tide

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit Newburyport for Yankee Homecoming

July 29, 2022

Photo taken from the side of a Black woman in a colorful, striped bikini applying sunscreen lotion on her right shoulder at beach in the sunshine. She sits on the ground and looks towards the water as she applies sun screen. She wears red sunglasses and silver hoop earrings. A clear blue sky and small waves crashing can be seen blurred in the background.

Skincare

Sun Protection Tips for Those with Black and Brown Skin

July 29, 2022

BU student Henry Di—who goes by the stage name Enrique the Magician—performs magic tricks on TikTok. Here he performs a card trick for the camera

Social Media

Abracadabra! Student Magician Henry Di’s Rise to TikTok Stardom

July 29, 2022

Composite of three images of Sujena Soumyanath wearing three different outfits. Soumyanath is a young woman of color with long, dark, straight hair. At left, she wears a white tank top, wide-brim baseball hat, light jeans and a chunky belt on a sidewalk near some industrial looking pipes. At center, she wears a colorful tube top, ripped wide leg jeans, and stands with her hands in her belt loops in front of a graffitied wall. At right, she wears a brown sweatshirt, black mini skirt, and brown, nearly knee-high boots. She wears dark round sunglasses and poses on a street corner.

Accolades

Society of Professional Journalists Honors Daily Free Press Writer for Fashion Column

July 27, 2022

Photo of the company of Much Ado About Nothing during a dress rehersal. On stage, seven people people are seven. At right, a person dressed as a park ranger looks upset and shakes a baton at young people dresses in camoflauge pants and green vests at right. Behind those folks, what appear to be cub scouts are seen. At the back, underneath a trellis, a Black woman reads from a binder.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Shakespeare on the Common

July 26, 2022

Sepia photo of the aftermath of a devastating gas line explosion at the corner of Tremont and Boylston streets on on March 4, 1897, which blew up two trolley cars and left 10 people dead, just six months before the Boston subway was scheduled to open. At left, a man in a bowl hat and a long trench coat looks out into the rubble of metal and piece. A crowd of people, back right, can also be seen examining the damage. Photo by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins, courtesy Boston Pictorial Archive via Boston Public Library

Transportation History

125 Years Ago, Like Today, Many Bostonians Feared Their Subway System

July 26, 2022

Poet laureate Robert Pinsky speaks to a room full of educators as part of a National Endowment of the Humanities-funded summer institute July 13 at COM. The program will run from July 10-22 and will focus on adolescent friendships as viewed through popular media such as books, TV, and film. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Education

Teachers Become Students as BU Hosts Institute to Address Adolescent Well-Being

July 26, 2022

Photo: A group of people watching as a whale surfaces from the water with seagulls scattering around it

Things-to-do

To Do Today: New England Aquarium Whale Watch

July 24, 2022

Photo of the drug misoprostol sitting on a gynecological table at Casa Fusa, a health center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. A blue and white box reads: "MISOP 200: Misoprostol 200g" and an orange package with 4 pills is seen in front.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why We Can’t Rely on Abortion Pills to Offset Closure of Abortion Clinics

July 22, 2022

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the Jan. 6 committee revealed Donald Trump’s awareness that the mob he sent to the Capitol was armed. Photo by AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Law

Prosecute Trump? What Motivated the Mob? What Will Voters Say in November?

July 22, 2022

A picture of a tiger at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit the Franklin Park Zoo

July 21, 2022

To Do Today: Visit the Franklin Park Zoo