Boston University
See Where Massachusetts Universities Rank in U.S. News’s Best Colleges List
U.S. News and World Report released its 2016 “Best Colleges” rankings Wednesday, with Massachusetts colleges and universities predictably well-represented. There was little movement within the top 10, […]
‘Ghost Bike’ Ceremony Honors Cyclist Killed in Back Bay Accident
After Anita Kurmann’s death, her mother came to Boston and tied a ribbon to a pole at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Beacon Street […]
BU, Harvard Legends Chris Drury, Angela Ruggiero to Join U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
USA Hockey announced its latest class of Hall of Fame inductees Monday, and this year’s crop has a distinct Massachusetts flair. Boston University forward and 1998 […]
BU Legend Jim Craig Selling 19 ‘Miracle on Ice’ Items
Thirty-five years after Team USA shocked the world by defeating a heavily favored Soviet squad at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the man […]
Late Raiders QB Ken Stabler Donated His Brain, Spinal Cord to Boston University
Legendary Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken “The Snake” Stabler, who led the Silver and Black to victory in Super Bowl XI, died of Stage 4 colon […]
Now More Than Ever, BU Must Rescind Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree
Things aren’t looking great for honorary Boston University alumnus Bill Cosby. A federal judge in Philadelphia unsealed records Monday from a 2005 civil suit, in which Cosby […]
This BU-BC Charity Hockey Game Roster Is Bonkers
As long as Boston University and Boston College are in business, and a slow, sweaty Green Line branch runs between them, every meeting between the […]
White Power Group Takes Aim at Boston University’s Saida Grundy
Updated at 2:20 p.m.: Boston University spokesman Colin Riley said that the school’s police are investigating the posters and will prosecute to the fullest extent of […]
Did Rhode Island Nuns Cause BU Hockey’s National Championship Choke?
Back on April 11, the ink appeared dry on Boston University’s storybook ending. Thrusting the previous year’s failings firmly into their rear-view, the Terriers were poised […]
Q&A with Black Mass Co-Author Dick Lehr
The official trailer for Black Mass was finally released in May, complete with a menacing Johnny Depp as gangster Whitey Bulger, a swaggering Joel Edgerton as disgraced FBI […]
Incoming Boston University Professor Saida Grundy Accused of Telling Alleged Rape Survivor to ‘Go Cry Somewhere’
Incoming Boston University associate professor Saida Grundy, whose racially charged tweets calling white college males a “problem population” sparked a media firestorm last week, is […]
Meredith Vieira Brought Left Shark to BU Commencement
Trailblazing journalist and television host Meredith Vieira delivered Boston University’s 142nd Commencement address Sunday with a little help from a finned friend. Vieira—whose address touched […]
A Look Back at When B.B. King Rocked Boston University’s Presidential Inauguration
Legendary blues artist B.B. King died Thursday night in Las Vegas, two weeks after entering hospice care for dehydration. The Mississippi native, as well-known for […]
Controversial BU Professor Saida Grundy Calls for Dialogues on Race
Incoming Boston University assistant professor Saida Grundy landed herself in hot water over the weekend for racially charged tweets, screenshot by UMass Amherst student Nick […]
Is This Metro Boston Cover Image Sexist?
Tuesday’s Metro Boston cover attracted the ire of some who found the newspaper’s cover image and headline sexist, and it prompted an apology from the newspaper’s […]