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“Color Flows” on Winter Street in Downtown Crossing. The new initiative by Mayor Michelle Wu will bring food trucks, art installations and cultural events to Winter Street daily until Nov. 16.

Color Flows on Winter Street reimagines city space through public art

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor October 21, 2025
The City of Boston recently launched Color Flows on Winter Street, a multi-week event spotlighting a public art installation, as one of the first programs in the Planning Department’s Design Vision for the city. 
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Nadia Murad speaks to Pardee School of Global Studies professor, Noora Lori. Murad discussed her fight against genocide and how religion is used to justify violence at the Pardee School of Global Studies’ inaugural Shahpari Zanganeh lecture Wednesday.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, activist Nadia Murad discusses her fight against genocide, how religion is misused to justify violence

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor October 21, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Nadia Murad shared her fight against genocide at the Pardee School of Global Studies’ inaugural Shahpari Zanganeh lecture Wednesday.
Michael Gorski, general manager of Proteor Print, and Mariia Yelizarova, a Boston University alum, pose for a photo while Yelizarova holds a 3D printed socket for a prosthetic leg. Yelizarova, who was inspired after witnessing the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, helped kick off a fundraiser to give Ukrainian hospitals digital 3D printers to create prosthetic limbs for those injured in the invasion. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIIA YELIZAROVA

BU alum runs Boston Marathon to fund 3D prosthetic printer for Ukrainian hospital

By Jack Schwed, Business and Science Editor October 20, 2025
Mariia Yelizarova was a sophomore at Boston University when she crossed the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, the site of a bombing that left three dead and more than 200 injured. Thirteen years later, she plans to run the marathon again — only now, her finish line will be at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine.

Things to do this week in Boston: Oct. 20-26

By Mary Goetz October 19, 2025

Celebrate Diwali at the MFA Thursday, Oct. 23 from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Throughout the evening,...

Paul Church of Boston University's Center of Psychological Rehabilitation, former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson and Derek Fullerton, director of government and professional affairs for Maritime Behavioral Health Management, at an event featuring Johnson for World Mental Health Day Oct. 8. Johnson shared his journey from an abusive household to the NFL, stressing the importance of mental and physical health for football players.

Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson shares mental health journey at BU, calls out NFL for treatment of CTE

By Cooper Formica October 16, 2025
Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson joined the Boston University Center for Psychological Rehabilitation and CTE Research Center at WBUR City Space Oct. 9 to discuss his mental health journey after suffering repeated head trauma.
Featured photos from the Museum of Fine Arts’s recent exhibit — “Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography.” The collection highlights the evolution of the art form and how photographers tell individual stories through images.

MFA debuts ‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ exhibition, reimagining urban life

By Carina McCallum October 16, 2025
Street photography represents more than capturing a scene — it uses the camera to transform what might otherwise be dismissed as ordinary into something strangely beautiful.  The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston debuted its latest exhibition, “Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography,” which explores the evolution of techniques street photographers have used to capture the human experience on Oct. 11.
The Innovate@BU building in Central Campus. The center recently helped run the founding of Boston University’s chapter of Student-Made, an experiential program designed to foster social entrepreneurship in students. DFP FILE

Innovate@BU opens online marketplace for ‘Student-Made’ creations

By Brian Chan, Associate Science Editor October 16, 2025
For Boston University’s artisans and hobby creators, all the challenges of starting a small business — coming up with new ideas, setting up a storefront and getting the word out — can seem daunting. This fall, BU founded its chapter of Student-Made, a nationwide experiential program that supports and promotes student businesses through an online marketplace and various pop-ups on college campuses.
Charlotte, School of Fashion Design Senior Instructor Daniel Faucher’s dog, strutting her ensemble created by Faucher. SFD hosted a doggie fashion show followed by a silent auction as part of Boston Fashion Week.

Paws on the runway: School of Fashion Design hosts ‘Off Leash Fashion,’ featuring doggie fashion show, auction

By Isabella Licwinko October 15, 2025
A crowd of dog-lovers and fashion connoisseurs watched as stylish canines strutted down the runway at the School of Fashion Design Oct. 8.
India Society of Worcester hosted Boston’s first-ever Diwali celebration in Faneuil Hall Marketplace on Saturday. The celebration featured dance performances featuring youth groups and traditional dance.

‘It’s fun to showcase our culture’: First Diwali celebration draws community to Downtown Boston

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor October 15, 2025
Each year, around 1 billion people worldwide celebrate Diwali, a Hindu holiday also known as the Festival of Lights. This year, hundreds of people attended the India Society of Worcester’s first-ever Diwali celebration in Downtown Boston to celebrate the holiday through performance, food, art and community.
Malala Yousafzai in Ethiopia. Malala is the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17.

‘Malala beyond the headlines’: Global education activist reclaims her story in new memoir

By Sana Muneer October 15, 2025
In her new memoir, “Finding My Way,” set to be released Oct. 21, Malala Yousafzai peels back the layers of her teenage years, navigating finding her voice outside of her role as a renowned advocate. 
The Boston University College of Engineering. A project led by Archana Venkatarman, associate professor in the College of Engineering, and Dr. Swathi Kiran, director of the Center for Brain Research, recently received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Health.

Machine learning meets medicine: BU Center for Brain Research project leverages AI for aphasia treatment

By Rayan Khan October 14, 2025
Boston University’s Center for Brain Research, which received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is spearheading a new project to develop tools that can reliably predict the outcomes of personalized treatment plans for patients with post-stroke aphasia.
Signage in the Boston University School of Theology with details for Philosophy and Religion Department. The Department of Philosophy recently hosted a talk with associate Professor Viktor Kumar on America’s political divide.

BU professor Victor Kumar hosts ‘The Fragmentation of America,’ inspiring discourse on nation’s political divide

By Christina Nies October 14, 2025
Boston University Associate Professor of Philosophy Victor Kumar defines “political irrationality” as a tendency for extremism, misinformation and intolerance for disagreement — present on both the right and the left sides of the political spectrum.  “I think to understand the rise of Trump and Trumpism, we have to look at the broader rise of political irrationality in our culture,” Kumar said. 
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