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.
In an era where streaming dominates, vinyl has taken on a new life.
From multi-colored vinyl pressings to alternate covers and expanded tracklists, artists and labels are now leaning into collector culture as a deliberate sales strategy.
By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor
• October 13, 2025
The doors to Agganis Arena opened at 6 p.m. on Friday for the Boston University men’s hockey game against Colgate — but for Charlotte Powers, game day began much earlier.
About three-quarters of U.S. adults said they watched a new film on streaming services instead of in a theater in the past year, according to a recent poll.
Yet in Boston, historic independent theaters, like The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge and Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, are drawing some of their largest audiences in years.
By Jack Schwed, Business and Science Editor
• October 8, 2025
Sam Lejfer runs the day-to-day operations of his plant-based ice cream company Lucky Day entirely on his own. When he isn’t selling his frozen treats at one of the many Greater Boston’s farmers markets, he’s in the kitchen hand-crafting and packaging each individual pint of ice cream.
Familiar faces are everywhere on Commonwealth Avenue. They may pass a smile or a courteous wave, but sometimes their names go completely unknown.
BU juniors Joseph Marotta, Frank Yang and Jodi Yu aim to change this with the creation of their newly developed app, MissedConnections.
Since President Donald Trump began his second term in office, he has targeted universities across the country — whether it be through funding freezes, student and faculty censorship or, in Harvard University’s case, lawsuits.
Recently, the Trump administration called for Harvard to invest about $500 million in building trade and vocational schools as part of an initiative to “refocus young Americans on career preparation” instead of on higher education, which Trump called an “economically unproductive postsecondary system.”
When junior Bright Okunbor learned singer-songwriter and rapper Rema was coming to Boston in May, he went to Ticketmaster to buy tickets. However, anytime he uses the platform, he encounters a strange phenomenon.
Millions of consumers have felt surprise — or “sticker shock” — as a result of “hidden” fees, according to the Federal Trade Commission in an 84-page lawsuit against Ticketmaster.
From understanding insurance to scheduling appointments and advocating for themselves, college students and recent graduates often find themselves unprepared to handle the complexities of today’s health care landscape.
That is where HealthPair, a Boston University-based nonprofit organization, steps in.
David Ellison, the owner of Paramount Skydance, a newly formed mass media and entertainment company, is making a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a Sept. 11 New York Times article.
Faculty and students in the Department of Film and Television at the Boston University College of Communication said the merger between these two massive enterprises may transform the media industry substantially.
By John Tatum, Associate Business Editor
• September 22, 2025
How do you run a business during a war?
Ukrainian software company MacPaw, which primarily operates out of Kyiv, has been asking that question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• September 19, 2025
Less than 10 minutes from Boston University’s Charles River Campus, between the Back Bay, Kenmore and Fenway neighborhoods, is a small, unassuming park underneath the Bowker Overpass. For years, the space was underutilized — but now, each Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the park comes alive with food, music and community for the Charlesgate Farmers Market.
