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.
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.
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,...
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.
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.
By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor
• October 14, 2025
While on tour in Los Angeles, Aidan Close and his agent took the opportunity to meet and talk with a casting director. Within the 15 minutes it took him to get home from the meeting, he got an email from his agent.
Close, a Boston University alum who at the time was playing Scorpius Malfoy in the North American tour of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” was offered the chance to continue playing Scorpius on Broadway.
Receive free admission to the Museum of Fine Arts on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Monday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m - 5 p.m., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave.
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’...
Five life-sized cut outs of anime characters stood propped up along the sidewalk, the 2D versions of them plastered across a large bus parked on Harry Agganis Way. Students and passersby gawking at the sight had one question on their minds: Why were they here?
As recent political controversies send shockwaves through the nation, with Republicans and Democrats alike calling for crackdowns on gun violence, and conservatives flocking to memorial services for Charlie Kirk’s death, Boston University’s Fizz and Yik Yak communities are as active as ever.
By Sophie Shatzky, Arts and Community Editor
• October 6, 2025
Over the past seven years, Boston University sophomore Emmett Whitaker has casted, funded, produced and edited five seasons of “Survivor Palisades” — a fan-made version of the competition reality television series “Survivor.” After disaster struck his community, the footage was all that remained.
Earlier this year, a highly destructive series of wildfires swept California, primarily affecting the Pacific Palisades. Whitaker, a Palisades native, was editing his fifth and final season of “Survivor Palisades” when the fires destroyed his home.
Solve a mystery at the museum
Weekends through Nov. 1, evening times vary, 500 Washington St.
Throughout October, Boston’s WNDR museum is hosting a weekend mystery: An artifact goes missing at...
