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Oli Ruzic as Juliet (left) and Jonathan Sullivan as Romeo (right) in the production of “Romeo and Juliet” produced by the BU Shakespeare Society. The show was directed by sophomore Megan Amato and ran from April 3-5. COURTESY OF ELLIE WATSON

BU Shakespeare Society’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ breathes new life into a classic

By John Tatum April 6, 2025
Everyone knows the story of “Romeo and Juliet”: two star-crossed lovers in fair Verona, deeply enthralled with one another — but torn apart by their family’s feud.
“Please Come to Boston” book cover. Boston University alum Gary Goldstein wrote this fictional story about Nicky DeMarco, a boy who is entering his first year at BU in 1975. COURTESY OF GARY GOLDSTEIN

‘It’s my love letter to BU’: Gary Goldstein revisits his time on Comm Ave. in newest novel

By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor April 4, 2025

Living on the first-ever co-ed floor of Warren Towers, formerly known as 700 dorm, going to class at the School of Public Communication and eating late-night meals at the Kenmore Deli Haus — all things...

Pavement and Nud Pob Thai Cuisine locations on Boston University’s East Campus. Businesses like Pavement and Nud Pob reflect on their respective changes five years after the COVID-era. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Restaurants on campus reflect on changes post-pandemic

By Isabelle Zhang April 4, 2025
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, Noodle Street Manager Chris Chan started sewing face masks for his employees out of his own cut-up clothes. Noodle Street, located on Boston University’s East Campus, had been serving customers for over two decades until the pandemic forced it to close for six months. It joined the 44% of Massachusetts small businesses in the area that closed amidst strict lockdown policies.

Sales veteran brings hands-on approach to new Innovation & Entrepreneurship class

By Mohan Zhang April 3, 2025
After spending 30 years of his career in sales, Tom Meusel is sharing his passion for the discipline with Boston University students. Starting in fall 2025, Meusel will teach QST SI 348: The Fundamentals of Selling: Strategies and Tactics under Innovate@BU. The course is open to innovation & entreprenuership minors, Questrom minors and Questrom innovation and entreprenurship concentrations, according to an email sent to Innovation & Entreprenuership minors.
Banners for the Museum of Fine Arts’ Van Gogh exhibition on display outside the museum. The exhibition focuses on Van Gogh’s time in Arles, France, where he formed a friendship with the local postman, Joseph Roulin, and his family. ANGELICA VIVAS/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

First Van Gogh exhibition at MFA in 25 years offers fresh perspective on artist, friendship

By Sophia Bartlett April 2, 2025
“Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston March 30, is the first exhibition dedicated to Van Gogh at the MFA in 25 years. 
Speakers at "The Weight of the World: Community journalists on covering high-profile tragedies in their own backyards" panel. Nearly 400 early-career students and seasoned journalism professionals came together at the George Sherman Union March 28-29 to discuss “repairing, restoring, reconnecting” through narrative, including focuses on the freedom of the press and the great achievements of legendary writers and reporters. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘A worthy profession’: BU’s Power of Narrative Conference inspires hope for journalism during dark time

By Ellen Dong April 2, 2025
At a time when the industry of journalism finds itself under scrutiny, Boston University’s Power of Narrative Conference offers solace to those navigating its uncertainties.
Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Wheelock community members are concerned about how Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education will affect public schools across the country. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Wheelock College community members respond to Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education

By Ada Sussman, Opinion Co-Editor March 31, 2025
The push to dismantle the Department of Education is almost as old as the department itself. Republicans have pushed to dismantle it since its inception, calling it a “crazy quilt of wasteful programs” in an official party platform in 1980 and accused it of “meddling in our schools” in 1996.
The webpage for John Wilson’s exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts. Wilson is a former Boston University professor and his exhibit includes memorabilia from BU’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU joins MFA to honor legacy of artist, educator John Wilson

By Jack Schwed March 31, 2025
John Wilson, born in Roxbury in 1922, was an artist whose work centered mostly around the challenges he faced as a Black American, depicting these issues through paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings.
Mimi Brown as Juror 8 in Boston University’s Stage Troupe’s production of “Twelve Angry Jurors.” The show ran March 27 to March 29 in the Student Theater at Agganis Arena. TALIA LISSAUER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Stage Troupe stuns beyond a reasonable doubt in ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’

By Paris Hugley March 30, 2025
What is justice? How long does it take for an old man to get down the hall? How do you skillfully stab a man? 
Boston University College of Fine Arts Color Garden. The team behind the garden aims to investigate the use of plants for artistic use, cultivate outdoor education and encourage sustainability at BU. ANH HUYNH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New CFA Color Garden grows art supplies sustainably, serves as community green space

By Brian Chan March 27, 2025
As an urban university, Boston University can sometimes feel devoid of green space. A new 92-by-45-foot garden located east of the College of Fine Arts aims to change that.  However, the team behind the garden has a broader objective in mind— investigate the use of plants for artistic use, cultivate outdoor education and encourage sustainability at BU.
African penguins in their new “retirement home” island at New England Aquarium. The aquarium created this exhibit to provide comfort and specialized care to African penguins, a “critically endangered” species, as they age beyond their expected lifespan. COURTESY OF NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

Six pairs of happy feet hit new ‘retirement home’ for African penguins at New England Aquarium

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2025
Humans aren’t the only species who need a retirement plan. But for African penguins, that plan doesn’t include a 401(k).
Poster for the Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium on Boston Center for the Arts website. In a collaboration between Boston University’s School of Visual Arts and the BCA, the Multiple Formats was brought to life this past weekend with more than 150 exhibitors. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cultures, creations collide at Boston University’s Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium

By Ellen Dong March 27, 2025
Books, posters, zines and more lit up the first floor of the Howard Thurman Center Saturday afternoon. 
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