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Boston was ranked the No. 1 city for hockey fans for both the National Hockey League and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, making it the overall best in the United States. The state of Massachusetts took eight spots on the list of 73 U.S. cities, which WalletHub created based on...

London, Madrid, Paris, Washington, and LA among locations that will be up and running this fall. With each passing week, another sign of normalcy emerges for Boston University, as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down—the latest being the return of Study Abroad programs this fall after more than a year of suspension.

Andrea Taylor (COM’68), BU senior diversity officer, on the holiday’s origins and why it’s important to commemorate it now. Last month, Boston University announced that it was adding Juneteenth to the University calendar as an official holiday. Celebrated annually on June 19 (BU is observing it on Friday, June 18, this year, because the 19th is a Saturday), the holiday commemorates the date in 1865 that the last enslaved people in the United States learned that slavery had ended. While not yet recognized as a federal holiday, 47 states—including Massachusetts—have already adopted Juneteenth as a holiday.

NEWINGTON – Before his freshman year at Newington High School, Joshua Akosa told himself he would become valedictorian and get accepted by his dream schools. The Class of 2021 graduated June 9 with Akosa at the top of his class. The valedictorian was accepted into Boston University, Harvard and the University of Connecticut, where he received a full scholarship and has decided to enroll via the pre-med course path.

Rice Magazine has been judged a Grand Gold winner in the international Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards for the team’s work during the unconventional year of 2020. The annual Circle of Excellence Awards recognize outstanding work in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising...

It's probably not going to make you feel any better about the Bruins' playoff run coming to an end, but here's a little feather in the cap for Boston hockey fans. According to a new ranking released by WalletHub, Boston is the best hockey city in the United States. The...

It’s a good thing for Emily Sierrathat she didn’t allow her first impression of opera prevent her from pursuing an art form for which she recently won a significant award and appears to have a very bright future. “I saw an opera when I was 14, and I hated it....