Tag: boston

“Boston in the Diasporic Imagination” Senior Seminar Visits Murals in Roxbury

Dr. Carlos Martinez’s “Boston in the Diasporic Imagination” Senior Seminar took a field trip to see murals in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. These murals were mentioned in Zadie Smith’s novel On Beauty, which the class is currently reading.  The “Boston in the Diasporic Imagination” class relishes in some of Boston’s rich immigrant history as […]

A New Sun Rises Over BUA as Mural by Sitarah Lakhani ’22 is Completed

This summer, a blazing, orange ombre sun rose over BUA—the BUA back lot, that is.  Over the past six weeks, a vibrant, celebratory, and inclusive mural was painted on the 4,000-square-foot exterior wall of Sargent Gym, adjacent to the Bridge Lot and visible from the BU Bridge, Storrow Drive, the Massachusetts Turnpike, and from many […]

BUA Smashes Records on Giving Day

Thanks to our amazing and generous alumni community, BUA raised over $85,000 from 254 donors in 24 hours on #BUAGivingDay! BUA set a new record for participation, with nearly DOUBLE the number of gifts compared to our last Giving Day. We also placed 4th out of all Boston University schools and colleges on the university-wide participation leaderboard. With 143 parent and grandparent gifts […]