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Holiday

Dining hall workers dressed in black with hats carve and serve Thanksgiving dinner to eager students. Across the glass, Felicia Gordon (CAS '20) squeals with excitement as she waits for her first and seconds of Thanksgiving dinner in the West Dining Hall Thursday Nov. 16, 2017.

Campus Life

BU Academic Calendar for Fall Semester Will Not Change

July 29, 2020

A photo of a person grilling outside

Weekender

The Weekender: July 2 to 5

July 2, 2020

Lanterns hang during a Chinese new year celebration

International Students

Before You Ring in the Lunar New Year, Check Out Our Dos and Don’ts

January 23, 2020

The Boston First Night fireworks explode in the sky behind the George Washington statue in the Boston Public Garden.

Things-to-do

Celebrating the New Year in Boston

December 26, 2019

BU BosTones a cappella group performing in front of Marsh Chapel.

Holiday A cappella

Video: “12 Days at BU,” A Cappella Style, from the BosTones

December 19, 2019

BU's mascott Rhett in a snowglobe on Marsh Plaza

University News

Season’s Greetings from BU Today

December 18, 2019

carved turkey parts next to a carving fork and knife on a yellow background

Food

How to Carve a Turkey

November 25, 2019

Illustration of the first Thanksgiving

In the City

What That Turkey Is All About

November 25, 2019

Variety of Halloween candy spilled out of a plastic pumpkin

Dental Health

How to Enjoy Your Halloween Candy So Your Next Trip to the Dentist Isn’t Scary

October 30, 2019

History

The History of Halloween

October 30, 2019

Christopher Columbus statue

Things-to-do

Columbus Day Weekend: Our Fun Holiday To-Do List

October 9, 2019

labor day fireworks in boston

Things-to-do

Your Guide to a Fun-Filled Labor Day Weekend

August 29, 2019

A chocolate chip cookie

In the City

Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Sunday by Visiting One of These 10 Mouth-Watering Eateries

August 1, 2019

xmas lights at faneuil hall

Arts & Culture

Staying Local This Holiday Season? We’ve Got You Covered

December 21, 2018

three women pose in their ugly holiday sweaters

Faculty

The Bold and the Not-So-Beautiful

December 20, 2018

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

UROP

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

students from ENG and CFA building gingerbread houses

University News

Who Can Build the Better Gingerbread House?

December 17, 2018

the outdoor ice-skating rink in Kendall Square

Arts & Culture

The Weekender: December 13 to 16

December 12, 2018

Video still from the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tv special showing Santa Claus talking to Rudolph with his blinking red nose.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Rudolph the Sad, Bullied, Verbally Abused Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 7, 2018

Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation

Holiday

Find 10 Tech Gifts under $50

November 26, 2018

Find 10 Tech Gifts under $50