BUNS Podcast

Harvard University is pledging $100 million to research and address its ties to slavery, which were documented in a recently-released report that took 3 years to complete.

In the almost 150 years between Harvard’s founding and the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in 1738, university faculty and staff enslaved at least 70 people, Harvard’s report found. WTBU reporter Alaina Mencinger has more.

Boston University's College of Communications was recently rocked by allegations published in the Daily Free Press relating to the conduct of Film and TV Professor Chris Cavalieri, who teaches in the college, as well as oversees BUTV10.

WTBU reporter Vanessa Bartlett spoke to a film and TV student who accused Cavalieri of verbally abusing her during a class. Bartlett also spoke to Dean Marriette DiChristina, who gave information about options students have for reporting mistreatment by faculty.

"Denim Day" is an international campaign made to bring awareness to sexual assault. WTBU reporter Adriana Cardenas-Valles reports on how organizations at Boston University joined together to recognize the day with displays scattered across campus.

Although the coronavirus is still spreading, people can finally relax during their travels. On April eighteenth, a federal judge in Florida ruled that wearing masks is an option in domestic ​airports, and on flights on most major airlines.

Mayor Wu says her "Heat Resilience" plan helps create “a more just and equitable” Boston, and it adds to an effort already underway with the "Climate Ready Boston" plan. Wu says in the last decade alone, Boston suffered more hot days and nights than any decade in the last 50 years. WTBU Reporter Jane Avery has more.

Celtics fans are still celebrating their team's victory over the Nets earlier this week. WTBU's Seth Helman spoke to C's fan Mark Fraenkel, who is particularly happy that former Celtic Kyrie Irving was on the losing end of the series.

The Armenian Genocide began 116 years ago April 24, 1915. A century later, millions of Armenians observe Armenian Genocide Remembrance day, to recognize the massacres and starvation of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

Getting ready to move out and need to toss that old mattress? Well, if you’re a Somerville resident, you’re in luck. The city of Somerville is now working with recycling company Green Mattress to bring schedulable mattress recycling right to your curb.

The new mattress recycling initiative was implemented on April 4 and allows residents to call 311 to schedule a mattress pickup by recycling contractor Green Mattress. The company then removes the mattress to a facility where its respective parts are recycled.

WTBU and Boston University News Service reporter Julia Ermi has more.

A Deep Dive into the Boston Marathon Training Process by BU News Service

More than 30 relatives showed up to Bryson Stott's MLB debut on Opening Day at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.

Here's what they had to say.