BU History
This is the year Boston University was officially founded.
What is 1839?
This well-known Boston street runs directly through BU's campus.
What is Commonwealth Avenue?
This Boston Terrier is BU's beloved mascot.
Who is Rhett?
This Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor studied at BU's School of Theatre.
In 2019, PTC acquired this software company known for its cloud-native CAD platform, expanding its SaaS offerings.
What is Onshape?
In 1872, BU became the first university to open all divisions to this group.
Who are women?
This is the tallest building on BU's campus and home to the law school.
What is the BU Law Tower?
BU's biggest athletic rivalry is with this other Boston-based school.
What is Boston College?
She studied drama at BU before going on to star in The Hours, Still Alice, and more.
Who is Julianne Moore?
Before moving to the Boston Seaport, PTC's headquarters was located in this Massachusetts town.
What is Needham?
This civil rights leader earned his Ph.D. from BU in 1955.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This building is the main undergraduate library.
What is Mugar Memorial Library?
BU's Division I hockey team plays home games in this arena.
What is Agganis Arena?
This longtime radio personality and judge on America's Got Talent got his start at BU's College of Communication.
Who is Howard Stern?
This cloud-native product lifecycle management (PLM) software from PTC is widely used by manufacturers to manage complex engineering data.
What is Arena?
BU was originally founded in this Vermont town before moving to Boston.
What is Newbury?
This student union building is named after a former BU trustee.
What is the George Sherman Union?
Before being discontinued in 1997, this sport brought BU national attention.
This Seinfeld actor studied at BU's College of Fine Arts before launching his acting career.
Who is Jason Alexander?
This PTC platform is used to build industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications.
What is Thingworx?
He served as BU's president from 1971 to 1996 and sparked considerable controversy.
Who is John Silber?
This new, oddly-shaped building on campus is commonly nicknamed "the Jenga tower."
What is the Center for Computing & Data Sciences?
This BU alum and Olympic gold medalist helped pave the way for women in marathon running.
Who is Joan Benoit Samuelson?
This BU alum became the first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Mazie Hirono?
This is what the letters "PTC" originally stood for when the company was founded in 1985.
What is Parametric Technology Corporation?