Grann, a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of best-selling books such as “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Wager” and “The Lost City of Z” spoke to BU students and faculty about his work alongside Debbie Danielpour, a film and television professor in the College of Communication.

Zadie Smith entered the room and took her seat, unnoticed. Tuesday morning, the Colloquium Room of Boston University’s Photonics Center filled slowly with students and professors. Attendees gathered...

Boston residents poured nearly $1.2 million into the campaigns of those vying for the presidency in the upcoming 2016 election, according to a Daily Free Press review of 2015 campaign finance reports...