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How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging
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BU Study Abroad Programs Return
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BU Academy Sees Admissions Boom
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Culture of Science
Sexism and Racism in Science: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed Everything
In peer-reviewed piece, 24 researchers argue it’s time for new policies that promote strong mentorship, diversity, and equity amongst scientific workforce
Accolades
LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
She’s honored to be in same class as civil rights lawyer and scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw—and another of her heroes, Oprah Winfrey
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Arts & Culture
- City Archaeologist Joe Bagley’s New Book Digs Deep into Boston’s Oldest Buildings
- Alum’s Film Sheds Light on Rabbi Who Fled Nazis, Fought for Civil Rights
- Stephen Kurkjian Featured in This Is a Robbery Netflix Series on Gardner Museum Heist
Business & Economics
- Woosox Matthew Levin Bridges Baseball and Business
- My Big Idea: Suits with Pockets, and Now, a New Networking Community for Women
- Student Activism Today Is Leaving a Mark on Climate Change, Antiracism, Housing, and More
Class Notes
See all storiesEducation & Social Service
- Opening Doors: Ivanna Solano (Wheelock’16)
- Opening Doors: Ben Hires, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
- One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen on Being Part of Famous All-Black Air Squadron
Feedback
- Readers Weigh In on Ibram X. Kendi and Antiracism, Rhett’s Namesake, BU President Harold Case, and More
- Feedback: Netflix Doc Brings Back Memories, the Impact of BU President Harold C. Case, Commencement Delayed
- Feedback: Gender in Media; the Miracle on Ice; Remembering COM’s Betsy Dickinson
Government & Law
- BU Alumni Invited to Join Biden Administration
- Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission
- Trustee and Alum Endows New Antiracism Professorship at the School of Law
Health & Medicine
- Alcohol Consumption Has Spiked during the Pandemic. Could the Consequences Outlast the Coronavirus?
- Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission
- Marcelle Willock, Pioneering Physician and BU Medical School Leader
Science & Technology
- Five BU Alums Are on Forbes 2021 “30 Under 30” List
- Alums’ Green Papers Website, 20 Years On, Is Still Tracking Election Returns
- Could Alum’s New Device Improve Flight Safety for Small Planes?
Sports
- Woosox Matthew Levin Bridges Baseball and Business
- Miracle on the Track: 50 Years Ago, the Men’s Track Team Made History
- Susanne Lyons, chair of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee, on Overcoming Recent Crises and What’s Ahead for the Tokyo Olympics
Tributes
- Tributes: COM’s Christopher Cakebread (COM’82, Wheelock’00) and Norman Moyes, CFA’s Wilbur D. Fullbright (GRS’60)
- “Father of Psychiatric Rehabilitation”
- A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick
University News
- BU Alumni Invited to Join Biden Administration
- A Former Student Leader, Alexis Redman (Questrom’14) Now Heads the BU Young Alumni Council
- Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission