Bostonia: The Alumni Magazine of Boston University

Past Issues: Spring 2008

Features

“You know that the work is the thing, not the parade.” Alfre Woodard (CFA’74, Hon.’04) Photo By Michael Tran/Film Magic From BU to Hollywood
Six who made it: actors Alfre Woodard, Michael Chiklis, and Emily Deschanel, director Gary Fleder, casting director Ronna Kress, writer Krista Vernoff.

WEB EXTRA See a sampling of the many BU alums who have found success in Hollywood.

Chelsea at Twenty
By Chris Berdik and Caleb Daniloff
Two decades, seven new schools, and more than 3,000 graduates — does BU’s unique experiment in school reform add up to success?

The Touch
By Joe Nocera (COM’74)
Mickey Drexler (GSM’68) may be the best merchant in America.

WEB EXTRA Watch a video of Mickey Drexler (GSM’68) speaking to M.B.A. students at an SMG symposium.

Final Answers
By Art Jahnke
School of Medicine professors are teaching students to talk about things no patient wants to hear.

WEB EXTRA Read essays by MED students on their idea of a good death, and watch a video of doctors discussing how to talk to patients about death.

 

Web Extras

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the set design for the CFA production of The Magic Flute.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Learn how Thomas Kunz takes a bat census.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Sit in on Andrew Cohen’s Cinema Physica class.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Watch student fashion designer Sam Mendoza (COM’08) at work.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Watch a memorial reading in honor of the late poet and UNI professor Alberto de Lacerda.

Illustration by Edel Rodriguez LETTERS
Read more letters to the editor.

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