Bostonia: The Alumni Magazine of Boston University

Past Issues: Summer 2008

Features

The Good Life
 Educating girls in Afghanistan, treating poor patients in Bolivia, helping troubled kids get a fresh start, saving the family home, giving poor women a chance to work toward a better life: Six alums are making a world of difference

Trouble at Home
By Art Jahnke
BU researchers track the path of a chemical threat from our living rooms to our hormones.

Interpreter of Identity
By Jessica Ullian
Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri (GRS’93, UNI’95,’97) has a new collection of short stories — and a rock star’s allure.

Up Next: Life
One is going west to fight forest fires, one is going west to law school. One will teach new arrivals to the United States, one will go home to teach in Africa. As these snapshots of the Class of 2008 show, BU grads are eclectic, energetic, and ready.
WEB EXTRA See an expanded gallery of graduating seniors looking back.

 

Web Extras

Lee McIntyre MULTIMEDIA
Read full coverage of Commencement 2008 and watch a slide show of the day’s events.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Take a video tour of Stu Vi 2, led by This Old House’s Kevin O’Connor (GSM’99).

Lee McIntyre SLIDE SHOW
See a slide show of Sargent Center chef Victor Béguin in the kitchen.

Lee McIntyre SLIDE SHOW
Listen to music from Base Trip Records, a label founded by COM student Conor Loughman.

Lee McIntyre VIDEO
Watch a video of biomedical engineer Jim Collins discussing his genetic toggle switch.

Illustration by Edel Rodriguez VIDEO
See a video of James Winn discussing selections from his book, The Poetry of War.

VIDEO
Watch a video of the sights and sounds of Havana, shot by David Grimm (CFA’76).

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

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