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Arts & Culture

Entrepreneurship

Celebrating the World of Cultural Muslims

June 23, 2020

Tributes

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies

June 16, 2020

A portrait photo of Sopan Deb laughing

Books

Humor and Honesty Help Fix a Fractured Relationship with Mom and Dad

May 27, 2020

Image of Boston City Councilor and BU alum, Annissa Essaibi-George, who has started sew face masks for the Boston University Police Department at the Stitch House, a shop in Dorchester which she founded. Two BU PD officers stand at her left and right; the wall behind them is filled with skeins of yarn.

Community Service

Inside BU Alum’s Stitch House, a Business for the Times

April 16, 2020

A photo of Nancy Livingston (COM’69) with her husband, Fred Levin, and Robert Pinsky, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English.

Alumni

Robert Pinsky Pays Tribute to Nancy Livingston

April 13, 2020

Photo of a Crip Camp creators at Sundance. Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute/ Brandon Cruz

TV & Film

BU Alum Edited Acclaimed Netflix Doc Crip Camp

April 6, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

Photo of Christina Yu Yu (GRS'04), the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of Asian Art (right) examining the sculpture Bishamoten, the Guardian of the North, with MFA associate conservator Linsly Boyer (left) in a conservation lab.

Arts & Culture

As MFA Asian Art Department Chair, Christina Yu Yu Oversees a Collection Spanning 6,000 Years

February 25, 2020

Writer and novelist Dariel Suarez (CFA’12) sits in his office with his laptop open on a desk behind him.

Arts & Culture

The “American Dirt” Controversy: Lessons for Writers on Getting Cultures Right

February 24, 2020

A portrait of painter Sedrick Huckaby sitting on a bench and sketching.

Alumni

Extraordinary Paintings, Ordinary People: Alum Sedrick Huckaby Paints his Family on a Grand Scale

February 18, 2020

Geena Davis addresses the crowd at the Share Her Journey Rally for Women in Film during the Toronto Film Festival

Arts & Culture

Geena Davis, Leading the Fight for Gender Parity in Hollywood

February 18, 2020

A selection of book covers

Books

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye

February 18, 2020

A portrait of Katherine Hollander (GRS’06,’15)

Poetry

Poetry and Time Travel: Alum Katherine Hollander’s Debut Poetry Collection

February 18, 2020

An illustration of a zombie running across a cemetery at night

Books

A Zombie’s Guide to Healthy Eating: New Picture Book Makes Family Dinnertime Fun

February 18, 2020

Pete Souza at an exhibit of his photos in Germany in 2018.

Photography

Photo Exhibition of Presidents Reagan and Obama at the Newly Expanded Thurman Center

February 11, 2020

Nicholas Chen (CFA’17) poses for a photo inside his Board game café Tavern of Tales.

In the City

CFA Alum Opens Board Game Café in Mission Hill

February 5, 2020

How to Train Your Dragon producer Bonnie Arnold pets an animated dragon

TV & Film

Bonnie Arnold (COM’78) on Her Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film

February 5, 2020

A woman poses for a photo in a garden of roses as part of Elisabeth Caren’s Double Identity series.

Visual Arts

Snapshot of the Photographer

February 3, 2020

Bags of Cotton Candy Grapes on display in a groccery store

Food

Why Kara Nielsen Sees Cotton Candy Grapes in Your Future

January 24, 2020

A portrait photo of John Finbury (CAS’77) sitting at his piano.

Music

He’s an Unlikely Grammy Honoree. Again.

January 24, 2020

He’s an Unlikely Grammy Honoree. Again.