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TV & Film

Real-Life Teacher and CFA Alum Ben Ducoff Plays a Teacher in Yaniv, His Debut Feature Film

November 1, 2023

Books

Meet Hatchet Girls, Just in Time for Halloween

October 16, 2023

Photo: A close-up photo of a great white shark swimming in green water towards the camera.

Books

White Shark Expert Greg Skomal’s New Book Is Part Science, Part Memoir

September 25, 2023

Photo: A person in a colorful outfit sits in front of a wall of books in an old home in Somerville. MA

Alumni

Proposed LGBTQ+ Library in Boston Would Be a First

September 18, 2023

Photo: Scott Biron makes a fly at his New London, NH home. An older white man wearing glasses, a long-sleeved blue collared shirt, and jeans sits at a crowded desk and works on a fly. Fly tying materials and paraphernalia can be seen around the office.

Arts & Culture

Video: Keeping the Ancient—and Secretive—Art of Fly Tying Alive

August 28, 2023

Photo: Portrait of Brice Marden, a white man with grey-brown hair and wearing black long sleeved shirt and pants, sits on a chair and looks over his shoulder at the camera. He sits in front of a wall full of large canvases featuring his paintings.

Tributes

Celebrated Abstract Artist and Alum Brice Marden Dies

August 18, 2023

Photo: Waves crash against rocks on a choppy day on Wager Island

Books

Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder: Alum David Grann’s New Book, The Wager, Is a High-Seas Adventure

August 9, 2023

Photo: A yellow background with many famous musicians in front. Artists pictured include Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, Beck, Iggy Pop, Paul McCartney

Alumni

Alum Steve Martin, Founder of a New York PR Firm, Works With Some of the Biggest Names in Music—from Foo Fighters to Paul McCartney

August 9, 2023

A composite image made up of two rows of four book covers. Covers of books are (from top to bottom, left to right): "The Commonplace Misfortunes Of Everyday Plants", "Every Other Weekend", "The Fun Widow’s Book Tour", "Mattress Makers", "Moma Goes To Paris In 1938: Building And Politicizing American Art", "The Ransomware Hunting Team", "The Ruins Of Woodman's Village", and "Secret Of The Storm: Land Of Dragons".

Books

Reading List: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

August 9, 2023

Image: Illustration of a large, lit match. The flame on the match is clear, while the head of the match depicts a miniature Earth. Image shown on a vibrant, red background.

Books

Imagining a Postapocalyptic World Ravaged by Climate Change

August 8, 2023

Photo: Journalist Scott Kirsner, a white man wearing neon yellow glasses, a black shirt, navy blue and grey button-up sweater, and jeans holds his hand up as he talks to a crowd. He clutches a few miscellaneous items in his other hand as he stands in front of glass doors to a building. The sign to his left reads "Tremont Temple Baptist church". Another man to his left smiles and laughs.

Journalism & Media

Blazing Boston’s Innovation Trail

August 8, 2023

Image: Photo of an oil on canvas painting with paper collage also used as a medium. Image shows a white woman wearing a long skirt and bandeau cobbled together with fabrics of various patterns. She holds a leash attached to a small kangaroo with a lei around its neck as a young child with black hair and wearing a red plaid shirt, black shirt, and white socks lies at her feet. They all stand in a bushy, green area as various other marsupials look to them from the distance.

Arts & Culture

Gallery: Haley Hasler (CFA’99)

August 8, 2023

Photo: An Asian man with short black hair smiles as he sits in a chair next to a standard order at his chicken shop.

Alumni

Nashville Hot Chicken Comes to Cambridge, Mass.

August 4, 2023

Photo: Fran Drescher, President of SAG, is swarmed by news outlets as she heads to a press call. She is wearing all white and stands in the middle while cameras and microphones surround her.

SAG-AFTRA STRIKE

Hollywood Strikes. BU Acting Alums Explain Why Their Fight Matters

July 21, 2023

Documentary

Alum-Produced Documentary Screens at the White House

July 17, 2023

Photo: Two individuals stare with their backs facing the camera over a bridge. On the left, a woman with a hijab wearing a light-colored checkered shirt. On the right, a man in a blue button up.

FILM

Alum’s Short Tackles Mental Health in the Muslim Community

July 10, 2023

Black and white Photo: Rock Hudson, a white man wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt, looks to the right. Waves of large body of water from the beach shore can be seen in the blurred background behind him.

TV & Film

BU Alum Explores the Double Life of Actor Rock Hudson in New HBO Documentary

June 29, 2023

Photo: Kelli O’Hara (left) as Kirsten and Brian D’Arcy James as Joe in the new musical adaptation of "Days of Wine and Roses". A white man wearing business casual wear embraces a white woman with blonde hair and wearing a summer-y floral dress from behind. They stand on a darkened stage illuminated by a spotlight on stage.

Theatre

Turning a Classic Hollywood Film about Alcoholism into an Off-Broadway Musical

June 22, 2023

Photo: Jillian Abby, a white woman with short, brown hair and wearing a white tank top and orange-red casual pants, smiles and poses with one elbow resting on her knee. She sits on a white bed in front of a black, old school typewriter.

LGBTQ+

Alum’s New Memoir Chronicles Her Experience Coming Out at 38

June 7, 2023

Photo: A man in a blue sweater sits on a modern leather couch staring out the window in NYC. Peter Shankman (CGS’92, COM’94), author of a new children's book on neurodiversity. Photo by Chris Sorensen for Boston University Photography.

Books

He Wrote a Book to Help Kids Deal with ADHD Better than He Did

June 6, 2023

He Wrote a Book to Help Kids Deal with ADHD Better than He Did