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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

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Alumni

Nashville Hot Chicken Comes to Cambridge, Mass.

August 4, 2023

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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

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FILM

Alum’s Short Tackles Mental Health in the Muslim Community

July 10, 2023

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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

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Tributes

Grace Bumbry (CFA’55) Broke Barriers, Rose to International Stardom in Opera

May 13, 2023

Photo: Members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside Paramount Pictures on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Various people walk and hold signs that read "Writers Guild on Strike" along with handwritten text and sayings. They walk in front a large gate that reads "Paramount Pictures".

Film

For BU Alums in Hollywood, the Strike Is about Survival in a Streaming, AI World

May 9, 2023

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Boston

Alum Remembers Navigating BU at the Time of the Boston Strangler: “A Magical and Frightening Time All at Once”

April 4, 2023

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Photography

Alum Awarded Top Prize In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition

March 27, 2023

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Arts & Culture

Gallery: Lee Maxey

March 27, 2023

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TV & Film

Fighting for Equity

March 27, 2023

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Arts & Culture

BU Historian Kathryn Lamontagne on King Charles’ Coronation

March 27, 2023

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Books

Reading List Winter–Spring 2023: New fiction, short stories, poetry, and a memoir by actor Geena Davis (CFA’79, Hon.’99)

March 27, 2023

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Mementos

Your Favorite BU Mementos

March 27, 2023

Your Favorite BU Mementos