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Arts & Culture

Composite image: at left, Work entitled: The Pressure of Space Kim Beck: In Conversation, October 28, 2020, acrylic and ink on newsprint, 21.75" x 10.75". The work is a page of New York Times painted over with words and a small portrait of a women with dark hair. At right, Work entitled: You Learned By Doing Self Portrait: In conversation with Natasha Bregel, Audrey Goldstein, Danielle Krcmar, Phyllis McGibbon, Hilary Tolan, February 7, 2021, acrylic and ink on newsprint, 21.75" x 11". A page of the new york times is painted over with yellow strokes and small painting of a person.

Visual Arts

Gallery: New Work by Dana Clancy (CFA’99)

November 18, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for: At The Foot Of The Mountain By Tak Erzinger; The Brain On Youth Sports: The Science, The Myths, And The Future By Julie Stamm; Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture And How To Fix It By Jashvina Shah and Evan F. Moore; Hair Twins By Raakhee Mirchandani; Literacy Heroines: Women And The Written Word By Alice Horning; No Other Rome By Heather Green; Sailing To Freedom: Maritime Dimensions Of The Underground Railroad Edited by Timothy D. Walker; Small Town Monsters By Diana Rodriguez Wallach; and The Playwright's House By Dariel Suarez

Books

Reading List Fall 2021

November 17, 2021

National Sports

Should Sports Teams Change Their Native-Inspired Names?

October 29, 2021

Photo of Chef Priyanka Naik, wearing a brightly colored floral dress, and holding a plate with an ice cream cone in her right hand, and eating an ice cream cone dripping with an orange sauce in her left hand. She wears a light blue headband, pink hoops, and stands in front of a bright blue background.

Arts & Culture

Priyanka Naik’s The Modern Tiffin Features Vegan Recipes with a Global Influence

October 18, 2021

A BU Alum smiles as she checks in on campus

Alumni Weekend

Six Events to Check Out at Alumni Weekend 2021

September 29, 2021

Black and white photo of Louis Armstrong, center, joins in his own joke over an old jazz story with trumpeter Bobby Hackett and Newport Jazz Festival impresario George Wein, at left, at Newport, Rhode Island on July 10, 1970. Hackett holds a trumpet, Armstrong is mid-laugh, and all the men smile.

Obituaries

BU Alum George Wein, Founder of Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, Dies at 95

September 14, 2021

Photo of Rashi Khanna Wiese (CAS’06) and her husband, Eric Wiese, sitting in grass with three dogs, a german shepherd and two smaller dogs that look like they may be part maltese.

TV & Film

This BU Alum Might Have the Best Job in the World

August 16, 2021

Fashion designer Jessica McClintock sits with arms crossed watching a presentation.

Tributes

Fashion Designer and Alum Jessica McClintock Built an Empire

July 28, 2021

Photo of The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet. A group of 7 men in tuxedos play, the NYC skyline is seen through a window behind them.

Arts & Culture

CFA Alums in the Arts Reflect on How the Pandemic Affected Their Work

July 28, 2021

Nancy Schon's Make Way for the Ducklings sculpture in Boston decorated with all ducks wearing Boston Red Sox jerseys to celebrate winning the World Series.

Boston

Sculptor Nancy Schön Pays Tribute to the Public in Her New Book, Ducks on Parade!

July 27, 2021

Portrait of Peter Ho Davies in a jean button down shirt in front of a tree trunk.

Books

New Novel by Peter Ho Davies Takes a Searing, Painful, Loving Look at Parenting

July 24, 2021

Artwork by Carl Chiarenza entitled Untitled 280, 1990, which is gelatin, silver print. The art resembles a mountain range reflected on the surface of a body of water. The work is black and white.

Photography

Gallery: The Works of Carl Chiarenza (COM’59, GRS’64)

July 24, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for the following books: ALL ABOUT FLOWERS: JAMES VICK’S NINETEENTH-CENTURY SEED COMPANY By Thomas Mickey; ANIMAL By Lisa Taddeo; BITTER MAGIC: INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF A CONFESSED WITCH By Nancy Hayes Kilgore; THE COST OF KNOWING By Brittney Morris; ECONOMY HALL: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF A FREE BLACK BROTHERHOOD By Fatima Shaik; THE FALLS By Emily Mohn-Slate; A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF POLICE STOPS By Josephine Ross; THE GREEK CONNECTION By James Barron; LOVE IS GREATER THAN PAIN: SECRETS FROM THE UNIVERSE FOR HEALING AFTER LOSS By Marilyn Kapp; OUR OWN WORST ENEMY: THE ASSAULT FROM WITHIN ON MODERN DEMOCRACY By Tom Nichols; RED DECEPTION By Ed Fuller; THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM By Elizabeth McCracken; WHY WE ARE RESTLESS: ON THE MODERN QUEST FOR CONTENTMENT By Jenna Silber Store.

Books

Reading List Summer 2021: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

July 24, 2021

A photo of the Old State House in Boston

Books

City Archaeologist Joe Bagley’s New Book Digs Deep into Boston’s Oldest Buildings

June 9, 2021

TV & Film

Alum’s Film Sheds Light on Rabbi Who Fled Nazis, Fought for Civil Rights

May 26, 2021

A photo of the crime scene at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Alumni

Stephen Kurkjian Featured in This Is a Robbery Netflix Series on Gardner Museum Heist

April 13, 2021

Photo of Daisy Figueroa (LAW’21) in a black t-shirt and jeans ripped at the knee standing if front of a larger mural with the virgin mary and graffiti painted all over it. The photo has been edited so Figueroa is in black and white and the mural is brightly colored.

Student Activism

Student Activism Today Is Leaving a Mark on Climate Change, Antiracism, Housing, and More

March 26, 2021

Black and white photo of Susan Ann Sulley of The Human League performing at Spit on Lansdowne Street in Boston. She stands at the mic with bright lights behind her but she’s only seen in silhouette.

Creatives

Photographer Michael Grecco (COM’81) Caught ’70s Punk and New Wave at Its Crest

March 26, 2021

Composite image, photo of Peter Guralnick with glasses on sitting in a teal rocking chair on a porch, next to the book cover for “Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music & Writing” with a photo of Bob Dylan and a man in a cowboy hate that looks at an acoustic electric guitar.

Arts & Culture

Peter Guralnick (CAS’67, GRS’68) Says Looking to Get Lost is as Close to a Memoir as He’ll Ever Write

March 26, 2021

Album cover for "Portraits, Self-Portraits and Songs" a new CD reissue. A black and white photo of Virgil Thompson is on the right.

Music

Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) “Posed” for Classical Music Composer Virgil Thomson, Then Played His Work

March 26, 2021

Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) “Posed” for Classical Music Composer Virgil Thomson, Then Played His Work