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Photo: Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of the U.S. perform during the pairs' short program in the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A tall, white man wearing a grey and red themed figure skating outfit holds up a white woman with a similarly-styled figure skating outfit by her knee. They both have dramatic looks on their faces as they skate on the ice.

International Sports

BU Alum Is the First Woman to Head US Figure Skating

March 23, 2023

Strategy & Innovation

My Big Idea: a Web- and App-Based Tool to Plan a Meaningful Life

February 14, 2023

Elizabeth Alexander (GRS’87) (clockwise from top left), Shari Redstone (LAW’71,’81), Manjusha Kulkarni (LAW’95), Adrienne Pitts (LAW’95), and Nadine Chakar (CAS’87). Photos courtesy of BU Photography, AP/Evan Agostini, Kulkarni, Pitts, and Chakar.

Alumni

Five Alums Named to Forbes “50 over 50” List

February 10, 2023

Photo: Deena Sheldon filming a Sunday Night Football game in Green Bay in 2008. A white woman with long, curly dirty blonde hair stands behind a large professional video camera on a high platform. She smiles as the photo is shot and a crowd of Green Bay Packers fans cheer in the stadium behind her.

TV & Film

Alum Deena Sheldon Inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame

February 8, 2023

[Clockwise From Bottom Left] Olivia Davis (COM’15), Atri Raychowdhury (ENG’15), Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21), and Austin Briggs and Justin Fiaschetti, who both studied engineering at BU, made Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2023. Photos courtesy Forbes.

Alumni

BU Alums, Former Students Shine in Forbes 2023 “30 Under 30” List

January 30, 2023

Photo: Businessperson Catarina Chang (SHA'11) poses for a photo at Sunset Cantina on January 17,2023. A young Asian woman wearing a long-sleeved jewell blue blouse, poses with arms folded over each other on a wooden divider. Wooden dining tables can be seen in a seating area behind her. The ceiling/walls are decorated with brightly colored fan ornaments of various sizes.

Food & Dining

Sunset Cantina Reopens, with an Alum a Co-owner

January 25, 2023

Photo: Fox Sports reporter Jenny Taft on the sidelines at the November 25 FIFA World Cup USA-England match. A white woman wearing a a white shirt and light blue blazer holds up a microphone with a large "FOX" label on it. A green football pitch. The seats are filled with fans in the background and a large replica 2022 World cup can be seen in the background as well.

Journalism & Media

COM Alum Reports from the Biggest Stage in Sports—the FIFA World Cup

December 15, 2022

Photo: Neil Goldberg, a white man with dark silver gray hair, smiles as he sits and looks over a large stack of board games. Behind him, numerous wooden shelves filled with more board games are also shown.

Entrepreneurship

Would You Like Some Coffee with Your Monopoly?

December 13, 2022

Kyle and Tabi Czarnecki show off HOOKS! The demand for their handcrafted game caught them off-guard when demand blew up last year. A man and woman stand on opposite sides of a table holding a game that consists of a piece of wood with strings and hooks attached to it.

Entrepreneurship

Get Your HOOKS! into This Game. Beer Optional

December 6, 2022

Photo: Ameera Hammouda (Questrom'18) poses for a photo at her home in Hopkinton, MA. A young woman wearing a long, dark purple dress, sits and looks up above the camera in front of a white wall.

Fashion

My Big Idea: Modest Fashion Gets a Refresh

November 28, 2022

Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida (COM’79) returns to BU’s College of Communication to speak at a symposium on Black media on Friday. Photo by Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Journalism & Media

Alum Kevin Merida Is Reinventing the L.A. Times

October 27, 2022

Alumni

My Big Idea: Anti-Bullying Software for the Classroom

October 12, 2022

Photo of Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW'10) posing for a photo. A dark, tan man wearing a blue blazer and pants and white collared shirt holds his black cell phone in hand as he looks to the camera.

Entrepreneurship

Opening Doors: Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW’10)

October 4, 2022

Innovation

My Big Idea: Clean Body Care Products

September 20, 2022

Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

Alum Jane Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Remmie Health holds the ear infection detection device she designed. Photo by Ron Wurzer for Boston University Photography

Innovation

My Big Idea: Helping Parents Avoid Repeated Trips to the Pediatrician’s Office

April 22, 2022

a composite image with pictures of Donda Mullis, Karen Lynch, Alexandra Cooper, and Nicolle Black

Alumni

Meet the Four Alums Who Made the Forbes “30 Under 30” and New “50 Over 50” Lists

March 15, 2022

Roger Wellington stands in front of the Pine Street Inn

diverse initiative

Opening Doors: Roger Wellington (SHA’94)

February 16, 2022

Social Media

This BU Alum Wants to Take the Toxicity Out of Social Media

February 8, 2022

Photo of an 11-week-old Basset Hound. The hound is held by its owner who wears a tan p-coat with a repeated pattern.

Photography

Fetching Success for The Dogist

February 3, 2022

Fetching Success for The Dogist