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Faculty

Tributes

James Brann Made an Impact Few Students Forgot

November 25, 2025

Photo: A composite black-and-white photo of three men: Shane Hunt (from left), Gerald Leader, and Robert Willcutt.

Tributes

Remembering Wheelock’s Marcia Folsom and Robert Willcutt, CFA’s Robert J. Gartside, Jr., CAS’ Shane Hunt, Questrom’s Gerald Leader

November 25, 2025

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Tributes

Edward Booth, CAS Professor Emeritus of Physics, Dies

November 25, 2025

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Tributes

Health Law Pioneer George Annas Dies

August 8, 2025

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Faculty

A Historian Whose April Fools’ Day Origin Tale Took on a Life of Its Own

August 8, 2025

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Alumni

Retired SSW Professor Millie Flashman, Passionate About Working with Couples and Families, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Tributes

Walter Lubars: “An Inspiration to a Generation of Advertising Students”

March 25, 2025

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Tributes

Morton Hoffman, Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Tributes

Questrom’s Melvyn Menezes Remembered as an Exceptional Educator

March 24, 2025

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College of Fine Arts

Remembering CFA’s Murray Lefkowitz, CAS’ Jelle Atema and John Snyder

December 3, 2024

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Tributes

LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies

August 7, 2024

Photo: A black and white photo of David Anable, a white man with white hair wearing a suit.

Tributes

Remembering COM’s David Anable, CAS’ John Stone

March 22, 2024

Photo: A black and white photo of Otto Lerbinger, a white balding man, sitting at his desk with papers, looking off to something else behind the camera.

Tributes

“Intellectual Brilliance and Brilliant Kindness”

March 22, 2024

Photo: An older woman with a kind smile wearing a cardigan and an elegant necklace sits at a desk in an office environment

Tributes

The Gifts of Great Teaching

March 22, 2024

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Charles Lindholm: “An Inspired Teacher and an Unsurpassed Mentor”

November 16, 2023

Photo: Dr. Michael A. Grodin, a white man with graying brown hair and beard, and wearing glasses, a light blue collared shirt, and brown tie looks to the left. He sits in front of a large bookcase filled with various reference books.

Tributes

Tribute: SPH Professor and Physician Michael Grodin Dies

August 8, 2023

Tributes

Remembering SPH’s Joseph Massaro, CAS’ Gustav Fritz Papanek and Merlin L. Swartz

March 27, 2023

Black and white photo of Anthony Barrand. A white man wearing a white tee shirt that reads "Boston University Orientation 1996" tucked into slacks holds up in one hand a large, wooden jewish star. He stands on a BU lawn on campus.

Tributes

An “Unconventional Genius”

November 2, 2022

Left to right, a photo of Pardee's Walter D. Connor, CAS' Paule Verdet and David A. Wagenknecht (CAS'62, GRS'64)

Tributes

Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University

November 1, 2022

a portrait of Seymour Miller in black and white wearing glasses and a suit and tie

Tributes

CAS’ Seymour M. “Mike” Miller Was an Influential Sociologist

April 25, 2022

CAS’ Seymour M. “Mike” Miller Was an Influential Sociologist