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Alumni

The 60-Year-Old Intern

August 18, 2025

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Politics

Is Our Democracy at Risk? Americans Think So. BU Experts Talk about Why—and the Way Forward

August 7, 2024

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Student Voices

Campus Reacts and Responds to Israel-Hamas War

March 22, 2024

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Alumni

Alum Beata Coloyan Is Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “Eyes and Ears” in Boston Neighborhoods

March 4, 2024

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Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

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Politics

Should Massachusetts Abolish Religious Exemptions for School Vaccinations?

August 29, 2023

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Politics

How the AR-15 Divided a Nation

August 9, 2023

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Transportation

Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It

June 6, 2023

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Religion

A Public Theology: BU Alumni Pastors Bring Their Faith to Politics

January 27, 2023

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Guns, God, Abortion, and Affirmative Action

November 3, 2022

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Reproductive Rights

The Battle for Reproductive Rights

July 1, 2022

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International Relations

Forced to Evacuate Ukraine, Nicole Jepeal (CAS’11) Worries about Those Left Behind

March 2, 2022

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Climate Change

Communicating Conservation Under Biden Versus Trump

July 28, 2021

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Alumni in Politics

Meet 16 BU Alums in the Biden Administration

March 2, 2021

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

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Politics

Historic 2020 Election a “Momentous Episode in the Story of American Democracy”

November 4, 2020

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Politics

Squad Rules, Three with BU Ties Reelected to Congress

November 4, 2020

Photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) campaigning in Queens, N.Y., on October 18, 2020. She wears a red mask and talks to a woman and a young girl to her left.

Politics

Candidates with BU Ties Run for Congress

October 29, 2020

Photo from Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, as delegates watch as the roll call vote of states continues after Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte. In the photo, large white posts with RNC branding with state names are seen, such as South Dakota, Guam, and US Virgin Islands. The back of a few people's heads are seen in the background.

Data & Politics

Alums’ Green Papers Website, 20 Years On, Is Still Tracking Election Returns

October 26, 2020

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Politics

Activist and BU Alum Barbara Lee Has a Mission: To See a Woman in the Oval Office

September 10, 2020

Activist and BU Alum Barbara Lee Has a Mission: To See a Woman in the Oval Office