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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

“When People Don’t Have Resources, They Still Have Imagination”

May 16, 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

Photo of NASA pilot Bob Hines wearing a white and gray space-x suit inside during what appears to be a training drill in a space-x craft simulator. He touches a blue screen with his gloved hand and wears a sleek astronaut helmet with a glass front.

Space

BU Alum Robert Hines Is on a Mission—to the International Space Station

April 21, 2022

Louis Chude Sokei sits in front of a gray background in a green shirt

African American Studies

University Lecture: Louis Chude-Sokei Aims to Challenge Conventional Narratives about Race and Technology

March 22, 2022

Collage of 5 photos of various women BU alums. Photos from left to right of: Bonnie Hammer, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lucy Wheelock, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Women’s History Month

11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University

March 2, 2022

Emily Lam (ENG'14,'16,'20) and ENG Professor Thomas Little started tech company Rtangent, whose technology provides virtual tours led by a a live interpreter/guide. They were photographed at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, for which they created a tour. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Innovation

My Big Idea: Guided Tours through Virtual and Real Spaces

February 28, 2022

photo of BU’s new 19-story Center for Computing & Data Sciences during construction. A crane is atop the structure. It serves as a looming figure during a scenic orange sunset. Cars are seen in the horizon.

Data Science

Data Science Jobs Are Hot—and with a State-of-the-Art Building, New Faculty, and a New Major, BU Is Ready

November 19, 2021

Black and white portrait of Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87), smiling, in a black suit. A background with blue, purple, yellow and orange gradient coronavirus molecules are seen behind him.

Healthcare Technologies

How Scientists Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87) and Katalin Karikó Developed the Revolutionary mRNA Technology inside COVID Vaccines

November 18, 2021

Photo of David Delmar Senties, wearing a gray hat, and a black t-shirt, as he leans across a clear balcony with a silver railing.

Diversity

Opening Doors: David Delmar Sentíes (CFA’06)

October 9, 2021

Photo of Aaron Rasmussen (COM’06, CAS’06), with a spherical keyboard he made for himself because of a repetitive strain injury, at home in Washington State. He wears a gray suit jacket, glasses, in stands in the bushes which are illuminated by the lights of his keyboard.

Innovation

BU Alum Aaron Rasmussen: Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor, Perpetual Student

July 28, 2021

Concept illustration of a person with ecoanxiety and depression caused by global warming fear. A person with green pants and a blue shirt lays in a bed of smoke stacks.

Climate Change

Communicating Conservation Under Biden Versus Trump

July 28, 2021

Innovation

Five BU Alums Are on Forbes 2021 “30 Under 30” List

February 24, 2021

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

Photo of pilot Dharmesh Tarapore (CAS’18) standing in black jacket in front of a small plane and smiling.

Aviation Innovation

Could Alum’s New Device Improve Flight Safety for Small Planes?

October 13, 2020

Photo of Flagg (left) and her boyfriend, Aaron Bourget, picking up a donation from Bagelsaurus in Cambridge during a volunteer shift for Rescuing Leftover Cuisine in August. Both wear masks, Lizy carries a tub with brown bags.

Food Rescue

2020 ENG Grad Fighting Waste and Food Insecurity

September 15, 2020

BU alum Renee Shepherd, founder of seed company Renee’s Garden, at her test gardens in Felton, California. She stands with a hand on her hip and smiles, with lots of flowers and plants around.

Plants & Gardening

Seed Pioneer Renee Shepherd and the Gardening Life

July 20, 2020

Jill Albertelli poses for a portrait in front of a jet engine.

Engineering

Making Space

January 15, 2020

Jay M. Cashman poses for a photo on his island off Chatham, Mass.

Entrepreneurship

Power Up

January 15, 2020

A black and white portrait of Roseann Bongiovanni

Earth & Environment

Career Dedicated to Fighting for Environmental Justice in Chelsea

November 5, 2019

Science & Technology

The Transformers

September 20, 2019

The Transformers