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Tributes

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Tributes

Health Law Pioneer George Annas Dies

August 8, 2025

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Obituaries

Kitty Dukakis, Former First Lady of Massachusetts, 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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Faculty

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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College of Arts & Sciences

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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Tributes

Alum Found BU “a Very Exciting Place”

March 24, 2025

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Tributes

Remembering Questrom’s Philip E. Meyer, Alum Irving J. Heller

March 21, 2025

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Alumni

US Navy to Name Ships for BU Alumna Who Died in Combat in Iraq

February 24, 2025

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College of Arts & Sciences

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

December 3, 2024

Photo: A picture of BU alum and civil rights advocate Sybil Haydel Morial wearing a long-sleeve peach top and sitting on a bench in a park

Tributes

An Educator Who Fought for Justice and Equality

December 3, 2024

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Tributes

Russell Morash Introduced How-To Television

December 3, 2024

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Tributes

China Scholar Merle Goldman Dies

August 7, 2024

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Tributes

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

August 7, 2024

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Obituaries

Rev. James Lawson, Crusading Confidant of MLK, Dies at 95

June 14, 2024

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Veterans

Six BU Alums to Remember This Memorial Day

May 23, 2024

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Tributes

Remembering COM’s David Anable, CAS’ John Stone

March 22, 2024

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Tributes

“Intellectual Brilliance and Brilliant Kindness”

March 22, 2024

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Tributes

The Gifts of Great Teaching

March 22, 2024

The Gifts of Great Teaching