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Tributes

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.

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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)

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Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University

November 1, 2022

Paul Lanzikos (Questrom’80), former state secretary of elder affairs under Governor Michael Dukakis, is cofounder of Dignity Alliance Massachusetts, a healthcare policy coalition focused on nursing home reform. Dignity Alliance has endorsed the establishment of a COVID-19 day of remembrance in the commonwealth. Photo by Cydney Scott

Health & Medicine

BU Alum Calls for a COVID Day of Remembrance in Massachusetts

October 31, 2022

Closeup photo of Eric Jackson. An older, lighter-skinned Black man smiles for the camera.

Obituaries

Eric Jackson, Dean of Boston Jazz Radio, Dies at 72

September 19, 2022

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

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

April 25, 2022

Dan Petrescu and Noah Gordon are pictured in a composite image

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Remembering Three Alums and a Pardee Professor Emeritus

April 25, 2022

side by side photos of trailblazer Esther Hopkins and artist Peri Schwartz. Hopkins smiles and looks at camera as Schwartz looks to left and smiles to someone off camera.

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Remembering a Painter, a Poet, a Trailblazer, and a Former Olympian

November 16, 2021

Black and white photo of Louis Armstrong, center, joins in his own joke over an old jazz story with trumpeter Bobby Hackett and Newport Jazz Festival impresario George Wein, at left, at Newport, Rhode Island on July 10, 1970. Hackett holds a trumpet, Armstrong is mid-laugh, and all the men smile.

Obituaries

BU Alum George Wein, Founder of Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, Dies at 95

September 14, 2021

Fashion designer Jessica McClintock sits with arms crossed watching a presentation.

Tributes

Fashion Designer and Alum Jessica McClintock Built an Empire

July 28, 2021

Black and white portrait of Gaylen Kelley at Boston University in 1963.

Tributes

Tributes: Wheelock’s Gaylen B. Kelley, Miriam A. Marecek, CAS’ James D. Purvis, and SDM’s David A. Russell

July 27, 2021

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Tributes: COM’s Christopher Cakebread (COM’82, Wheelock’00) and Norman Moyes, CFA’s Wilbur D. Fullbright (GRS’60)

March 25, 2021

Photo of William A. Anthony sitting in a chair in a suit and tie and smiling.

Tributes

“Father of Psychiatric Rehabilitation”

November 19, 2020

Photo of Robert Burdick (LAW’72), a School of Law clinical professor who directed the Civil Litigation & Justice Program for more than 40 years, standing in a suit, looking off into the middle distance. Bright blue skies are seen in a window behind him.

Tributes

A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick

November 19, 2020

Composite image, at left, a photo of Rev. Gil Galdwell (GRS’55, Hon.’59) speaking at a podium in what looks like a church, and a black and white photo of Robert Trump (DGE’68, CAS’72) holding a soccer ball as a young man at BU.

Tributes

Tributes: Rev. Gil Caldwell (GRS’55, Hon.’59), Robert Trump (DGE’68, CAS’72)

November 19, 2020

Black and white portrait of Joachim Maître in a checkered suit in front of a bookshelf.

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Joachim Maître Taught at BU for 30 Years

November 18, 2020

Photo of Travis Roy on Monday, October 6, 2015 at center ice of the Agganis Arena. He wears a grey sweater and his retired jersey number, 24, is seen hanging from the ceiling.

Tributes

Travis Roy, Terrier Hockey Player Paralyzed in 1995, Dies at 45.

October 29, 2020

Obituaries

A Sports Pioneer and BU Hall of Famer Dies

July 7, 2020

A photo of Sir Hans Kornberg in his lab

Tributes

Tributes: Sir Hans Kornberg, Anton Mavretic

July 7, 2020

A photo of the Class of 1970 Convocation in 2010. A graduate holds up a newspaper that reads "Will I have to go to war?"

Commencement

50 Years Later, Another Delayed Commencement

July 7, 2020

Tributes

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies

June 16, 2020

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies