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Tributes

Photo: Portrait of Sargent College alum Carolyn Cohen and her dog at Sargent College on August 13, 2015. An older white woman wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and blue pants, sits on a wooden bench and looks to the right on a sunny day. Her left arm rests on the back of a skinny, brown greyhound dog, while her right hands holds a long red leash.

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Tribute: Sargent Alum Carolyn Cohen Was a Retired Educator, Proud Terrier

August 8, 2023

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Tribute: Christopher Barreca, Attorney and Former BU Trustees Chair

August 8, 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.

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Tribute: SPH Professor and Physician Michael Grodin Dies

August 8, 2023

Photo: A race from 1996 featuring Rick and Dick Hoyt, father and son who competed in over 1000 races. They are in white shorts and a white t-shirt, the wheelchair that Rick is in has two big wheels on the side.

TRIBUTES

Alum and Boston Marathon Fixture Rick Hoyt Dies at 61

May 23, 2023

Photo: Grace Bumbry, a Black woman with short gray hair, wears a purple balzer and blouse with a scarf draped over her left side. On her right lapel, a silver brooch. She smiles to the left, big and bright,

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Grace Bumbry (CFA’55) Broke Barriers, Rose to International Stardom in Opera

May 13, 2023

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

March 27, 2023

Photo: Marcelle Willock, MD. A light-skinned, older Black woman with light brown hair smiles and poses in the hallway of a bright, sunlit hospital. She wears a blue floral blouse, grey jacket, and black pants.

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Marcelle Willock, Former BU Chair of Anesthesiology, Was a Pioneering Physician

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.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick

November 19, 2020

A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick