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Academics

Graduate Fellowships Give a New PhD Program a Strong Start

August 8, 2023

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Accolades

Young Alum Wins Highly Competitive Schwarzman Scholarship

July 11, 2023

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Accolades

Young Alum Wins Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

May 9, 2023

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Government & Law

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox Scaled the Blue Wall of Silence

March 27, 2023

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University News

BU Alumni Association Launches Alumni Networks Program

March 2, 2023

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Giving

Record-Breaking Year for Giving to BU

November 2, 2022

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Obituaries

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

September 19, 2022

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University News

Frederick S. Pardee (Questrom’54,’54, Hon.’06) Remembered for His Generosity and Vision

June 29, 2022

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Accolades

Two Alums Make Time’s List of Most Influential People of 2022

June 6, 2022

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AAPI Heritage Month

These 10 Asian American and Pacific Islander Alums Are Changing the World

April 29, 2022

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School Of Theology

New Associate Dean For Students and Community Life

April 25, 2022

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Race

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

March 22, 2022

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2021 Annual Report

“A Year Like No Other”

January 19, 2022

Photo of the winners of the BU Alumni Awards on stage with their medals on (from left): Erika Jordan, BU vice president for alumni engagement; Anthony Harrison (COM’81), president of the Boston University Alumni Association; Lawrence Carter (STH’68,’70,’79), dean of the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College; Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (GRS’81), permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations; Priyanka Naik (CAS’10), vegan chef and cookbook author; Kathleen McLaughlin (ENG’87), Walmart, Inc., executive vice president and chief sustainability officer and president of the Walmart Foundation; Shoshana Chatfield (Pardee’88), US Navy rear admiral and president of the United States Naval War College; and Robert A. Brown, BU president. Photo by Doug Levy

Alumni Weekend

Global Citizens Return to BU Campus for Alumni Weekend 2021

November 18, 2021

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University News

BU’s Endowment Grows by Nearly $1 Billion

October 13, 2021

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Obituaries

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

September 14, 2021

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Alumni

Anthony Harrison (COM’81) Is the New President of the Boston University Alumni Association

July 28, 2021

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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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Giving

An Outpouring of Support for BU and Its Students

July 27, 2021

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Historic Alum

New York Times Honors BU Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler with Obituary—126 Years after Her Death

July 20, 2021

New York Times Honors BU Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler with Obituary—126 Years after Her Death