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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

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

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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

Black and white photo of Laurence A. Bloom (DGE’66, CAS’68). He appears to be on a rooftop and wears some sort of strap over his shoulder.

Giving

An Outpouring of Support for BU and Its Students

July 27, 2021

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), reading "the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US." and her husband Arthuer Crumpler. The headstones are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. Bright green grass grows around the headstones.

Historic Alum

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

July 20, 2021

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Alumni in Politics

Meet 16 BU Alums in the Biden Administration

March 2, 2021

University News

A Former Student Leader, Alexis Redman (Questrom’14) Now Heads the BU Young Alumni Council

February 24, 2021

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

Photo of Ryan Roth Gallo (LAW’99), pictured (left) at the 2018 BU Commencement in full regalia. On the right, Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (CAS’84) and President Brown are seen. All of them clap, and rows of commencement go-ers in regalia are seen behind them.

University Appointments

Trustee and Alum Endows New Antiracism Professorship at the School of Law

February 3, 2021

Photo of a group of students sitting in an auditorium as they show their cleared confirmation status on their cellphones at the start of Professor Elizabeth Co’s Human Physiology (BI 211) class in Morse Auditorium on the first day of classes September 2. Stickers are placed in chairs throughout the auditorium to help with distancing.

Student Stories

College in the COVID-19 Era

November 20, 2020

Screenshot from a virtual event During the Alumni Weekend called Black in the Entertainment Industry: Reflections on Courage, Challenge, and Creativity, College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young (clockwise from top right) spoke with actors Uzo Aduba (CFA’05), Alfre Woodard (CFA’74, Hon.’04), and Russell Hornsby (CFA’96) about their experiences at BU and in Hollywood.

Alumni Weekend

First Virtual Alumni Weekend Brings BU Community Together

November 20, 2020

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Antiracism

In a Turbulent Time, Ibram X. Kendi and BU’s Center for Antiracist Research Will Help Lead the Way Forward

November 19, 2020

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Tributes

“Father of Psychiatric Rehabilitation”

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

TJ and Hadley Douglas, owners of Urban Grape in Boston, pose for a photo on November 2, 2020. A floor to ceiling rack of wine bottles is seen behind them.

Alumni

New Scholarship at MET Seeks to Draw More People of Color into the Wine and Beverage Industry

November 19, 2020

Composite image of black and white photos of the following people: Gary M. Garfinkel (Questrom’84), who stands in a suit and tie, Harold “Spike” Carlson (Questrom’26), in an old-fashioned football uniform, Julia C. Pratt (CAS’48, Hon.’78) at a desk with file cabinets in the background.

Giving

Celebrating Three Scholarships

November 19, 2020

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

Tributes

Joachim Maître Taught at BU for 30 Years

November 18, 2020

Joachim Maître Taught at BU for 30 Years