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TV & Film

BU Alum Explores the Double Life of Actor Rock Hudson in New HBO Documentary

June 29, 2023

Photo: Kelli O’Hara (left) as Kirsten and Brian D’Arcy James as Joe in the new musical adaptation of "Days of Wine and Roses". A white man wearing business casual wear embraces a white woman with blonde hair and wearing a summer-y floral dress from behind. They stand on a darkened stage illuminated by a spotlight on stage.

Theatre

Turning a Classic Hollywood Film about Alcoholism into an Off-Broadway Musical

June 22, 2023

Photo: Jillian Abby, a white woman with short, brown hair and wearing a white tank top and orange-red casual pants, smiles and poses with one elbow resting on her knee. She sits on a white bed in front of a black, old school typewriter.

LGBTQ+

Alum’s New Memoir Chronicles Her Experience Coming Out at 38

June 7, 2023

Photo: Gina Fiandaca, a white woman wearing a black shirt and light blue blazer, is shown looking at various screens of video footage of various MBTA stations.

Transportation

Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It

June 6, 2023

Photo: A man in a blue sweater sits on a modern leather couch staring out the window in NYC. Peter Shankman (CGS’92, COM’94), author of a new children's book on neurodiversity. Photo by Chris Sorensen for Boston University Photography.

Books

He Wrote a Book to Help Kids Deal with ADHD Better than He Did

June 6, 2023

Photo: A horizontal portrait shot of a Black man, Carl Phillips, a Pulitzer Prize winner poet. He is bald and wears a thing blue-gray shirt. The setting is a wooden area.

Alumni

Pulitzer Prize–Winning Poet Carl Phillips Finds Inspiration in Mundanity

June 5, 2023

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Alumni

Alum Who Climbed Everest Says She Grappled with “Grief, Loss, Friendship

June 2, 2023

Photo: Jennifer Yen, an Asian woman with long black hair wearing a pink top, stands in front of a generic photo drop and smiles for the camera.

Business & Economics

My Big Idea: Combining Asian Wisdom with Modern Beauty Routines

May 30, 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,

Tributes

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

May 13, 2023

Photo: A Western Asian woman with long, dark hair struts down a path at Harvard. She wears a white turtleneck, plaid pants, and smiles towards something off camera.

Accolades

Young Alum Wins Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

May 9, 2023

Photo: Members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside Paramount Pictures on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Various people walk and hold signs that read "Writers Guild on Strike" along with handwritten text and sayings. They walk in front a large gate that reads "Paramount Pictures".

Television

For BU Alums in Hollywood, the Strike Is about Survival in a Streaming, AI World

May 9, 2023

Photo: Esther Kisghu, a Black women, in Kenyan, colorful attire and a red scarf wrapped around her head stands underneath a tree, gazing up at the sky. She is illuminated by the soft light through the tree branches.

Social Work

Opening Doors: Esther Kisaghu (SPH’06)

April 21, 2023

Health & Wellness

My Big Idea: A Directory of Gluten-Free Products, Recipes, and Local Restaurants

April 18, 2023

Photo: Tess Pollins, a white woman with short hair, with some of “her kids”, young black school children from Tanzania’s Chakuwama Orphanage, the beneficiary of her nonprofit. Photo courtesy of Tess Pollins

Alumni

Meet the CGS Alum Who Started a Nonprofit to Help Orphans in Tanzania

April 14, 2023

Photo: Mike Salguero, a white man with short, buzzcut silver hair and wearing a long sleeved black shirt, smiles and poses for a photo. The blurry background is brightly lit.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Grass-Fed Beef, Mailed to Your Home

April 11, 2023

Photo: Patrick Dailey, a bald black man wearing an ornately designed sweater, poses for a portrait in a parking garage.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Classical Singer Patrick Dailey (CFA’14)

April 5, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo shows sunset traffic passing Boston University on Storrow Drive in 1964. A large lit building is shown next to a whizzing highway as old school cars are parked on the lawn nearby.

Boston

Alum Remembers Navigating BU at the Time of the Boston Strangler: “A Magical and Frightening Time All at Once”

April 4, 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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Photography

Alum Awarded Top Prize In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition

March 27, 2023

Alum Awarded Top Prize In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition