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Readers Weigh In on the Science of Sleep, Systemic Racism, a New Campus Building

November 2, 2022

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Giving

Record-Breaking Year for Giving to BU

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)

Tributes

Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University

November 1, 2022

Collage: 12 Book covers arranged in two rows of six. Top row covers: "BUILD ME A CITY: SECRETS, LIES, AND LOVE IN BARON HAUSSMANN'S PARIS", "CLASSIC BASEBALL: TIMELESS TALES, IMMORTAL MOMENTS", "DELIBERATELY DIVIDED: INSIDE THE CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF TWINS AND TRIPLETS ADOPTED APART", "THE DIAMOND EYE", "GIRL IN ICE", and "HEALING: OUR PATH FROM MENTAL ILLNESS TO MENTAL HEALTH". The bottom row contains covers of "KEYA DAS’S SECOND ACT", "KIND LIKE MARSHA: LEARNING FROM LGBTQ+ LEADERS", "THE LUNAR HOUSEWIFE", "SLAYING THE DRAGON: A SECRET HISTORY OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS", "TEN THOUSAND SELVES", and "THE TRAYVON GENERATION".

Books

Reading List Fall 2022: New historical fiction about Joan of Arc, a World War II thriller, and the “secret history” of Dungeons & Dragons

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

Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida (COM’79) returns to BU’s College of Communication to speak at a symposium on Black media on Friday. Photo by Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Journalism & Media

Alum Kevin Merida Is Reinventing the L.A. Times

October 27, 2022

Photo: Jenn Lindsay poses for a photo. A white woman with wavy brown hair and wearing a white collared shirt and yellow jacket poses in front of a blue wall and looks to the left.

Diverse Film & TV

Opening Doors: Jenn Lindsay (GRS’18), Founder of So Fare Films

October 25, 2022

Japanese American cellist Leo Eguchi (CFA’02). Photo by Justine Cooper

Arts & Culture

Don’t Miss This Powerful Cello Performance Saturday in Chinatown

October 20, 2022

Strategy & Innovation

My Big Idea: Anti-Bullying Software for the Classroom

October 12, 2022

Photo: Alums Les Gordon (left) and Dafna Krouk-Gordon sit in an empty theater and pose for the camera. An older white man wearing glasses and a black long sleeved shirt sits tot he left of an older white woman wearing a white top. They both sit in an empty theater with red seats and smile for the camera.

TV & Film

Keeping a Small-Town Movie House Alive

October 11, 2022

Photo of Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW'10) posing for a photo. A dark, tan man wearing a blue blazer and pants and white collared shirt holds his black cell phone in hand as he looks to the camera.

Entrepreneurship

Opening Doors: Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW’10)

October 4, 2022

Photo of Josh Fairchild standing in front of an Orange line train with its doors open for boarding. a white man wearing a blue plaid shirt and grey puffer vest poses with arms crossed in front of an Orange and silver train.

Urban Health

The MBTA Has Problems. This Alum’s Advocacy Group Has Answers

October 3, 2022

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Arts & Culture

Alums Submit Original Poems

September 29, 2022

Keshawn Young (COM’23) (from left), Allison Davis (CGS’73, COM’75), Faith Rynda (CAS’22), and Joel Christian Gill (CFA’04) at the 2021 BU Alumni Weekend wine and cheese event hosted by the Black Alumni Council. Photo by Cydney Scott

Alumni Weekend

Six Events to Check Out at Alumni Weekend 2022

September 28, 2022

Photo of flooded streets on Salinas Beach after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Overhead shot of houses and streets are flooded with muddy, brown water.

Public Health

Hurricane Fiona “Was Literally a Perfect Storm,” Says Former San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto

September 23, 2022

Photo of Michael Russell Gunn (COM’07) and Tristan Roche (COM’20) visiting the set of Thai Cave Rescue in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Thailand. The two stand in a cave giving one armed hugs as they wear helmets with head flashlights on them and smile for the camera.

TV & Film

Thai Cave Rescue Re-creates a Harrowing Story

September 21, 2022

Innovation

My Big Idea: Clean Body Care Products

September 20, 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

Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

Collage: Photo of Gus D’Angelo. He leans against a tree and wears a black cowboy hat and dark blue plaid shirt. Next to image of cartoon field mouse in a wheel chair dressed in hiking gear.

Books

Introducing Young Readers to the Beauty and Wonder of Our National Parks

August 17, 2022

Introducing Young Readers to the Beauty and Wonder of Our National Parks