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Kyle and Tabi Czarnecki show off HOOKS! The demand for their handcrafted game caught them off-guard when demand blew up last year. A man and woman stand on opposite sides of a table holding a game that consists of a piece of wood with strings and hooks attached to it.

Entrepreneurship

Get Your HOOKS! into This Game. Beer Optional

December 6, 2022

Photo: Ameera Hammouda (Questrom'18) poses for a photo at her home in Hopkinton, MA. A young woman wearing a long, dark purple dress, sits and looks up above the camera in front of a white wall.

Fashion

My Big Idea: Modest Fashion Gets a Refresh

November 28, 2022

Photo: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados is shown mid-performance gesturing and conducting with huge arms and movements. She wears a dark green sweater and looks expressive. Masked people sit and play various string instruments in the blurred foreground and background.

Arts & Culture

Opening Doors: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20)

November 18, 2022

Photo: A large piece of butternut squash manicotti topped with Brussels sprouts, pickled apple, and almonds is shown on a white plate. A slight sprinkling of Parmesan cheese tops the dish.

recipe

VIDEO: What’s for Thanksgiving? Try This Fall-Themed Manicotti with Squash and Brussels Sprouts

November 18, 2022

Lydia Moland (UNI’97,’97, GRS’02) says abolitionist Lydia Maria Child was “a devastatingly good arguer…. She was a very, very powerful thinker and writer.” Photo by James Johnson

Alumni

Profiling a 19th-Century Woman’s “Radical American Life”

November 14, 2022

Terri Tanielian speaking at the Invictus Games Symposium on Invisible Wounds in 2016. Tanielian (CAS’90) is Special Assistant to the President for Veterans Affairs, helping meet the needs of veterans, their families, and caregivers. Photo from the George W. Bush Presidential Center, courtesy of Tanielian

Veterans

Serving Those Who Have Served in Uniform

November 9, 2022

Photo of Daniel Fredholm posing for the camera. stands and poses ext to a large palm tree in a large, green wildlife park. Fredholm wears a grey collared shirt and khaki pants as he stands and poses with hands in pockets.

Alumni

As a Clinical Veterinarian for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Daniel Fredholm Treats All Creatures Great and Small

November 4, 2022

A composite image with photos of Liz Patrick, and a background of the NYC skyline in black and white

TV & Film

Saturday Night Live’s New Director Talks Sketch Comedy, MTV, and Ellen DeGeneres

November 3, 2022

Photo of the US Supreme Court building. The photos has a red and purple gradient overlaid on it.

Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Guns, God, Abortion, and Affirmative Action

November 3, 2022

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.

Tributes

An “Unconventional Genius”

November 2, 2022

Concept image with 5 stars cut out of a paper cartoon bubble symbolising customer feedback. Photo by MicroStockHub/iStock

Feedback

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

November 2, 2022

A photo of the KCILSE building with Warren Towers in the background on Boston University's campus

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

Education

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

Keeping a Small-Town Movie House Alive