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Books

Opening Doors: Emma Kalff (CAS’15) and Sandra Soto (Wheelock’16)

February 24, 2023

National Sports

Alum Mike Grier Is Hockey’s First Black General Manager

February 14, 2023

Strategy & Innovation

My Big Idea: a Web- and App-Based Tool to Plan a Meaningful Life

February 14, 2023

Elizabeth Alexander (GRS’87) (clockwise from top left), Shari Redstone (LAW’71,’81), Manjusha Kulkarni (LAW’95), Adrienne Pitts (LAW’95), and Nadine Chakar (CAS’87). Photos courtesy of BU Photography, AP/Evan Agostini, Kulkarni, Pitts, and Chakar.

Alumni

Five Alums Named to Forbes “50 over 50” List

February 10, 2023

Photo: Deena Sheldon filming a Sunday Night Football game in Green Bay in 2008. A white woman with long, curly dirty blonde hair stands behind a large professional video camera on a high platform. She smiles as the photo is shot and a crowd of Green Bay Packers fans cheer in the stadium behind her.

TV & Film

Alum Deena Sheldon Inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame

February 8, 2023

Patriots fans Molly Winsten (Sargent’18) (left) and Erin Truex (SSW’15) didn’t meet at BU, but as players on the offensive line of the Boston Renegades women’s professional football team. Photos courtesy of Food Network

TV & Film

Two Alums Crowned Winners on Food Network’s NFL Tailgate Takedown

February 8, 2023

[Clockwise From Bottom Left] Olivia Davis (COM’15), Atri Raychowdhury (ENG’15), Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21), and Austin Briggs and Justin Fiaschetti, who both studied engineering at BU, made Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2023. Photos courtesy Forbes.

Alumni

BU Alums, Former Students Shine in Forbes 2023 “30 Under 30” List

January 30, 2023

Photo: Reverend Arthur Gordon delivers his sermon at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Roxbury. A black man wearing a black robe over a white collared shirt and yellow striped tie raises both hands as he gives a sermon at the front of a church.

Religion

A Public Theology: BU Alumni Pastors Bring Their Faith to Politics

January 27, 2023

Photo: Businessperson Catarina Chang (SHA'11) poses for a photo at Sunset Cantina on January 17,2023. A young Asian woman wearing a long-sleeved jewell blue blouse, poses with arms folded over each other on a wooden divider. Wooden dining tables can be seen in a seating area behind her. The ceiling/walls are decorated with brightly colored fan ornaments of various sizes.

Food & Dining

Sunset Cantina Reopens, with an Alum a Co-owner

January 25, 2023

Music supervisor Thomas Golubić (COM’93) says he sometimes gets to build character playlists for actors and directors to help them think about the characters they play in a certain way. Photo by Ashley West Leonard

TV & Film

What’s It Like to Be a Music Supervisor for a TV Show? Just Ask Thomas Golubić (COM’93)

January 23, 2023

Adrianne Krstansky as Patricia (from left), Michael Kaye as Mark, and Rom Barkhordar as Jason in the Huntington Theatre Company production of The Art of Burning, running through February 12 at the Boston Center for the Arts. Photo by T. Charles Erickson

Arts & Culture

Kate Snodgrass (GRS’90) Launches Post-BU Career with a Provocative New Play at Huntington Theatre Company

January 19, 2023

Alfred Hitchcock and Henry Fonda on the set of The Wrong Man in 1956. Credit: MARKA/Alamy Stock Photo

Government & Law

Zooming In on Wrongful Convictions

January 18, 2023

Photo: Fox Sports reporter Jenny Taft on the sidelines at the November 25 FIFA World Cup USA-England match. A white woman wearing a a white shirt and light blue blazer holds up a microphone with a large "FOX" label on it. A green football pitch. The seats are filled with fans in the background and a large replica 2022 World cup can be seen in the background as well.

Journalism & Media

COM Alum Reports from the Biggest Stage in Sports—the FIFA World Cup

December 15, 2022

Photo: Neil Goldberg, a white man with dark silver gray hair, smiles as he sits and looks over a large stack of board games. Behind him, numerous wooden shelves filled with more board games are also shown.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Would You Like Some Coffee with Your Monopoly?

December 13, 2022

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

Serving Those Who Have Served in Uniform