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Public Health

Alcohol Consumption Has Spiked during the Pandemic. Could the Consequences Outlast the Coronavirus?

March 25, 2021

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International Sports

Susanne Lyons on What’s Ahead for the Tokyo Olympics

March 25, 2021

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TV & Film

Genius: Aretha Will Give You Goosebumps, Says Producer Sam Sokolow

March 18, 2021

Sports Journalism

From the Press Box to the Players Union

March 10, 2021

COM alum Mikaela Lefrak (’15, right) with co-host Lori McCue discussing the arts on WAMU’s “Get Out There.

Journalism & Media

Should Washington, D.C., Become the 51st State?

March 10, 2021

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Ben Hires, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

March 4, 2021

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Alumni in Politics

Meet 16 BU Alums in the Biden Administration

March 2, 2021

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea(s): Financial Planning for Students and Families—and Cupcakes

March 2, 2021

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History

One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen on Being Part of Famous All-Black Air Squadron

February 25, 2021

Innovation

Five BU Alums Are on Forbes 2021 “30 Under 30” List

February 24, 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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Food History

Alum’s Blog Combines Twin Passions: History and Ice Cream

February 17, 2021

Composite image of two portraits of artists and researchers Joel Christian Gill (’04) (left) and Charles Suggs (’20). Gill wears a light striped suit jacket and smiles in front of a bright blue background. Suggs wears a black V-neck shirt and glasses and smiles slightly on a light blue background.

Visual Arts

Using Their Work to Tell Stories from Black History

February 10, 2021

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Alumni

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

February 9, 2021

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University News

Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler Monday

February 7, 2021

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University Appointments

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

February 3, 2021

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: A Website That Sells Swanky Swag

February 2, 2021

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Alumni

From Seminary to Short Ribs

January 22, 2021

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Accolades

Trio of BU Alums Makes the Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen List

December 17, 2020

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Theatre

Talking Set Design With Afsoon Pajoufar (CFA’19)

December 16, 2020

Talking Set Design With Afsoon Pajoufar (CFA’19)