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Journalism & Media

Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict

February 14, 2024

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ALUMNI

Meet the Alumni Couple Who Got Engaged in Warren Towers—More Than 12 Years Later

February 12, 2024

Photo: Photo: Artist Bob Freeman, a Black man with graying hair and a gray mustache, (CFA’71,’83) in his Waltham studio. The walls are used to hang his pieces, which are behind him. He is mixing paint on a slab while wearing a black turtleneck.

Arts & Culture

Robert T. Freeman’s Long Journey Home

February 7, 2024

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Theatre

When Arthur Miller Came to See What BU Did with The Crucible

February 7, 2024

Photo: Abdul Jabbar Muhammad with a fellow veteran in their formal dress--all blacks and a white hat. They smile for the photo, shoulder to shoulder.

School of Social Work

This Boston Firefighter Wants to Help the Elderly—So He’s Becoming a Social Worker, Too

February 5, 2024

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Janet Krause Jones (COM’74), cofounder of the Single Mom Project

February 2, 2024

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Accolades

Alum Composer Is Up for Two Grammys Sunday

February 1, 2024

Sports

Meet Brad Cashew: Pro Wrestler and Local Legend Fans Go Nuts Over

January 25, 2024

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Accolades

BU’s Most Powerful Women, and Other Forbes Influencers

January 25, 2024

Photo: Sam Lisenco, a white man with stubble and a prominent mustache, poses for a photo on a red carpet. The picture is from the shoulders up, showing him in his black suit and black tie.

TV & Film

“Yes, Chef!” BU Alum Receives Emmy Nod for His Work on The Bear

January 11, 2024

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Style Tips (and Curated Garments) for the Modern Petite Woman

December 11, 2023

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Theatre

Hoping for Human Connection in The Band’s Visit

December 4, 2023

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Business & Economics

Opening Doors: Alejandro Garcia-Amaya (CGS’05, Questrom’07)

December 1, 2023

Photo: Bill Banfield, A Black man short graying hair wearing red glasses, a black long sleeved shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and black pants, poses as he holds his guitar under one arm. He stands at the exterior of a Spanish style building deck as the sun shines on him.

Accolades

Jazzman Bill Banfield Receives President’s Call to Service Award

November 28, 2023

Photo: A black and white photo of Rick Pitino celebrating with the BU men's basketball time he coached. Members of the team hoist him on their shoulders as they group up and cheer on the basketball court.

Books

When an Unknown Coach Named Rick Pitino Helped Lift BU Men’s Basketball to New Heights

November 16, 2023

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One Good Deed

One Good Deed: Audry Lynch (Wheelock’67)

November 16, 2023

Photo: A picture of a filer which reads ANOTHER ANTI-GAY MURDER!

TV & Film

Alum’s True-Crime Book Now a Critically Acclaimed HBO Series

November 16, 2023

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Books

Cartoonist Explores Stories of Veterans of the Battlefield—and the COVID ICU

November 16, 2023

Photo: Adeena Sussman, a white woman with curly brown-blonde hair and wearing a light blue collared shirt and black apron, smiles as she poses for a photo. Her hands work on some pastry dough on the counter in front of her as she smiles in a bright kitchen.

food

Adeena Sussman Releases new Jewish Cookbook, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours

November 16, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, speaks with Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston as part of a two-day BU visit under the auspices of the Center on Forced Displacement and Kilachand at Morse Auditorium. Three people sit in formal attire and appear to be discussing an important topic around a small table

Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement