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Portrait of Peter Ho Davies in a jean button down shirt in front of a tree trunk.

Books

New Novel by Peter Ho Davies Takes a Searing, Painful, Loving Look at Parenting

July 24, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for the following books: ALL ABOUT FLOWERS: JAMES VICK’S NINETEENTH-CENTURY SEED COMPANY By Thomas Mickey; ANIMAL By Lisa Taddeo; BITTER MAGIC: INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF A CONFESSED WITCH By Nancy Hayes Kilgore; THE COST OF KNOWING By Brittney Morris; ECONOMY HALL: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF A FREE BLACK BROTHERHOOD By Fatima Shaik; THE FALLS By Emily Mohn-Slate; A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF POLICE STOPS By Josephine Ross; THE GREEK CONNECTION By James Barron; LOVE IS GREATER THAN PAIN: SECRETS FROM THE UNIVERSE FOR HEALING AFTER LOSS By Marilyn Kapp; OUR OWN WORST ENEMY: THE ASSAULT FROM WITHIN ON MODERN DEMOCRACY By Tom Nichols; RED DECEPTION By Ed Fuller; THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM By Elizabeth McCracken; WHY WE ARE RESTLESS: ON THE MODERN QUEST FOR CONTENTMENT By Jenna Silber Store.

Books

Reading List Summer 2021: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

July 24, 2021

Space

Janet Petro Is First Woman to Lead NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

July 16, 2021

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Books

City Archaeologist Joe Bagley’s New Book Digs Deep into Boston’s Oldest Buildings

June 9, 2021

TV & Film

Alum’s Film Sheds Light on Rabbi Who Fled Nazis, Fought for Civil Rights

May 26, 2021

Photo of Ivanna Solano (Wheelock'16) in downtown Lynn. She wears a tan coat and black sweater, and has long braids with patches of gold. She has large glasses and looks earnestly at the camera. Behind her, a ray of sunlight is seen on a brick wall painted light blue.

Social Work

Opening Doors: Ivanna Solano (Wheelock’16)

May 5, 2021

A photo of Matt Levin wearing a Worcester Red Sox hat sitting in the stands. The baseball field is in the background.

Business of Baseball

Woosox Matthew Levin Bridges Baseball and Business

May 4, 2021

Still from the movie Moonstruck in which Dukakis, left, and Cher, converse at the kitchen table.

Obituaries

Oscar Winner, BU Alum Olympia Dukakis Dies at 89

May 3, 2021

Photo of Sonia Su (COM’15), founder and executive director of Kits to Heart, surrounded by stacks of with kits, white boxes with twine bows, ready to be delivered. She holds one in her arms out in front of her and smiles and looks down. She has shoulder length black hair and wears a black sweater.

Nonprofit

After Beating Cancer, COM Alum Is Giving Care Kits to Others with the Disease

April 24, 2021

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Suits with Pockets, and Now, a New Networking Community for Women

April 21, 2021

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Alumni

Stephen Kurkjian Featured in This Is a Robbery Netflix Series on Gardner Museum Heist

April 13, 2021

Composite image, photo of Peter Guralnick with glasses on sitting in a teal rocking chair on a porch, next to the book cover for “Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music & Writing” with a photo of Bob Dylan and a man in a cowboy hate that looks at an acoustic electric guitar.

Arts & Culture

Peter Guralnick (CAS’67, GRS’68) Says Looking to Get Lost is as Close to a Memoir as He’ll Ever Write

March 26, 2021

Album cover for "Portraits, Self-Portraits and Songs" a new CD reissue. A black and white photo of Virgil Thompson is on the right.

Music

Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) “Posed” for Classical Music Composer Virgil Thomson, Then Played His Work

March 26, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for: Corner Shrine, Devastation Class, In Security, The Land of the Dead is Open for Business, The Man Who Loved His Wife, Me and Her Shadow, Sugar Shock, Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir, and Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury that Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation.

Books

Reading List: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

March 25, 2021

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Feedback

Readers Weigh In on Ibram X. Kendi and Antiracism, Rhett’s Namesake, BU President Harold Case, and More

March 25, 2021

Black and white photo of Tom Beatty (CAS’72) during a historic track meet. He wears a BU jersey and his hair bounces as he runs ahead of two competitors on a track.

Athletics

Miracle on the Track: 50 Years Ago, the Men’s Track Team Made History

March 25, 2021

Mordecai’s painting, “The Sign 3, 2020, 52" x 76" oil, graphite, charcoal canvas glued to panel. It is red, violet, and white, white abstract shapes that resemble a wine glass and violin.

Visual Arts

Gallery: The Art of Ruth Mordecai (CFA’70,’80)

March 25, 2021

Photo of Vincent Hsieh (LAW’92) (left) and Ko Wen-Je, the mayor of Taipei (right), who holds up a red t-shirt that says “Boston U” on it. Behind him, a large screen with Chinese characters is seen.

International Alumni

Alumni Gather in Taipei

March 25, 2021

Photo of Susanne Daisley Lyons, smiling and standing in a striped blazer on top of a hill with her arms crossed. Behind her is a light blue sky and city skyline.

International Sports

Susanne Lyons on What’s Ahead for the Tokyo Olympics

March 25, 2021

Composite image featuring photos of Cynthia Erivo in the role of Aretha Franklin in the NatGeo TV series 'Genius: Aretha' next to a photo of the real Aretha Franklin in the 1968

TV & Film

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

March 18, 2021

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