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Alumni

John Ward, founder of GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), poses for a photo

Law

A Career Spent Fighting for the Rights of LGBTQ+ Individuals

December 4, 2019

Students gather at the sustainability@bu tent during the sustainability festival

Giving

BU Celebrates Community on #GivingTuesday

December 2, 2019

City firefighter walks away from Ground Zero covered in dust on September 11th

Books

Alum’s New Book Recounts His Fight to Help First Responders Sickened after 9/11

December 2, 2019

Sarah Silbiger (COM’18) holds her cameras while posing for a photo outside the whitehouse

Journalism & Media

Photographing Trump’s Washington

December 2, 2019

A poster for the movie Frozen 2

TV & Film

BU Alum, Producer of Frozen and Frozen II, Calls Reaction to Franchise “Amazing” and “Humbling”

November 20, 2019

View over the shoulders of sports broadcasting director Bob Fishman watching the screens in the truck while directing an NFL broadcast

Alumni

Meet the Sports Broadcasting Legend Who Calls the Shots at CBS Sports

November 19, 2019

A hand pulls grapes from the vine on a vineyard

Food

A World of Wine

November 14, 2019

Jamil Siddiqui holds a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching while posing for a photo with Karen Marrongelle, a National Science Foundation director (from left), Siddiqui, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and F. Fleming Crim, National Science Foundation chief operating officer.

Accolades

Alum Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

November 11, 2019

A black and white portrait of Roseann Bongiovanni

Earth & Environment

Career Dedicated to Fighting for Environmental Justice in Chelsea

November 5, 2019

Adeena Sussman in her kitchen

Books

Adeena Sussman’s New Cookbook Is Inspired by Her Life in Israel

October 29, 2019

Portrait of Dani LeBlanc in the Hayden Planetarium

Science & Technology

Does Stargazing Alum Dani LeBlanc Have the Coolest Job in Boston?

October 28, 2019

Samina Mohamedali prepares to place flowers on a memorial in front of the Tree of Life Congregation

Journalism & Media

One Year Later, BU Alum Reflects on Covering the Tree of Life Massacre and Winning a Pulitzer Prize

October 25, 2019

Geena Davis delivers the keynote address at the 2019 Power of Inclusion Summit

Film & TV

Actor Geena Davis to Receive Honorary Oscar Sunday Night

October 24, 2019

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

From Our Readers

Feedback: An Alum Leads a Recovery; Defending Trump; Coexisting with Sharks

October 23, 2019

Boston University Terriers rowing team member David Fox poses with fan Ed Boesel during the 2017 Head of the Charles Regatta.

Giving

A BU Superfan

October 23, 2019

Boston University alumni at a picnic table pose for a photo at the Alumni Weekend picnic on BU Beach

Alumni Weekend

Campus Abuzz on Alumni Weekend 2019

October 23, 2019

Composite photo showing portraits of Charlene Ong, Richard Shipley, Alex Gitungano, Sharon and Robert Ryan, Chinwe Oparaji, Raymond Fisman, and Molly McCombe.

Campaign for BU

People Who Defined the Campaign for BU

October 23, 2019

Portrait of first generation college and law school graduate Kellie Desrochers.

Higher Education

“Beyond My Mother’s Dreams”

October 22, 2019

The Cookie Monstah truck parked at the Boston Common

Food

Meet the Alum Behind Boston’s Popular Cookie Monstah Food Trucks

October 15, 2019

Joe bagley holding a Chinese lantern artifact found in an archaeological dig of Boston's Chinatown neighborhood.

Archaeology

The Alum Digging Up Chinatown’s Archaeological Treasures

October 9, 2019

The Alum Digging Up Chinatown’s Archaeological Treasures