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Alumni

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Religion

Advocacy for Women Deacons by Alum Phyllis Zagano, a World Expert, Goes before Global Vatican Gathering

September 29, 2023

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Accolades

Three BU Alums Recognized in 2023 Time 100 Lists

September 26, 2023

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Books

White Shark Expert Greg Skomal’s New Book Is Part Science, Part Memoir

September 25, 2023

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Books

New Book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls Out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People

September 22, 2023

Photo: A composite image of three black and white photos with a white boarder and a tan background. On the right, two individuals walking on BU's campus in 1973. On the right, two photos, one layered on top of the other. The top photo features four men marching for MLK day in 1973. The bottom photo features the Business class of BU in 1973.

Alumni

Black Alums Celebrate 50th Reunion during Alumni Weekend

September 21, 2023

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Alumni Weekend

Make the Most of a Packed Alumni Weekend 2023 with These Events

September 20, 2023

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Alumni

Proposed LGBTQ+ Library in Boston Would Be a First

September 18, 2023

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Business & Law

Neal Boudette, Veteran Auto Industry Reporter, on the Historic Auto Workers Strike

September 15, 2023

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Politics

Should Massachusetts Abolish Religious Exemptions for School Vaccinations?

August 29, 2023

Photo: Scott Biron makes a fly at his New London, NH home. An older white man wearing glasses, a long-sleeved blue collared shirt, and jeans sits at a crowded desk and works on a fly. Fly tying materials and paraphernalia can be seen around the office.

Arts & Culture

Video: Keeping the Ancient—and Secretive—Art of Fly Tying Alive

August 28, 2023

Photo: Melissa Adan of ABC News is shown reporting live from a roadside in Maui. A tan woman with black hair tied back and wearing a navy blue sleeveless blouse and khaki pants looks to her cellphone as a man wearing a large bucket hat, red shirt, and jeans holds a large TV camera in front of her. they stand on a dry, dirt road as fluffy clouds litter the blue sky.

Journalism & Media

Maui Wildfires Reunite Two BU Journalism Alums in the Field

August 22, 2023

Photo: Portrait of Brice Marden, a white man with grey-brown hair and wearing black long sleeved shirt and pants, sits on a chair and looks over his shoulder at the camera. He sits in front of a wall full of large canvases featuring his paintings.

Tributes

Celebrated Abstract Artist and Alum Brice Marden Dies

August 18, 2023

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One Good Deed

One Good Deed: Peter Rawitsch (Wheelock’77) Helped Change a School Disciplinary Policy

August 9, 2023

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Books

Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder: Alum David Grann’s New Book, The Wager, Is a High-Seas Adventure

August 9, 2023

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Alumni

Alum Steve Martin, Founder of a New York PR Firm, Works With Some of the Biggest Names in Music—from Foo Fighters to Paul McCartney

August 9, 2023

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Books

Imagining a Postapocalyptic World Ravaged by Climate Change

August 8, 2023

Photo: Journalist Scott Kirsner, a white man wearing neon yellow glasses, a black shirt, navy blue and grey button-up sweater, and jeans holds his hand up as he talks to a crowd. He clutches a few miscellaneous items in his other hand as he stands in front of glass doors to a building. The sign to his left reads "Tremont Temple Baptist church". Another man to his left smiles and laughs.

Journalism & Media

Blazing Boston’s Innovation Trail

August 8, 2023

Photo: Walter Whyte, a tall, young Black man wearing a white and red BU Men's basketball uniform and white headband, moves across the court. A Bucknell athlete in a blue and orange uniform faces away from the camera toward center court. Player sit on the bucknell player bench behind them. A few people sit in the red seats in the stands in the background.

Public Health

Walter Whyte A Standout in the Class and on the Court

August 8, 2023

Photo: Portrait of Sargent College alum Carolyn Cohen and her dog at Sargent College on August 13, 2015. An older white woman wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and blue pants, sits on a wooden bench and looks to the right on a sunny day. Her left arm rests on the back of a skinny, brown greyhound dog, while her right hands holds a long red leash.

Tributes

Tribute: Sargent Alum Carolyn Cohen Was a Retired Educator, Proud Terrier

August 8, 2023

Image: Photo of an oil on canvas painting with paper collage also used as a medium. Image shows a white woman wearing a long skirt and bandeau cobbled together with fabrics of various patterns. She holds a leash attached to a small kangaroo with a lei around its neck as a young child with black hair and wearing a red plaid shirt, black shirt, and white socks lies at her feet. They all stand in a bushy, green area as various other marsupials look to them from the distance.

Arts & Culture

Gallery: Haley Hasler (CFA’99)

August 8, 2023

Gallery: Haley Hasler (CFA’99)