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Alumni

Photo: Gina Fiandaca, a white woman wearing a black shirt and light blue blazer, is shown looking at various screens of video footage of various MBTA stations.

Transportation

Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It

June 6, 2023

Photo: A man in a blue sweater sits on a modern leather couch staring out the window in NYC. Peter Shankman (CGS’92, COM’94), author of a new children's book on neurodiversity. Photo by Chris Sorensen for Boston University Photography.

Books

He Wrote a Book to Help Kids Deal with ADHD Better than He Did

June 6, 2023

Photo: A horizontal portrait shot of a Black man, Carl Phillips, a Pulitzer Prize winner poet. He is bald and wears a thing blue-gray shirt. The setting is a wooden area.

Alumni

Pulitzer Prize–Winning Poet Carl Phillips Finds Inspiration in Mundanity

June 5, 2023

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Alumni

Alum Who Climbed Everest Says She Grappled with “Grief, Loss, Friendship

June 2, 2023

Photo: Jennifer Yen, an Asian woman with long black hair wearing a pink top, stands in front of a generic photo drop and smiles for the camera.

Business & Economics

My Big Idea: Combining Asian Wisdom with Modern Beauty Routines

May 30, 2023

Photo: A race from 1996 featuring Rick and Dick Hoyt, father and son who competed in over 1000 races. They are in white shorts and a white t-shirt, the wheelchair that Rick is in has two big wheels on the side.

TRIBUTES

Alum and Boston Marathon Fixture Rick Hoyt Dies at 61

May 23, 2023

Photo: Grace Bumbry, a Black woman with short gray hair, wears a purple balzer and blouse with a scarf draped over her left side. On her right lapel, a silver brooch. She smiles to the left, big and bright,

Tributes

Grace Bumbry (CFA’55) Broke Barriers, Rose to International Stardom in Opera

May 13, 2023

Photo: Members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside Paramount Pictures on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Various people walk and hold signs that read "Writers Guild on Strike" along with handwritten text and sayings. They walk in front a large gate that reads "Paramount Pictures".

Arts & Culture

For BU Alums in Hollywood, the Strike Is about Survival in a Streaming, AI World

May 9, 2023

Photo: Esther Kisghu, a Black women, in Kenyan, colorful attire and a red scarf wrapped around her head stands underneath a tree, gazing up at the sky. She is illuminated by the soft light through the tree branches.

Social Work

Opening Doors: Esther Kisaghu (SPH’06)

April 21, 2023

Health & Wellness

My Big Idea: A Directory of Gluten-Free Products, Recipes, and Local Restaurants

April 18, 2023

Photo: Tess Pollins, a white woman with short hair, with some of “her kids”, young black school children from Tanzania’s Chakuwama Orphanage, the beneficiary of her nonprofit. Photo courtesy of Tess Pollins

Alumni

Meet the CGS Alum Who Started a Nonprofit to Help Orphans in Tanzania

April 14, 2023

Photo: Mike Salguero, a white man with short, buzzcut silver hair and wearing a long sleeved black shirt, smiles and poses for a photo. The blurry background is brightly lit.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Grass-Fed Beef, Mailed to Your Home

April 11, 2023

Photo: Patrick Dailey, a bald black man wearing an ornately designed sweater, poses for a portrait in a parking garage.

College of Fine Arts

Opening Doors: Classical Singer Patrick Dailey (CFA’14)

April 5, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo shows sunset traffic passing Boston University on Storrow Drive in 1964. A large lit building is shown next to a whizzing highway as old school cars are parked on the lawn nearby.

Boston

Alum Remembers Navigating BU at the Time of the Boston Strangler: “A Magical and Frightening Time All at Once”

April 4, 2023

Image: Black background with many tiny white dots that imply a starry night sky. A photo of Boston Commissioner Michael Cox is shown on the right. Photo: Boston police commissioner Michael. A Black man wearing glasses, a navy blye suit and blue striped tie, smiles as he looks to the distant left. the right side of his blazer has a gold pin and he stands in front of a blurry city background.

Government & Law

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox Scaled the Blue Wall of Silence

March 27, 2023

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Photography

Alum Awarded Top Prize In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition

March 27, 2023

A triangular figure in wooden natural color with pegs like golf tees in various bright colors like red, blue and green. The background is blue with shadows of the golf tee figures.

Arts & Culture

Gallery: Lee Maxey

March 27, 2023

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TV & Film

Fighting for Equity

March 27, 2023

Photo: Marcelle Willock, MD. A light-skinned, older Black woman with light brown hair smiles and poses in the hallway of a bright, sunlit hospital. She wears a blue floral blouse, grey jacket, and black pants.

Tributes

Marcelle Willock, Former BU Chair of Anesthesiology, Was a Pioneering Physician

March 27, 2023

Photo: A 12-book cover collage with six on the top and six on the bottom.

Books

Reading List Winter–Spring 2023: New fiction, short stories, poetry, and a memoir by actor Geena Davis (CFA’79, Hon.’99)

March 27, 2023

Reading List Winter–Spring 2023: New fiction, short stories, poetry, and a memoir by actor Geena Davis (CFA’79, Hon.’99)