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Diversity

Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida (COM’79) returns to BU’s College of Communication to speak at a symposium on Black media on Friday. Photo by Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Journalism & Media

Alum Kevin Merida Is Reinventing the L.A. Times

October 27, 2022

Photo: Jenn Lindsay poses for a photo. A white woman with wavy brown hair and wearing a white collared shirt and yellow jacket poses in front of a blue wall and looks to the left.

Diverse Film & TV

Opening Doors: Jenn Lindsay (GRS’18), Founder of So Fare Films

October 25, 2022

Photo of Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW'10) posing for a photo. A dark, tan man wearing a blue blazer and pants and white collared shirt holds his black cell phone in hand as he looks to the camera.

Entrepreneurship

Opening Doors: Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW’10)

October 4, 2022

Photo of David Waters, an older white man wearing black glasses, black blazer and pants, and a pastel pink collared shirt. He is turned towards the camera and smiling as he sits in front of a blurry background featuring bright red, yellow, and orange dots on a white background.

Nutrition

Opening Doors: David Waters (GRS’89)

June 7, 2022

Photo of Weike Wang (GRS’15), a young Asian American woman with shoulder length brown hair and turtle glass. She wears a black blouse and spotted green and yellow skirt and sits with her hands folded as she slightly smiles.

Books

In Alum Weike Wang’s New Novel, Joan Is Okay, a Chinese American Doctor Navigates Job and Family

May 16, 2022

Photo of Melanee Harvey, an assistant professor of art history at Howard University. She is a youngish Black woman, with shoulder-length locs, large cat-eye glasses, who wears a blue floral blouse and a blue knit skirt. She smiles, and clasps her hands on her lap. She sits on a bench in the middle of a gallery. Art hangs on the walls around her.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Melanee C. Harvey (GRS ‘17)

May 12, 2022

Photo of Lynae Vanee Bogues sitting in a dark blue velvet chair in front of small, potted palm trees with a stack of books by Black authors sitting in a neat pile on a white side table next to her. A young black woman with shoulder length faux locs and a multicolored blouse and bright yellow skirt sits with fingers crossed in front of her chin as she poses seriously for the camera.

Arts & Culture

Lynae Vanee Bogues Sheds Light on Often Overlooked Black History in Her IGTV Series Parking Lot Pimpin’

April 11, 2022

Photo of Missy Mazzoli, a white women with long brown hair. She wears a brown dress and is caught mid-turn on a roof with artistic graffiti covering it's walls. A city scene can be seen in the distance.

Classical Music

Opening Doors: Missy Mazzoli (CFA’02)

March 10, 2022

Photo of Oksana Masters, a white woman and double amputee, on Team USA who skis on a black pair of adaptive skis during an Official Training Session at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre on March 03, 2022 in Beijing, China. She wears sunglasses, looks very concentrated, and two other paralympians are seen skiing behind her.

International Sports

How the Paralympics Are Helping Society Become More Inclusive

March 3, 2022

Roger Wellington stands in front of the Pine Street Inn

diverse initiative

Opening Doors: Roger Wellington (SHA’94)

February 16, 2022

Composite image depicting multiple black BU alums, including Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Solomon Carter Fuller, and Elma Lewis, among others

Black History

10 Black BU Alums (Besides MLK) Who Left Their Mark on the World

February 9, 2022

Photo of MET alum Leon Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Museum of African American History (MAAH) sitting in a pew at the meeting house on November 18, 2021. Wilson is an older Black man with short, graying hair and large black-rimmed glasses, who smiles, wears a suit and rests his right arm on the wooden, painted pews.

Alumni

Museum of African American History President Leon Wilson is Preserving a Vital Part of Boston’s Past

January 31, 2022

photo of Manjusha Kulkarni, an Indian woman, wearing a blue sweater over a white collared shirt. She stands in front of a bright blue mosaic mural.

Antidiscrimination Work

Opening Doors: Manjusha Kulkarni

January 27, 2022

Photo of Linda Calhoun (COM’80), a middle-aged Black woman with light brown, curly, shoulder-length hair. She wears a long, yellow, draping blouse and holds a DSLR camera as she stands in what looks like a studio.

Nonprofit Aiding Girls

Opening Doors: Linda Calhoun (COM’80)

December 14, 2021

Photo of Zenda Walker in a red blouse, smiling, as she sits on a staircase with her daughter, in pink, in her lap.

Books

Detangling the History of Black Hair

December 10, 2021

Composite image. At left, a LVNGBook cookbook rests on a table next to wooden spoons and a bowl of salt. At right, portrait of Shaun Chavis, a young black woman with crimson colored hair. She smiles and wears a black blouse.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Shaun Chavis

November 22, 2021

Portrait of Questrom alum David R. Jones in New York City. He stands and looks to the left in front of a large patch of pink flowers. He is surrounded by NYC traffic and looming building as backdrop.

Finance

Opening Doors: David R. Jones (CGS’84, Questrom’86), cofounder, president, CEO, CastleOak Securities

November 2, 2021

Photo of David Delmar Senties, wearing a gray hat, and a black t-shirt, as he leans across a clear balcony with a silver railing.

Diversity

Opening Doors: David Delmar Sentíes (CFA’06)

October 9, 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

Ben Hires standing in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood

Alumni

Opening Doors: Ben Hires, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

March 4, 2021

Opening Doors: Ben Hires, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

Opening Doors

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