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Diversity

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

University News

A Former Student Leader, Alexis Redman (Questrom’14) Now Heads the BU Young Alumni Council

February 24, 2021

Photo of Henriquez, a middle-aged Black woman, standing in a long p-coat and colorful scarf in a snowy park.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

TJ and Hadley Douglas, owners of Urban Grape in Boston, pose for a photo on November 2, 2020. A floor to ceiling rack of wine bottles is seen behind them.

Alumni

New Scholarship at MET Seeks to Draw More People of Color into the Wine and Beverage Industry

November 19, 2020

Photo of Jonathan Priester (COM’10) in blue blazer, pink button down, and gold lapel pin. He looks off into the middle distance in front of a corrugated wall.

University Appointments

Jonathan Priester (COM’10), Global Black Community Inclusion Lead for Google, and a BU Trustee

October 28, 2020

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), reading "the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US." and her husband Arthuer Crumpler. The headstones are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. Bright green grass grows around the headstones.

Historic Alumni

Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death

August 7, 2020

Photo of a Crip Camp creators at Sundance. Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute/ Brandon Cruz

TV & Film

BU Alum Edited Acclaimed Netflix Doc Crip Camp

April 6, 2020

A portrait photo of Paul Francisco in his office.

Business & Economics

Working to Change the Way corporations Hire

February 19, 2020

A black and white portrait of Raul Fernandez, BU Wheelock College associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion

Higher Education

Charting a Career in Diversity at Boston University

November 18, 2019

Black and White portrait of Rev. Mariama White-Hammond at the New Roots AME church where she pastors.

Religion & Activism

Building Bridges Between the Environmental and Racial Justice Movements in Boston

October 15, 2019

La Tia Martin

Government & Law

Helping Young Women from Public Schools Get Interested in the Law

September 30, 2019

Science & Technology

The Transformers

September 20, 2019

The Transformers