Alumni+ Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus+ Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books+ Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
October 3, 2018 Rising Democratic Star Ocasio-Cortez Urges Students to Become Activists Congressional candidate, CAS alum: persistence, courage needed to achieve social justice
September 17, 2018 US Mayors: Blacks, Trans, Muslim, and Immigrants Face Discrimination BU Initiative on Cities collaborates on survey of urban leaders’ perceptions
September 14, 2018 I Spent My Summer Working at Boston City Hall 2018 BU City Scholars Summer Fellows reflect on what they learned
June 27, 2018 BU Alumna Wins Upset Congressional Primary in New York City Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) in the national spotlight
June 26, 2018 Why Some Politicians Shun Promotions Big-city mayors are not interested in higher office, BU research finds
June 18, 2018 A Different Kind of Texas Candidate Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03) is running for office because of Trump
June 13, 2018 Fixing Climate Change Is Good Business, Whatever President Trump Says That message driven home at International Mayors Climate Summit held at BU
June 10, 2018 Rising Star in Massachusetts Politics State Rep. Andy Vargas (CAS’15) is the first Latino elected from his district
May 21, 2018 Mayor of San Juan: What Will You Do in a Moral Crisis? Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (CAS’84, Hon.’18) delivers emotional Baccalaureate address
May 17, 2018 Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights Georgia congressman has devoted his life to making #goodtrouble