BU Alumna Wins Upset Primary
Editor’s Note: This week The BUlletin brings you the stories of three BU alumnae who are shaking up the political landscape and making headlines.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
BU Alumna Wins Upset Primary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS ’11) is in the national spotlight after defeating an incumbent congressman in New York’s Democratic primary. Learn about her time at BU.
A Different Kind of Candidate
If Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS ’03, GRS ’03) is elected to Congress, she would be the first Filipina American and the first lesbian to hold a U.S. House seat from Texas. See what she has to say.
Delivering the Beltway to Heartland Viewers
Jacqueline Policastro (COM ’06) heads the Washington bureau of Gray Television, which reaches more than 10 percent of U.S. households. Find out how she got there.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…
The Washington Post reports that BU microbiologist Thomas Kepler has a batty idea to help the U.S. military combat biological weapons… Undergraduate Nicolas Suarez received the Congressional Award Gold Medal for his outstanding public service record… Nicole Huberfield of the BU Schools of Law and Public Health explains how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is faring in recent court battles in Politico… Robert Buchwaldt of the BU College of Arts & Sciences unearths an ancient volcano underneath a Boston neighborhood with WGBH… BU neuroscientist Lee Goldstein weighs in on the mysterious illnesses among U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China in Science.