BU Alumni Association in DC: Serving Truth in News & Media
Date: October 24, 2018 Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Location: National Press Club, The Holeman Lounge The Boston University Alumni Association presented an evening of conversation with some of DC’s most distinguished BU Alumnae leaders in the media industry. This event was an interactive discussion that addressed honesty when it comes to serving the American people with […]
New Questrom Dean: Building a Brand
Susan Fournier applies marketing expertise to managing business school Susan Fournier, a professor at BU for 13 years, became dean of the Questrom School of Business on August 27, 2018. The school’s first woman dean, Fournier is a leading international expert on brand marketing and is credited with pioneering the subfield that explores the relationships […]
Official Red Sox Photographer Captures Historic Season
NOTABLE ALUMNI Official Red Sox Photographer Captures Historic Season Alumnus Billie Weiss (COM ’13) talks about 2018’s best images, Alex Cora’s photo wall, and his favorite Fenway Park spot. Peek inside, Red Sox Nation COMMUNITY RESOURCE Celebrating Boston’s Black Newspaper Boston University exhibits a half century of photographs from The Bay State Banner, which has chronicled the […]
Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
BU neurologist studying concussions in athletes and soldiers Photo by Asia Kepka. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is made up of more than 2,000 international members, elected by their peers, for outstanding achievements in medicine. Ann McKee, a School of Medicine professor of neurology and pathology, director of the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, and […]
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC Students in the Boston University Washington, DC Study Abroad Program met with staff in the offices of Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) on October 5. BUZZ BITS… The Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluated whether the United States adequately supports “research that could lead to transformational technological advances.” GAO’s report […]
The Voice of BU for Almost Half a Century
Marie Gannon has worked BU’s switchboard since the year Nixon resigned Marie Gannon has been working BU’s switchboard for four and a half decades. Over the years she’s seen a lot of changes, including the arrival of computers and cell phones. She says she loves her job and has no plans to retire…yet. Photo by […]
A Big Building for Big Ideas
ON THE CHARLES RIVER A Big Building for Big Ideas Boston University’s new Data Sciences Center will bring mathematicians, computer scientists, and statisticians together under one roof to lead the way in data science. Take a look NOTABLE ALUMNI Opening Doors Erica Mosca (CGS ’06, COM ’08) is the founder of Leaders in Training, a nonprofit […]
President Brown Meets with Lawmakers
BU IN DC Karen Jacobs of Sargent College met with Congressional staff as part of the American Occupational Therapy Association’s annual Capitol Hill day on October 1. College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen attended the National Science Foundation (NSF)/American Society for Engineering Education Engineering Deans Forum on Broadening Participation on October 2 and 3. Sarah […]
Making News: Alum Builds Washington News Bureau
C.D. “Budd” Ruffin,the District 2 commissioner from rural Choctaw County, Ala., is a big guy—defensive-lineman big—and he sweats a bit as he stands in the grand marble rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in his sport coat and scally cap. Ruffin came to Capitol Hill to lobby Alabama’s congressional delegation to fund workforce development, […]
Rising Democratic Star Ocasio-Cortez Urges Students to Become Activists
Congressional candidate, CAS alum: persistence, courage needed to achieve social justice New York 4th District Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) delivered a powerful call to action to several hundred students at the Tsai Performance Center on Monday. Photo by Cydney Scott. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising star in the Democratic party, urged BU students to become […]