The Lifelong Friendship behind Astonishing $100 Million Gift to BU’s Medical School
Alumni clarinetist’s philanthropy and humility results in the BU Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine.
Live from Space, BU Alum and Astronaut Bob Hines Talks Gravity, Lasagna, NASA Careers
University event lets high school students and others ask questions of astronauts on the International Space Station.
The Battle for Reproductive Rights
Following a historic Supreme Court decision on abortion, alum Shwetika Baijal is organizing a national response for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce
Climate leaders from Boston University and around the country briefed Congressional staff on how they are working to train the next generation for careers solving the climate crisis.
11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University
In honor of Women’s History Month, we present alums who broke ground, and sometimes had to stir up controversy to do it
Making Sense of Election Season
Cable news’ 2016 breakout star brings data, history and energy to his 2020 presidential campaign coverage
Pete Buttigieg’s First Hire in Iowa, a BU Alum, Is Ready for Long Haul
Sydney Throop’s months of work for Democratic presidential candidate comes to a head tonight with caucuses Sydney Throop (far left, in gray sweater) and Pete Buttigieg at Pete for America headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, for a national staff conference call in early January. Photo by campaign staff photographer Chuck Kennedy. The late stages of […]
How Recent BU Alums Are Helping High Schoolers Apply to College
College Advising Corps provides a “near-peer” experience for first-gen students sweating the process Seniors Nedgyn Laloi (from left), Angy Bedoya, and Dariana Perez with their career and college advisor Miriam Alfaro (CAS’19) at English High School in Jamaica Plain. When Miriam Alfaro graduated from BU in May, she went right to work—helping young people like […]
School of Public Health Alumni Reception – Think. Teach. Do. Washington, DC
Reception for SPH alumni and friends in Washington, DC was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in conjunction with the ASPPH Annual Meeting. #thinkteachdo Speaker: Wendy Mariner, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health Professor Mariner is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health […]
Kenneth Elmore Named a Pillar of Higher Education
Associate provost and dean of students honored by national education group Kenneth Elmore and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz (CAS’84, Hon.’18) visiting the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground May 18, 2018, Commencement weekend. The associate provost and dean of students has received an award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, nominated […]