AIDS Researcher and Champion Anthony Fauci a 2018 Honorary Degree Recipient
Long-serving NIAID director, known for science and communication skills BU will confer on Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a Doctor of Science—his 44th honorary degree. Photo courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]
Close Up: George J. Mitchell
George J. Mitchell, former US senator from Maine, 1980-95, Senate Majority Leader, 1989-95, and US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, 2009-11, delivered the annual Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture March 14 at the LAW auditorium. “I was…proud…to call him a friend,” he said of Rabin. Photo by Maddie Malhotra […]
WBUR Breaks Ground on New Cultural Venue CitySpace
Project supported in part by record $5 million gift WBUR and BU officials and key donors at a ceremonial groundbreaking February 28 for BU’s NPR station’s new cultural events venue CitySpace, partially funded by $5 million from Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine, WBUR’s largest gift ever. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19). WBUR, Boston University’s National Public […]
A BU Professor, Two Alums Win City of Boston Fellowships
Filmmaker, writer, and artist receive $10,000 grants Performance artist Marilyn Arsem (CFA’73) outside the Museum of World Culture in Sweden holding several gallons of melting peppermint ice cream. Photo courtesy of Marilyn Arsem. Marilyn Arsem has been called the godmother of performance art in Boston. Arsem (CFA’73) walked for miles across Svalbard, Norway’s thawing permafrost in the Arctic […]
SheHacks Boston Student Organizers Are #makingthenewnormal
Weekend hackathon tackles the gender gap in computer science A negative experience at a New York hackathon gave Fiona Whittington (COM’19) the idea for SheHacks Boston. Photo by Jake Belcher. Fiona Whittington went to her first hackathon by herself. It didn’t go well. “When I walked in some guy came up to me and was like, […]
Obama: An Intimate Portrait Chronicles Eight Extraordinary Years
New photo book by chief official White House photographer Pete Souza (COM’76) President Barack Obama at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office, October 14, 2016. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. Alum Pete Souza was Barack Obama’s chief White House photographer New photo book has moments from historic drama to family intimacy Souza’s Instagram […]
BU Police Chief Appointed to Governor’s Hate Crimes Task Force
Kelly Nee brings wealth of experience as career law enforcement officer BUPD Chief Kelly Nee (second from left) and other members of a new hate crimes task force with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (center, back), who reestablished the group. Photo by Kristina McComb for the Office of the Governor. BUPD chief appointed to state hate […]
Transfers Welcomed to BU
University helps with credits, housing, financial aid Kenneth Elmore (SED’87), associate provost and dean of students, with transfer students at a reception held earlier this fall. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19). Kyna Xu felt like she wasn’t thriving midway through her freshman year at a New York area school. Her classes, the people she met, […]
A Storyteller Advises BU Grads to Write Their Own Life Story
Entertainment executive and alum Bonnie Hammer (Hon.’17) addresses 144th Commencement 2017 Commencement speaker Bonnie Hammer (CGS’69, COM’71, SED’75, Hon.’17) told BU graduates to listen to views other than their own. Watch the entire speech of the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chair in this video here. Video by BU Productions. Photo by Chris McIntosh. Pairing the […]
New Trustee and New Overseer Join BU Boards
An award-winning journalist and a public policy expert elected Kevin Merida (COM’79) (left) has been elected to the Board of Trustees and James Stergios (CAS’85, UNI’03) to the Board of Overseers. Merida photo courtesy of ESPN; Stergios photo courtesy of Pioneer Institute. An award-winning journalist has joined Boston University’s Board of Trustees and the leader […]