Umoja Turns 50
BU’s black student union promotes unity Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of the group’s Unity Week 2017. On a Tuesday night in February, 15 to 20 students were sitting in a circle in […]
Science Club for Girls Takes STEM to the Next Generation
GWISE grad students share knowledge and enthusiasm Aurora Kesseli (GRS’21) with third-graders Amaria Smith (left) and Cassandra Riley as they work on an experiment at the Girls Science Club. In a messy room at Allston’s West End House Boys and Girls Club, a dozen girls and women are gathered around a table, coloring and chatting. This […]
School of Hospitality Administration Offers Master’s Degree
One-year program responds to dramatic increase in available jobs Andreina Dezzeo (from left), Elaine Kuo, and Daphne Shen were among those attending the School of Hospitality Administration’s Master of Management in Hospitality open house February 7. They learned about SHA’s first-ever master’s degree program, toured the school, and met with faculty. Photo by Olivia Nadel […]
Grad Student’s Website Makes Political Activism Easy
YouLobby does the homework, you make the call Kira Ganga Kieffer (GRS’19) and her husband, Aaron Eisman, at the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, which inspired them to create the website YouLobby.org. Photo courtesy of Kira Ganga Kieffer. In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration, Americans seem to be riding a continuous wave […]
Trustee’s Gift Ignites Student Entrepreneurship
BU Spark! connects technology ideas with expertise, funding Ziba Cranmer leads BU Spark! the new in-house incubator for student technology projects at the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. BU students have a new way to get their great ideas off their hard drives and into the world. Created […]
Going Green Earns Plaudits for BU
University ranked country’s 25th most sustainable college Sustainably sourced food comprises 22 percent of the food served in University dining halls. Green initiatives have landed BU a place on two nationally recognized sustainable university guides. Photo by Cydney Scott. BU’s commitment to becoming a more sustainable community has earned accolades from two different organizations. The […]
Questrom’s Link Day Offers Expertise to Nonprofits
Grad students work on a Saturday for good causes The Citizen Schools Link Day team at work: Chi Vo (from left) and Marisabel Jaramillo from Citizen Schools, Diego Da Silva Nunes (Questrom’18), Parul Kashyap (Questrom’18), Lisa Lerma (Questrom’17), Myles Fish (Questrom’18), Sarah Horwitz (Questrom’18), and Dalia Rinaldi (Questrom’18). Photo by Cindy Scott. Chi Vo and […]
SDM Pediatric Dental Clinic Serves the Underserved
Changing lives one filling at a time At the new Goldman School of Dental Medicine Pediatric Oral Healthcare Center’s treatment fair: three-year-old Levi McBride of Dorchester with Yasmin Alayyoubi (SDM’17) (from left), center director Dolrudee Jumlongras, an SDM clinical assistant professor, Athanasios Zavras, an SDM professor and chair of pediatric dentistry, and Stephen Prieve (SDM’18). […]
BU Weighs In Against Trump Travel Ban
Joins seven area schools in amici curiae motion The amici curiae brief submitted by BU, Boston College, Brandeis, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in US District Court supporting a lawsuit calling for repeal of Trump’s executive order on immigration. Boston University and seven other area schools are supporting a federal lawsuit challenging […]
BU Expands Boston Community Service Award Program
Scholarships open to transfers who graduated from city’s public schools Rosy Chen (ENG’17) and both of her sisters have benefited from the Community Service Award program. It’s “the main reason why I’m at BU,” says the computer engineering major. Photo by Cydney Scott. Boston University has deepened its commitment to the city of Boston by […]