Category: News
Sweeper as Show-Runner
Kelvin Madzongwe (COM ’15) grew up in the small community of Magwegwe, Zimbabwe where he has been playing soccer at the age of 10. Since his recruitment, he has been an on-field director and fearless leader for the BU men’s soccer team.
Cinematheque Kicks Off Tonight
COM associate professor of film, Mary Jane Doherty, answers questions about her film Secundaria which explores the ballet world in Cuba and how students depend on dance to escape poverty.
POV: William Keylor on What History Says about Obama’s Syrian Dilemma
POV article by William Keylor (CAS professor of history and international relations) on how the Obama administration should take action in the Syrian dilemma. To follow the Bush I administration in 1990-1991, or the Clinton administration in 1999?
Tombs Give New Insights into Maya History
A Maya pyramid beautifully decorated with a rare polychrome-painted stucco frieze was unearthed by CAS researchers in July at the site of Holmul, a Classic Maya city in northeastern Guatemala.
Worldwide Travel Alert
Global Programs would like to inform BU travelers about the State Department Worldwide Travel Alert issued August 2, 2013. This alert and the temporary closure of several U.S. embassies and consulates are good reminders of the need for heightened vigilance and situational awareness while traveling. More
Aaron Sinift’s “Five-Year Plan”
Aaron Sinift (CFA '02) invited ashrams (service institutions promoted by Mahatma Gandhi to help India’s rural poor maintain self-sufficiency by spinning and weaving khadi cloth) to create a book made entirely from khadi cloth featuring screen- and block-printed artworks by 24 artists from 8 countries.
Around the World in 40 Days
After a successful launch in Boston in September, The Campaign for Boston University went on the road to spread University news, campaign updates, and lost of excitement to alumni leaders and donors in Southern California and the Middle East.
$4M Shipley Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship
The Beverly A. Brown Professorship honors Brown, for her commitment to BU's Center for Global Health & Development as an unpaid director of development since 2010. The Professorship is the second major endowed multidisciplinary chair devoted to improving global health research and treatment in the past year.
Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund Established
A memorial scholarship fund has been established at BU in the name of Lu Lingzi (GRS'14), the BU graduate student who was one of three people killed during the Boston Marathon bomb attacks on April 15.
Global Toast
Save the date for the third annual BU Global Toast including new graduates and other Boston University alumni!
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