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10 Questions with Steph Nasson
By Rachel Johnson (MET’11) Between a grueling practice schedule and studying health sciences at BU’s Sargent College, it’s a wonder that Stephanie (Steph) Nasson (SAR’16) has time to sleep. All that practice paid off in March 2014, however, when Nasson became BU’s first female swimmer in 26 years to be invited to... More
What’s Hot, What’s Not
By Markiesha Ollison (CGS’12, SMG’14) Instagram Video Vine Kendall Jenner Kim Kardashian The Voice American Idol Snapchat Picture Messaging House of Blues Brighton Music Hall COM Lawn BU Beach Pinterest Tumblr Tinder OkCupid House of Cards Breaking Bad Spinning Yoga Coconut Water Vitamin Water Blogging Status Updates Seaport District Back Bay Alex and Ani Charm Bracelets Pandora Charm Bracelets CrossFit Zumba Selvesies (Think Oscars with Ellen) Selfies Pavement Coffeehouse Espresso Royale BurgerFi Uburger Uber Taxicabs Spotify Pandora Miley Cyrus Kesha BuzzFeed Thought Catalog Trader Joe's Whole Foods Sperry Uggs
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BU’s India Club is the largest cultural group on campus By Taylor Toole In the video above, watch members of BU’s India Club rehearse and perform their annual fall show, which in 2013 was titled Rangeela. Photo by David Gordon. Video by Taylor Toole. When it was organized more than 30 years ago, More
Better Lives, Better World
BU school’s mission: “advancing human progress” by Rich Barlow Building on its growing international profile and the global scope of its programs for research and education, Boston University is launching a new school, to be named for its largest benefactor. The Frederick S. Pardee... More
Education at the Touch of a Screen
BU rethinks the classroom experience and offers it globally By Leslie Friday (COM'07) MOOCs (massive open online courses) have begun at BU, signaling the University’s official entrance into a new form of higher education that rethinks the current classroom model and offers it—free of charge—to a global audience. (And yes, parents can... More
Better Lives, Better World
Frederick S. Pardee Endows New Global Studies School By Rich Barlow Building on its growing international profile and the global scope of its programs for research and education, Boston University is launching a new school, to be named for its largest benefactor. The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, to be housed... More
Political Office Hours
Boston Icon Joins BU to Lead New Initiative by Susan Seligson As codirector of BU’s fledgling Initiative on Cities (IoC), Boston’s longest-serving mayor (1993 to 2014) now has the luxury of pondering and debating long-term solutions to the kind of urban challenges he knows well, More
Running for Lu Lingzi
Seven raced in honor of BU student By Rich Barlow Baiyun Yao and Lu Lingzi were much alike—both Chinese, both roughly the same age, and both on the adventure of an overseas education at BU. Both attended last year’s Boston Marathon, where their similarities ended. Yao returned home. Lu didn’t. “When I came back... More
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BU’s India Club is the Largest Cultural Group on Campus by Taylor Toole When it was organized 32 years ago, the BU India Club (BUIC) hoped to bring together people of South Asian descent from around the Boston area to meet and network. Today, BUIC... More
Questions, Please
Thurman Center program for intellectual, curious students By Paula Sokolska (CAS'15, COM’15)Above photo: TeAndrea Jackson (CGS’15) (left) and Christian Cho, mediator and founder of Agora. Photos by Jackie RicciardiImagine that all men are gone. Fathers, brothers, uncles, boyfriends—gone. In the course of a night, every Y-chromosome-carrying human male has ceased to... More