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Film & TV

BU Alum Julian Shapiro-Barnum Takes Late-Night Outdoors

August 6, 2026

Photo: David Barth walks on the campus of Perkins School for the Blind

At the Helm of a Historic School

July 30, 2026

Photo of Clarence B. Jones, a BU Alum and prominent civil rights lawyer

Tributes

“We Lost the Last of the Lions”

July 30, 2026

Photo of Dick Farley, BU Alum and football player

Tributes

BU Athletic Hall of Famer Dick Farley Dies

July 30, 2026

Photo of Gerald Powers sitting at his desk

Tributes

A Classroom Drill Sergeant “Fiercely Loyal” to His Students

July 30, 2026

Rebecca Alssid, with Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11), worked at BU for 44 years before retiring in 2015. She was instrumental in recruiting Pépin and Julia Child (Hon.’76) to teach at Boston University. Photo by Vernon Doucett

Tributes

Remembering Rebecca Alssid, Howard Leibowitz, Adrianne Rogers, and N. Paul Rosman

July 30, 2026

Music

Addison Groove Project Reunites

July 30, 2026

Photo: A damaged steel remnant from the facade of the North Tower of the World Trade Center

Humanities

A CAS Alum Helps Preserve the History of September 11

July 30, 2026

BUTI

Strike Up the Band for Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s 60th Anniversary

July 27, 2026

MBTA

Boston University Alums Uncover a Glitch Enabling Free MBTA Rides

July 21, 2026

Home Energy

How Augmented Reality Could Help Engineers Better Insulate Older Homes

June 25, 2026

Photo: Michelle Smith posing in the interior of her Moon and Back Bookstore in West Medford, Mass

Books

At This Bookstore, Children Lead the Way

June 8, 2026

College of Fine Arts

BU Alums in the Running for Tony Awards

June 3, 2026

Photo: BU president Melissa Gilliam (right) sitting on stage with news anchor Glenda Chong

Watch Now

Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Glenda Chong (COM’97)

June 3, 2026

Photo: Wide shot of BU's 153rd Commencement with a sea of graduates below a cloud of confetti

COMMENCEMENT 2026

Boston University Celebrates the Class of 2026 at 153rd Commencement

May 17, 2026

Photo: A foggy Boston skyline

University News

Who Made Boston Magazine’s “Most Influential Bostonians” List?

May 13, 2026

University News

What Drives Vertex CEO and President Reshma Kewalramani

May 1, 2026

Boston Marathon

For These BU Community Members, the 2026 Boston Marathon Is a Chance to Help Others

April 16, 2026

Photo: A group shot of people at the Asia Alumni Forum for Boston University

University News

BU Asia Alumni Forum Celebrates 20 Years

April 13, 2026

Photo: BU alum Johar Singh talking in front of a crowd in a blue quarter zip shirt

Business & Law

This Alum’s Start-Up Is Now Worth Seven Figures

April 10, 2026

This Alum’s Start-Up Is Now Worth Seven Figures