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Alumni

Photo: Jennifer Yen, an Asian woman with long black hair wearing a pink top, stands in front of a generic photo drop and smiles for the camera.

Business & Economics

My Big Idea: Combining Asian Wisdom with Modern Beauty Routines

May 30, 2023

Photo: A race from 1996 featuring Rick and Dick Hoyt, father and son who competed in over 1000 races. They are in white shorts and a white t-shirt, the wheelchair that Rick is in has two big wheels on the side.

TRIBUTES

Alum and Boston Marathon Fixture Rick Hoyt Dies at 61

May 23, 2023

Photo: Protestors outside Harry Agganis Way support the Writers Strike admist the annoucement of David Zaslav as Commencement Speaker for BU's 150th Commencement.

COMMENCEMENT 2023

Nearly 200 Protest BU’s Commencement Speaker, David Zaslav, amidst Hollywood Writers Strike

May 21, 2023

Photo: Grace Bumbry, a Black woman with short gray hair, wears a purple balzer and blouse with a scarf draped over her left side. On her right lapel, a silver brooch. She smiles to the left, big and bright,

Tributes

Grace Bumbry (CFA’55) Broke Barriers, Rose to International Stardom in Opera

May 13, 2023

Photo: Members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside Paramount Pictures on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Various people walk and hold signs that read "Writers Guild on Strike" along with handwritten text and sayings. They walk in front a large gate that reads "Paramount Pictures".

Television

For BU Alums in Hollywood, the Strike Is about Survival in a Streaming, AI World

May 9, 2023

Photo: A woman and her son read books. The woman is wearing a headscarf. Women’s rights advocate Homeira Qaderi, pictured here with her son, Siawash, faced death for her activism when the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021.

Books

COM’s Mitchell Zuckoff Re-creates a Suspenseful Story from the Chaotic US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

April 25, 2023

Photo: Esther Kisghu, a Black women, in Kenyan, colorful attire and a red scarf wrapped around her head stands underneath a tree, gazing up at the sky. She is illuminated by the soft light through the tree branches.

Social Work

Opening Doors: Esther Kisaghu (SPH’06)

April 21, 2023

Health & Wellness

My Big Idea: A Directory of Gluten-Free Products, Recipes, and Local Restaurants

April 18, 2023

Photo: Tess Pollins, a white woman with short hair, with some of “her kids”, young black school children from Tanzania’s Chakuwama Orphanage, the beneficiary of her nonprofit. Photo courtesy of Tess Pollins

Alumni

Meet the CGS Alum Who Started a Nonprofit to Help Orphans in Tanzania

April 14, 2023

Photo: Mike Salguero, a white man with short, buzzcut silver hair and wearing a long sleeved black shirt, smiles and poses for a photo. The blurry background is brightly lit.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Grass-Fed Beef, Mailed to Your Home

April 11, 2023

Photo: Red, occupied symbol on an airplane lavatory door. Above the symbol, the word "Lavatory" is shown.

Traveler’s Diarrhea

Here’s the Scoop on Poop—Traveler’s Diarrhea Could Soon Be Washed Away

April 11, 2023

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Giving Day 2023

BU’s Ninth Annual Giving Day Is Tuesday, April 11

April 10, 2023

Photo: Patrick Dailey, a bald black man wearing an ornately designed sweater, poses for a portrait in a parking garage.

College of Fine Arts

Opening Doors: Classical Singer Patrick Dailey (CFA’14)

April 5, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo shows sunset traffic passing Boston University on Storrow Drive in 1964. A large lit building is shown next to a whizzing highway as old school cars are parked on the lawn nearby.

Boston

Alum Remembers Navigating BU at the Time of the Boston Strangler: “A Magical and Frightening Time All at Once”

April 4, 2023

Photo: Tara Watchorn (Sargent’12), a white woman with short blonde hair standing with arms crossed behind the BU Women's Hockey bench in 2019-20, when she served as assistant women’s ice hockey coach, with longtime head coach Brian Durocher (Wheelock’78) an older white man wearing a suit and tie, standing to her right.

Athletics News

Tara Watchorn (Sargent’12) Named New Head Coach for Women’s Ice Hockey

April 3, 2023

Image: Black background with many tiny white dots that imply a starry night sky. A photo of Boston Commissioner Michael Cox is shown on the right. Photo: Boston police commissioner Michael. A Black man wearing glasses, a navy blye suit and blue striped tie, smiles as he looks to the distant left. the right side of his blazer has a gold pin and he stands in front of a blurry city background.

Government & Law

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox Scaled the Blue Wall of Silence

March 27, 2023

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Photography

Alum Awarded Top Prize In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition

March 27, 2023

A triangular figure in wooden natural color with pegs like golf tees in various bright colors like red, blue and green. The background is blue with shadows of the golf tee figures.

Arts & Culture

Gallery: Lee Maxey

March 27, 2023

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TV & Film

Fighting for Equity

March 27, 2023

Photo: Marcelle Willock, MD. A light-skinned, older Black woman with light brown hair smiles and poses in the hallway of a bright, sunlit hospital. She wears a blue floral blouse, grey jacket, and black pants.

Tributes

Marcelle Willock, Former BU Chair of Anesthesiology, Was a Pioneering Physician

March 27, 2023

Marcelle Willock, Former BU Chair of Anesthesiology, Was a Pioneering Physician