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Sam Weinberger (CFA’21) paints the BU rock with holiday flair as the student a cappella group the Allegrettos watches and sings on. A group of students wearing holiday hats and scarves sing as a young man bends down to spray paint a giant rock with a snowman holiday scene.

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A Special Holiday Video Message from All of Us at BU Today

December 16, 2022

Photo: Fox Sports reporter Jenny Taft on the sidelines at the November 25 FIFA World Cup USA-England match. A white woman wearing a a white shirt and light blue blazer holds up a microphone with a large "FOX" label on it. A green football pitch. The seats are filled with fans in the background and a large replica 2022 World cup can be seen in the background as well.

Journalism & Media

COM Alum Reports from the Biggest Stage in Sports—the FIFA World Cup

December 15, 2022

Photo: Neil Goldberg, a white man with dark silver gray hair, smiles as he sits and looks over a large stack of board games. Behind him, numerous wooden shelves filled with more board games are also shown.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Would You Like Some Coffee with Your Monopoly?

December 13, 2022

Photo of President Brown and Edward Avedisian seated at a large, dark brown table one stage, smiling and looking off to the right at the crowd.

OBITUARY

Edward Avedisian, Clarinetist and Philanthropist Whose $100 Million Gift Renamed BU’s School of Medicine, Dies at 85

December 13, 2022

n this Dec. 1988 file photo, a police officer walks past the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland of Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York. The Dec. 21, 1988 explosion would quickly transform the Scottish town into a byword for international terror. Now it is being remembered again because of the 2011 conflict in Libya, the country that accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103. (AP Photo)

Parents

Mother of Terrier Killed in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Says Arrest “Only Brings Sadness”

December 13, 2022

Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide: Alumni-Owned Businesses

December 9, 2022

Kyle and Tabi Czarnecki show off HOOKS! The demand for their handcrafted game caught them off-guard when demand blew up last year. A man and woman stand on opposite sides of a table holding a game that consists of a piece of wood with strings and hooks attached to it.

Entrepreneurship

Get Your HOOKS! into This Game. Beer Optional

December 6, 2022

Photo: Closeup of a large pig looking at the camera as it rests in a wooden crate filled with hay.

Animal Rights

Your Bacon Shouldn’t Be the Product of Animal Cruelty, Says Animal Rights Activist and LAW Alum

December 1, 2022

Photo: Ameera Hammouda (Questrom'18) poses for a photo at her home in Hopkinton, MA. A young woman wearing a long, dark purple dress, sits and looks up above the camera in front of a white wall.

Fashion

My Big Idea: Modest Fashion Gets a Refresh

November 28, 2022

Nate Dizor (SAR’24), from left, Rudy Joseph (Wheelock’24), and Abigail Hulick (Questrom’22) organize toys by category at Room to Grow in Hyde Park March 8. BU students volunteered at Room to Grow as part of Alternative Spring Break. Photo by for Boston University Photography

Giving

BU’s Ninth Annual #Giving Tuesday Aims to Open Doors for Students

November 28, 2022

Photo: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados is shown mid-performance gesturing and conducting with huge arms and movements. She wears a dark green sweater and looks expressive. Masked people sit and play various string instruments in the blurred foreground and background.

Arts & Culture

Opening Doors: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20)

November 18, 2022

Photo: A large piece of butternut squash manicotti topped with Brussels sprouts, pickled apple, and almonds is shown on a white plate. A slight sprinkling of Parmesan cheese tops the dish.

recipe

VIDEO: What’s for Thanksgiving? Try This Fall-Themed Manicotti with Squash and Brussels Sprouts

November 18, 2022

Lydia Moland (UNI’97,’97, GRS’02) says abolitionist Lydia Maria Child was “a devastatingly good arguer…. She was a very, very powerful thinker and writer.” Photo by James Johnson

Alumni

Profiling a 19th-Century Woman’s “Radical American Life”

November 14, 2022

Photo of Daniel Fredholm posing for the camera. stands and poses ext to a large palm tree in a large, green wildlife park. Fredholm wears a grey collared shirt and khaki pants as he stands and poses with hands in pockets.

Research

As a Clinical Veterinarian for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Daniel Fredholm Treats All Creatures Great and Small

November 4, 2022

A composite image with photos of Liz Patrick, and a background of the NYC skyline in black and white

TV & Film

Saturday Night Live’s New Director Talks Sketch Comedy, MTV, and Ellen DeGeneres

November 3, 2022

Concept image with 5 stars cut out of a paper cartoon bubble symbolising customer feedback. Photo by MicroStockHub/iStock

Feedback

Readers Weigh In on the Science of Sleep, Systemic Racism, a New Campus Building

November 2, 2022

Photo: Jenn Lindsay poses for a photo. A white woman with wavy brown hair and wearing a white collared shirt and yellow jacket poses in front of a blue wall and looks to the left.

Diverse Film & TV

Opening Doors: Jenn Lindsay (GRS’18), Founder of So Fare Films

October 25, 2022

Japanese American cellist Leo Eguchi (CFA’02). Photo by Justine Cooper

Alumni

Don’t Miss This Powerful Cello Performance Saturday in Chinatown

October 20, 2022

Aaron Goldberg directing the BU Pep Band at the 2019 Women’s Beanpot Championship. BU captured the trophy for the first time since becoming a club sport. Photo by Ally Kallfelz (COM’21)

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BU Bands: Celebrating the “Heartbeat of the University”

October 19, 2022

Education

My Big Idea: Anti-Bullying Software for the Classroom

October 12, 2022

My Big Idea: Anti-Bullying Software for the Classroom

My Big Idea

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