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Books

Opening Doors: Emma Kalff (CAS’15) and Sandra Soto (Wheelock’16)

February 24, 2023

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GENDER EQUITY

CVS Is Making Efforts to Combat Effects of Pink Tax and Period Poverty

February 17, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo or Soloman Carter Fuller, the nation's first the nation’s first Black psychiatrist, looking into a microscope.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Why the Story of Solomon Carter Fuller Matters to BU—and for Black History Month

February 16, 2023

National Sports

Alum Mike Grier Is Hockey’s First Black General Manager

February 14, 2023

Strategy & Innovation

My Big Idea: a Web- and App-Based Tool to Plan a Meaningful Life

February 14, 2023

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Valentine’s Day

For This Valentine’s Day, Terriers Send Love Notes—to Themselves

February 14, 2023

Photo: Deena Sheldon filming a Sunday Night Football game in Green Bay in 2008. A white woman with long, curly dirty blonde hair stands behind a large professional video camera on a high platform. She smiles as the photo is shot and a crowd of Green Bay Packers fans cheer in the stadium behind her.

TV & Film

Alum Deena Sheldon Inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame

February 8, 2023

[Clockwise From Bottom Left] Olivia Davis (COM’15), Atri Raychowdhury (ENG’15), Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21), and Austin Briggs and Justin Fiaschetti, who both studied engineering at BU, made Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2023. Photos courtesy Forbes.

Alumni

BU Alums, Former Students Shine in Forbes 2023 “30 Under 30” List

January 30, 2023

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Center for Career Development

Prepping Students for a Tight Job Market

January 27, 2023

Photo: Reverend Arthur Gordon delivers his sermon at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Roxbury. A black man wearing a black robe over a white collared shirt and yellow striped tie raises both hands as he gives a sermon at the front of a church.

Religion

A Public Theology: BU Alumni Pastors Bring Their Faith to Politics

January 27, 2023

Photo: Businessperson Catarina Chang (SHA'11) poses for a photo at Sunset Cantina on January 17,2023. A young Asian woman wearing a long-sleeved jewell blue blouse, poses with arms folded over each other on a wooden divider. Wooden dining tables can be seen in a seating area behind her. The ceiling/walls are decorated with brightly colored fan ornaments of various sizes.

Food & Dining

Sunset Cantina Reopens, with an Alum a Co-owner

January 25, 2023

Music supervisor Thomas Golubić (COM’93) says he sometimes gets to build character playlists for actors and directors to help them think about the characters they play in a certain way. Photo by Ashley West Leonard

TV & Film

What’s It Like to Be a Music Supervisor for a TV Show? Just Ask Thomas Golubić (COM’93)

January 23, 2023

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Valentine's Day

Love Yourself First This Valentine’s Day with Words of Encouragement

January 20, 2023

Tenant Jose Lopez (far left) spoke to a rally last month in opposition to his BU-owned apartment buildings in Los Angeles being sold to a private investor; the University has agreed tentatively to sell the structure and three others to a trust representing the tenants. Photo by AP/Damian Dovarganes

University News

BU Strikes Tentative Deal to Sell Four LA Apartment Buildings, Keeping Tenants in Their Homes

January 13, 2023

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.

Watch Now

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

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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

Holiday Gift Guide: Alumni-Owned Businesses