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A photo of Frederick S. Pardee, in a suit with a large smile on his face. He passed away in June 2022.

University News

Frederick S. Pardee (Questrom’54,’54, Hon.’06) Remembered for His Generosity and Vision

June 29, 2022

Rohan Gupta with his Webby Award in hand. He is wearing a grey suit and a white undershirt

Alumni

New Alum Wins Best Student Video at 2022 Webby Awards

June 23, 2022

Photo of Sven Birkerts, left, and William Pierce in the AGNI offices on Bay State Rd. Birkerts, a white man with light brown curly hair and a silver grey beard, wears a blue shirt and jeans as he leans back with one arm on a bookcase behind him. Pierce, a white man with grey and brown curly hair wearing a white short sleeved shirt and light green pants, sits on an armchair to the right of Birkerts, also in front of the bookcase. The bookcase behind spans the entire wall and is made of a light wood. Many books on it feature the title "AGNI"

Writing

AGNI, BU’s Elite Literary Magazine, Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

June 16, 2022

Photo of Pamela Templer (center), Shawn Jones (left), and Yasmin Romitti. From left, a tall Black man with glasses, a dark grey blazer, purpled collared shirt and black pants stands next to a shorter white woman with arms crossed wearing black blouse and pants and red cardigan, and on right a younger, shorter white woman wearing a black and white polka dot shirt and jeans. They all stand, pose, and smile next to each other.

Climate Change

Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce

June 10, 2022

Photo of David Waters, an older white man wearing black glasses, black blazer and pants, and a pastel pink collared shirt. He is turned towards the camera and smiling as he sits in front of a blurry background featuring bright red, yellow, and orange dots on a white background.

Nutrition

Opening Doors: David Waters (GRS’89)

June 7, 2022

The cast of A Strange Loop, the acclaimed musical by Michael R. Jackson, is nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including best sound design of a musical for Drew Levy (CFA’03,’04). The show, which won the Pulitzer Prize for best drama, explores sexuality, race, and gender. Here the cast is pictured in full costume, standing in a line looking at the camera. Photo by Marc J. Franklin

Theatre

Terriers Heading to the Tonys Sunday

June 7, 2022

Collage: Composite image showing headshots of various Boston University alumni in two rows, one of three and the bottom of four. From left to right, top to bottom, portraits show: Julian Burlando-Salazar, Litav Langley, Ben Levine, Kori Pacyniak, Sarah Prager, Tyler Sit, and John Ward.

Pride Month

7 Alums Uplifting the LGBTQ+ Community

June 6, 2022

A composite image of Elizabeth Alexander (left) and David Zaslav (right) both of whom are speaking at podiums

Accolades

Two Alums Make Time’s List of Most Influential People of 2022

June 6, 2022

a photo of Scarlett Lewis (COM’20), with her son Jesse a few months before his death in the Sandy Hook shootings. He is mid-jump into her arms as she stands in a pool wearing a white floral bathing suit.

School Shootings

Sandy Hook Mother: Guns Are Not the Root Cause of Mass Shootings

May 26, 2022

Composite image. At left, a portrait of Kim Stanley Robinson, an older white man with short gray hair and glasses. He half smiles and wears a thick suit jacket with a pale green dress shirt. At right, a sci-fi looking illustration in deep blue, purple and green colors. It features what looks like an eye at center, with butterflies bottom left and top right, and a hand holding a bright orb. A moon, circuit board, and clouds are also seen.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Kim Stanley Robinson on the Importance of Imagination

May 16, 2022

Photo of Weike Wang (GRS’15), a young Asian American woman with shoulder length brown hair and turtle glass. She wears a black blouse and spotted green and yellow skirt and sits with her hands folded as she slightly smiles.

Books

In Alum Weike Wang’s New Novel, Joan Is Okay, a Chinese American Doctor Navigates Job and Family

May 16, 2022

A composite image with the book covers of The Art Of Revision: The Last Word, The Artist And The Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander Vii, And The Making Of Rome, Banned In Boston, The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, And Boston’s Struggle For Justice, Flame In A Stable, The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories From New Haven’s Famed Music Venue, Music Is Murder, Payback’s A Witch, Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, And The Global Battle For Cultural Supremacy, and They Called Us Girls: Stories Of Female Ambition From Suffrage To Mad Men

Books

Reading List: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums Peter Ho Davies, Daniel M. Kimmel, Jan Brogan, and Others

May 16, 2022

Photo of Melanee Harvey, an assistant professor of art history at Howard University. She is a youngish Black woman, with shoulder-length locs, large cat-eye glasses, who wears a blue floral blouse and a blue knit skirt. She smiles, and clasps her hands on her lap. She sits on a bench in the middle of a gallery. Art hangs on the walls around her.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Melanee C. Harvey (GRS ‘17)

May 12, 2022

Collage: Composite image showing headshots of Asian American and Pacific Islander Boston University alumni: Leevin Camacho, Sopan Deb, Ha Jin, Manjusha Kulkarni, Gary Locke, Erica Mosca, Priyanka Naik, Gina Ortiz Jones, Thakoon Panichgul, and Christina Yu Yu. Headshots are arranged in two rows of five.

AAPI Heritage Month

These 10 Asian American and Pacific Islander Alums Are Changing the World

April 29, 2022

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

Feedback

Feedback: Terriers and the Priesthood; More Thoughts on Ibram X. Kendi; Alum George Wein Remembered; and More

April 25, 2022

Dan Petrescu and Noah Gordon are pictured in a composite image

Tributes

Remembering Three Alums and a Pardee Professor Emeritus

April 25, 2022

two works of art by Nate Ethier. The works are patterned and colorful with greens, blues, reds, and purples

Visual Arts

Gallery: Nate Ethier (CFA’05) Exhibits New Works

April 25, 2022

Alum Jane Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Remmie Health holds the ear infection detection device she designed. Photo by Ron Wurzer for Boston University Photography

Innovation

My Big Idea: Helping Parents Avoid Repeated Trips to the Pediatrician’s Office

April 22, 2022

Photo of NASA pilot Bob Hines wearing a white and gray space-x suit inside during what appears to be a training drill in a space-x craft simulator. He touches a blue screen with his gloved hand and wears a sleek astronaut helmet with a glass front.

Space

BU Alum Robert Hines Is on a Mission—to the International Space Station

April 21, 2022

Photo of Roberto Mighty, an older black man with dark grey hair wearing a navy sweater vest over a white collared shirt, with a brown blazer and jeans, stands with hands on hips in front of a cemetery.

TV & Film

BU Alum Explores World’s Greatest Cemeteries in New PBS Series

April 14, 2022

BU Alum Explores World’s Greatest Cemeteries in New PBS Series