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Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

Collage: Photo of Gus D’Angelo. He leans against a tree and wears a black cowboy hat and dark blue plaid shirt. Next to image of cartoon field mouse in a wheel chair dressed in hiking gear.

Books

Introducing Young Readers to the Beauty and Wonder of Our National Parks

August 17, 2022

Photo of Deidra Somerville. A black woman with dreadlocks and glasses leans against a burnt yellow pillar and smiles for the camera. She wears a brown collared shirt and a yellow shawl with a Ghanaian adinkra pattern.

Mental Health

Making Psychedelic Therapy Accessible to Underserved Communities

August 2, 2022

Photo of Stewart O’Nan, a middle age white man, who wears a dark gray short-sleeve button-down shirt and stands at the shore of a beach. He looks off to his left, and has short white hair and facial hair. The sky behind him is light blue with gray clouds.

Books

In Alum Stewart O’Nan’s Ocean State, Teenage Passion Turns Deadly

August 2, 2022

Joe Wardwell (CFA’99) (right) and artist assistant Quayshaun Owens installing Gotta Go to Work, Gotta Go to Work, Gotta Get a Job at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Watershed in East Boston. Photo by Kris Wilton, courtesy of the ICA

Arts & Culture

Words on Labor, Writ Large at the ICA Watershed

July 25, 2022

NASA astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97) demonstrated space acrobatics with the help of fellow astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during a live downlink from the International Space Station to the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Ballroom on Wednesday.

Science & Technology

Live from Space, BU Alum and Astronaut Bob Hines Talks Gravity, Lasagna, NASA Careers

July 20, 2022

SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA - MARCH 5: Sgt. Robert Bolduc, right, leads away Antone C. Costa, 24, of Provincetown, MA after his arrest in Boston and charges of the murders of two Rhode Island women at the Yarmouth Barracks, Massachusetts State Police Headquarters in South Yarmouth, MA on March 5, 1969. Three bodies of young women were discovered on Cape Cod in Truro's woods. Costa was arrested in a Marlboro St. apartment in Boston's Back Bay and arraigned the following day in Provincetown. (Photo by Bill Brett/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Books

Casey Sherman’s New Crime Thriller Revisits Cape Cod Serial Killer

July 19, 2022

Photo of Sumit Sharma (right, in red) and his brother Vanit Sharma (at left, in blue) posing with four packs of Rupee beer at Dorchester Brewing Company. The brothers are Indian American, have dark hair, and smile as they pose. Sumit sits on a metal stool and Vanit stands. A wooden bar and taps are seen behind them.

Entrepreneurial Alum

The Beer to Have When You’re Having More Than One…Curry

July 7, 2022

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

Awards

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

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