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Alumni

Black and white photo of Laurence A. Bloom (DGE’66, CAS’68). He appears to be on a rooftop and wears some sort of strap over his shoulder.

Giving

An Outpouring of Support for BU and Its Students

July 27, 2021

Photo of Julimar Avila (Sargent’19) during a swim meet at BU; in the photo she swims between lanes lined with red and white plastic lines and wears a red swim cap and googles.

Olympics

BU’s Olympic Athletes Going for Gold

July 26, 2021

Portrait of Peter Ho Davies in a jean button down shirt in front of a tree trunk.

Books

New Novel by Peter Ho Davies Takes a Searing, Painful, Loving Look at Parenting

July 24, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for the following books: ALL ABOUT FLOWERS: JAMES VICK’S NINETEENTH-CENTURY SEED COMPANY By Thomas Mickey; ANIMAL By Lisa Taddeo; BITTER MAGIC: INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF A CONFESSED WITCH By Nancy Hayes Kilgore; THE COST OF KNOWING By Brittney Morris; ECONOMY HALL: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF A FREE BLACK BROTHERHOOD By Fatima Shaik; THE FALLS By Emily Mohn-Slate; A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF POLICE STOPS By Josephine Ross; THE GREEK CONNECTION By James Barron; LOVE IS GREATER THAN PAIN: SECRETS FROM THE UNIVERSE FOR HEALING AFTER LOSS By Marilyn Kapp; OUR OWN WORST ENEMY: THE ASSAULT FROM WITHIN ON MODERN DEMOCRACY By Tom Nichols; RED DECEPTION By Ed Fuller; THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM By Elizabeth McCracken; WHY WE ARE RESTLESS: ON THE MODERN QUEST FOR CONTENTMENT By Jenna Silber Store.

Books

Reading List Summer 2021: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

July 24, 2021

Photo of a seventy six year old woman Kaironesa Sheik Suleman Allie receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member, at a vaccination centre, in Karl Bremer Hospital, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The staffer wears a blue paper facemask and reaches over her to give the vaccination.

Pandemic Politics

Why Global COVID Vaccinations Are Dangerously Lagging: Six Things To Know

July 23, 2021

Space

Janet Petro Is First Woman to Lead NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

July 16, 2021

Photo of Daylin Frantin, left, in a gray long-sleeve and black pants, with one hand on a boat engine, while Sam Gallipeau, Flux’s in-house designer, in a gray quarter zip, inspects the other side of the engine. Behind them are work benches and industrial shelves. A small crane lifts the engine

Innovation

Reinventing the Outboard

June 9, 2021

A photo of the Old State House in Boston

Books

City Archaeologist Joe Bagley’s New Book Digs Deep into Boston’s Oldest Buildings

June 9, 2021

TV & Film

Alum’s Film Sheds Light on Rabbi Who Fled Nazis, Fought for Civil Rights

May 26, 2021

Photo of Ivanna Solano (Wheelock'16) in downtown Lynn. She wears a tan coat and black sweater, and has long braids with patches of gold. She has large glasses and looks earnestly at the camera. Behind her, a ray of sunlight is seen on a brick wall painted light blue.

Social Work

Opening Doors: Ivanna Solano (Wheelock’16)

May 5, 2021

A photo of Abiola Agoro walking down the runway

Fashion

Fashion, Identity, and Mental Health

May 5, 2021

A photo of Matt Levin wearing a Worcester Red Sox hat sitting in the stands. The baseball field is in the background.

Business of Baseball

Woosox Matthew Levin Bridges Baseball and Business

May 4, 2021

Still from the movie Moonstruck in which Dukakis, left, and Cher, converse at the kitchen table.

Obituaries

Oscar Winner, BU Alum Olympia Dukakis Dies at 89

May 3, 2021

Photo of Sonia Su (COM’15), founder and executive director of Kits to Heart, surrounded by stacks of with kits, white boxes with twine bows, ready to be delivered. She holds one in her arms out in front of her and smiles and looks down. She has shoulder length black hair and wears a black sweater.

Nonprofit

After Beating Cancer, COM Alum Is Giving Care Kits to Others with the Disease

April 24, 2021

A photo of Sarah Greisdorf holding a book open and laughing

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Suits with Pockets, and Now, a New Networking Community for Women

April 21, 2021

Illustration of a student standing in a black graduation cap, diploma in hand, with a gray backpack and blue shorts, looking of into a cloud of uncertainty. The cloud has pieces of paper flying, arrows, coronavirus icons, and money signs, to signify the difficulty of finding a job after graduating in 2020.

Career

Job-Hunting Advice from the Class of 2020: Be Flexible

April 20, 2021

Northwell Health registered nurses fill syringes with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccinations site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in the Staten Island borough of New York.

Opinion

I Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine. The Pause Makes Me Believe in It More

April 15, 2021

A photo of the crime scene at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Alumni

Stephen Kurkjian Featured in This Is a Robbery Netflix Series on Gardner Museum Heist

April 13, 2021

Photo of Asad Malik (CAS’20) sitting on granite steps, with a white t-shirt, sneakers and jeans on, smiling and holding an envelope that says "Rubiic" in red cursive font.

Social Media

BU Alum Creates New Social Media Journaling App for Sharing Thoughts, More

April 13, 2021

Composite image of four photos of students on campus. From top left, two students with face masks walk down Comm Ave, a student in a white romper skateboards, a group of students draw dancers outside of CFA, a researcher with gloves and a mask looks at a vial. Overlaid sticker reads “Giving Day #ProudtoBU April 7, 2021”

Giving

BU Giving Day Raises Nearly $3 Million

April 9, 2021

BU Giving Day Raises Nearly $3 Million