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Giving Day

BU Giving Day Returns Wednesday

April 7, 2021

A photo of Haley Horn (Questrom’19) holding up the Spillin' Beans game

Alumni

Alum Launches New Adult Party Game

March 30, 2021

University News

Erika Jordan Named BU’s Vice President for Alumni Engagement

March 30, 2021

Composite image, photo of Peter Guralnick with glasses on sitting in a teal rocking chair on a porch, next to the book cover for “Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music & Writing” with a photo of Bob Dylan and a man in a cowboy hate that looks at an acoustic electric guitar.

Arts & Culture

Peter Guralnick (CAS’67, GRS’68) Says Looking to Get Lost is as Close to a Memoir as He’ll Ever Write

March 26, 2021

Album cover for "Portraits, Self-Portraits and Songs" a new CD reissue. A black and white photo of Virgil Thompson is on the right.

Music

Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) “Posed” for Classical Music Composer Virgil Thomson, Then Played His Work

March 26, 2021

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Feedback

Readers Weigh In on Ibram X. Kendi and Antiracism, Rhett’s Namesake, BU President Harold Case, and More

March 25, 2021

Composite image of the book covers for: Corner Shrine, Devastation Class, In Security, The Land of the Dead is Open for Business, The Man Who Loved His Wife, Me and Her Shadow, Sugar Shock, Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir, and Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury that Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation.

Books

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

March 25, 2021

Black and white photo of Tom Beatty (CAS’72) during a historic track meet. He wears a BU jersey and his hair bounces as he runs ahead of two competitors on a track.

Athletics

Miracle on the Track: 50 Years Ago, the Men’s Track Team Made History

March 25, 2021

Photo of Vincent Hsieh (LAW’92) (left) and Ko Wen-Je, the mayor of Taipei (right), who holds up a red t-shirt that says “Boston U” on it. Behind him, a large screen with Chinese characters is seen.

International Alumni

Alumni Gather in Taipei

March 25, 2021

Mordecai’s painting, “The Sign 3, 2020, 52" x 76" oil, graphite, charcoal canvas glued to panel. It is red, violet, and white, white abstract shapes that resemble a wine glass and violin.

Visual Arts

Gallery: The Art of Ruth Mordecai (CFA’70,’80)

March 25, 2021

Photo of Susanne Daisley Lyons, smiling and standing in a striped blazer on top of a hill with her arms crossed. Behind her is a light blue sky and city skyline.

International Sports

Susanne Lyons on What’s Ahead for the Tokyo Olympics

March 25, 2021

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TV & Film

Genius: Aretha Will Give You Goosebumps, Says Producer Sam Sokolow

March 18, 2021

Sports Journalism

From the Press Box to the Players Union

March 10, 2021

COM alum Mikaela Lefrak (’15, right) with co-host Lori McCue discussing the arts on WAMU’s “Get Out There.

Journalism & Media

Should Washington, D.C., Become the 51st State?

March 10, 2021

Ben Hires standing in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood

Alumni

Opening Doors: Ben Hires, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

March 4, 2021

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Voice & Gender

How Testosterone Changes the Voices of Trans Men

March 3, 2021

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Alumni in Politics

Meet 16 BU Alums in the Biden Administration

March 2, 2021

Photo of Elise Morgan, a College of Engineering professor of mechanical engineering, in a red blouse sitting on a chair in a lab with a plastic model in her hands.

University News

Elise Morgan Named First Maysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design & Innovation

March 2, 2021

A photo of Shironda White holding a tray of cupcakes.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea(s): Financial Planning for Students and Families—and Cupcakes

March 2, 2021

Photo of Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Enoch Woodhouse in a blue suit jacket, baseball cap, and red neck-tie with his hands extended towards a crowd of chief petty officer selects aboard USS Constitution, who wear camo and tan baseball caps.

History

One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen on Being Part of Famous All-Black Air Squadron

February 25, 2021

One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen on Being Part of Famous All-Black Air Squadron