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Alumni

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Social Media

BU Alum Turns to Social Media to Raise Funds in Support of #BlackLivesMatter

July 8, 2020

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Documentary Film

Documenting How Pandemic Lockdown Changed Eternal City’s Religions

July 8, 2020

A composite image of some of the books discussed in the article below including The Real Deal: My Decade Fighting Battles and Winning Wars with Trump, Black Flag, A Clean Heart, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces, Geode, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems, and Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

Literature

Reading List: Alumni Books That Caught Our Eye

July 7, 2020

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University News

Alum Endows Scholarship, Professorship

July 7, 2020

Obituaries

A Sports Pioneer and BU Hall of Famer Dies

July 7, 2020

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Books

Lara Ehrlich Finds Inspiration in Fairy Tales in Her Debut Collection, Animal Wife

July 7, 2020

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Tributes

Tributes: Sir Hans Kornberg, Anton Mavretic

July 7, 2020

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Music

CFA Alum Named Classical Woman of the Year

July 7, 2020

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Endowments

Three New Professorships Endowed

July 7, 2020

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Commencement

50 Years Later, Another Delayed Commencement

July 7, 2020

A painting by Amber Vittoria

Visual Arts

Gallery: Amber Vittoria

July 7, 2020

Two illustrations of Billie Jean King standing on a platform raising a medal above her head. Next, is an illustration of Alvin Ailey in a white shirt and dark pants dancing with a dance squad behind them.

LGBTQ+ Literature

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

June 30, 2020

The sunset reflects off the Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters building, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Boston's Seaport. A sign on the building reads 'Vertex' in purple. The top dome of a building is seen in the bottom left foreground.

Center for Antiracist Research

Vertex Gives $1.5 Million to New BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 25, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Celebrating the World of Cultural Muslims

June 23, 2020

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Brewing For Good

Brewing Up Something Different

June 23, 2020

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Comedy

Alum Myq Kaplan Releases New Comedy Album

June 17, 2020

Tributes

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies

June 16, 2020

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Books

Humor and Honesty Help Fix a Fractured Relationship with Mom and Dad

May 27, 2020

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Student Life

Job-Hunting Students Face Uncertainty—but Also Opportunity—in Pandemic

May 14, 2020

Job-Hunting Students Face Uncertainty—but Also Opportunity—in Pandemic