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Alumni

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Journalism & Media

Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict

February 14, 2024

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ALUMNI

Meet the Alumni Couple Who Got Engaged in Warren Towers—More Than 12 Years Later

February 12, 2024

Photo: Photo: Artist Bob Freeman, a Black man with graying hair and a gray mustache, (CFA’71,’83) in his Waltham studio. The walls are used to hang his pieces, which are behind him. He is mixing paint on a slab while wearing a black turtleneck.

Arts & Culture

Robert T. Freeman’s Long Journey Home

February 7, 2024

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Theatre

When Arthur Miller Came to See What BU Did with The Crucible

February 7, 2024

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Janet Krause Jones (COM’74), cofounder of the Single Mom Project

February 2, 2024

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Accolades

Alum Composer Is Up for Two Grammys Sunday

February 1, 2024

Sports

Meet Brad Cashew: Pro Wrestler and Local Legend Fans Go Nuts Over

January 25, 2024

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Accolades

BU’s Most Powerful Women, and Other Forbes Influencers

January 25, 2024

Photo: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in the auditorium of Oslo University in Norway on Dec. 10, 1964. King, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace prize, is recognized for his leadership in the American civil rights movement and for advocating non violence. (AP Photo)

University News

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance to Be Built around His Nobel Peace Prize Speech

January 4, 2024

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Style Tips (and Curated Garments) for the Modern Petite Woman

December 11, 2023

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Theatre

Hoping for Human Connection in The Band’s Visit

December 4, 2023

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Business & Economics

Opening Doors: Alejandro Garcia-Amaya (CGS’05, Questrom’07)

December 1, 2023

Photo: Bill Banfield, A Black man short graying hair wearing red glasses, a black long sleeved shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and black pants, poses as he holds his guitar under one arm. He stands at the exterior of a Spanish style building deck as the sun shines on him.

Accolades

Jazzman Bill Banfield Receives President’s Call to Service Award

November 28, 2023

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Alumni

White House Welcomes Young BU Alum for Climate Change Talk

November 27, 2023

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One Good Deed

One Good Deed: Audry Lynch (Wheelock’67)

November 16, 2023

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TV & Film

Alum’s True-Crime Book Now a Critically Acclaimed HBO Series

November 16, 2023

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Books

Cartoonist Explores Stories of Veterans of the Battlefield—and the COVID ICU

November 16, 2023

Photo: Adeena Sussman, a white woman with curly brown-blonde hair and wearing a light blue collared shirt and black apron, smiles as she poses for a photo. Her hands work on some pastry dough on the counter in front of her as she smiles in a bright kitchen.

food

Adeena Sussman Releases new Jewish Cookbook, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours

November 16, 2023

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Genealogy

Genealogy’s Golden Age: Alum D. Brenton Simons Is a Leading Champion

November 16, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr., a Black man wearing a long-sleeved white collared shirt and tie, looking to the left pensively. He clasps his hands in front of his face.

Books

Excerpt from Jonathan Eig’s Acclaimed New Biography, King: A Life

November 16, 2023

Excerpt from Jonathan Eig’s Acclaimed New Biography, King: A Life