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SUMMER PUBLISHING SCHEDULE
BU Today will operate under a slightly reduced publishing schedule through mid-August. We will not publish an edition on Fridays, but if breaking news arises, we will cover it and post it. Our Saturday roundup email is also taking a break.
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CFA Alum Nominated for Tony Award for Best Sound Design on Into the Woods
Alex Neumann (CFA’09), a veteran of Broadway and off Broadway, calls sound design the “invisible medium” that audiences struggle to understand
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Alum’s New Memoir Chronicles Her Experience Coming Out at 38
Perfectly Queer details Jillian Abby’s journey to radical self-acceptance and happiness
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Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets
Cross-College Challenge class uses play and creativity to make science more accessible and improve researchers’ communication skills
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To Do Today: Bollywood Dance Performance
Enjoy performances inspired by the biggest Indian films
June 7, 2023
Memory Manipulation
Unlocking the Power of Our Emotional Memory
Neuroscientists from BU show that it’s possible to turn the volume down on a negative memory by stimulating other, happier ones
PRIDE MONTH
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with These Events in and around Boston
From marches to drag bingo to movie screenings, there’s no shortage of ways to enjoy Pride 2023
Books
He Wrote a Book to Help Kids Deal with ADHD Better than He Did
Peter Shankman (CGS’92, COM’94) makes the most of neurodiversity
Latest Headlines
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Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It
Questrom alum is new Massachusetts secretary of transportation
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US Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm on Harmful Social Media Use among Youth during Visit to BU
Talking with US Senator Edward Markey (Hon.’04), Vivek Murthy says smartphones and social media apps exacerbate young people’s mental health challenges
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To Do Today: Free Art Exhibition at the ICA Watershed
Take a healing journey through the artwork of Guadalupe Maravilla
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Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning
Collaboration offers a graphic history of American racism, intended for a broader readership
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Today’s Close-up
Celebrating Pride Month
Having fun with some props at the annual BU Pride Soiree for Faculty & Staff: Elana Harris, BU Arts Initiative staff administrative coordinator (left), and M.C. Damm, Newbury Center assistant director. The BU LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and LGBTQIA+ Community Network held the event at the Dahoud Family Alumni Center on June 6.
Photo by Jake Belcher
Alumni
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Poet Carl Phillips Finds Inspiration in Mundanity
Alum describes getting lost on the page, and winning the most coveted prize in literature
Microbes
A Quest for Extreme Life—What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space
Boston University biologist Jeffrey Marlow visits the planet’s most hostile habitats to learn about how microbial communities form
Things-to-do
To Do Today: Summer Concerts at Kendall Center
Free performances in Cambridge’s Galaxy Park return as part of the Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City series
Music
What’s Hot in Music This Month: Local Concerts, New Releases
June brings new albums from Janelle Monáe and Niall Horan, as well as local shows from Bryan Adams and Ed Sheeran
Alumni
Alum Who Climbed Everest Says She Grappled with “Grief, Loss, Friendship”
Rebecca Long (CAS’16) describes her trip this spring during one of the deadliest climbing seasons as “life-changing”
Pride Month
POV: Celebrating Pride Month Amidst a Context of Gains and Setbacks for LGBTQIA+ Rights
We need to recognize the challenges the community still faces
Football
New BU Study Finds Tackle Football at Young Age Raises Risk for Brain Decline Later
Researchers discover playing football for more than 11 years is tied to less white matter in the brain, could lead to poor impulse control and thinking problems
Things-to-do
To Do Today: Seaport Sweat
Back for its eighth season, Boston’s biggest free workout series hosts outdoor fitness classes throughout the summer
Linguistics & Language Sciences
Unearthing a Long-Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans
BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers
Climate and Health
Human Health Is Suffering Because of Climate Change
Public health experts at BU and Harvard are teaming up to diversify and expand the global network of climate and health researchers to reach better solutions
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Arts & Culture
- CFA Alum Nominated for Tony Award for Best Sound Design on Into the Woods
- To Do Today: Summer Concerts at Kendall Center
- Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning
Business & Law
- Students Create Ads for Chobani, Celebrity Cruises, and More
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to 2023 BU LAW Graduates: “Anything Is Possible”
- Capture the Moment: Use #BU2023 and Get Featured on the Jumbotron at Commencement
Campus Life
- Students Create Ads for Chobani, Celebrity Cruises, and More
- College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen Named Interim BU Provost
- Today I Learned: Boston’s topography was shaped by glaciers more than 20,000 years ago
Health & Medicine
- US Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm on Harmful Social Media Use among Youth during Visit to BU
- POV: Celebrating Pride Month Amidst a Context of Gains and Setbacks for LGBTQIA+ Rights
- No, You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse
In the City
- To Do Today: Jordan Peele’s Nope in 70 mm
- To Do Today: Bollywood Dance Performance
- To Do Today: Free Art Exhibition at the ICA Watershed
Science & Technology
- Inaugural Class of BU Computing & Data Sciences Majors Prepare to Graduate
- Today I Learned: Honors Linear Algebra Can Be Fun, Cool, Even Beautiful
- POV: Why I Left the Bird: NPR, Twitter, and Disinformation
Sports
- BU Rowing Teams to Compete at IRA National Championship Regatta This Weekend
- Travis Roy Foundation Endows Sargent College Scholarship for Graduate Students in Occupational and Physical Therapy
- Softball Team Wins Fifth Consecutive Patriot League Regular Season Title, as Conference Tournament Begins
University News
- Students Create Ads for Chobani, Celebrity Cruises, and More
- College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen Named Interim BU Provost
- POV: A Lesson from BU’s 150th Commencement
Voices & Opinion
- Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning
- POV: Celebrating Pride Month Amidst a Context of Gains and Setbacks for LGBTQIA+ Rights
- POV: A Lesson from BU’s 150th Commencement