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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

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

Composite image. On the left, the book cover for ‘Diners, Dudes and Diets’ by Emily Contois. An illustration of a hamburger fills out the cover, buns sandwich the title text. On the right is a portrait of Emily Contois, a young woman with her hair pulled back and a ruffled blouse smiles welcomingly. The images are place on a wooden grain background.

Books

Diet Yogurt and Guy Fieri: How Food Media Constructed “Dude” Masculinity

February 18, 2021

Screenshots from the Must Watch app displayed on iPhone screens showing suggestions for what to watch including the shows "The Boys" "American Greed" and "Game of Thrones"

Alumni

Unsure What to Stream Next? This App Just Made It Easier

February 16, 2021

A slightly over-exposed photo of two students laying in the grass together happily looking at their phones. The photo has a white border like that of polaroid, and is on a background with pink, orange, and purple watercolor hearts.

Share the Love

BU Community Shares Valentine’s Day Messages of Love, Friendship, Thanks

February 11, 2021

Photo of Macken Murphy (CAS’20) sitting on a rock outside and staring of into the middle distance. He wears a black headband, black button down, and has a tattoo of an anchor on his left arm.

Environment & Ecology

CAS Alum Creates a Different Species of Podcast

January 13, 2021

Photo of the rubble left in the aftermath of pro-Trump protestor attack on the press pool outside the Capitol building. Journalist stand around in a circle, at the center, a pile of their destroyed TV production gear sits on the ground.

Journalism & Media

What Does the Attack on Democracy Mean for Journalists?

January 8, 2021

A gathering of family, friends, city officials, bicycle advocates, and others from the BU community filled the sidewalk on Saturday, November 21, 2020, to celebrate the life of Christopher Weigl with a memorial ghost bike installation ceremony on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street in Boston, where he was killed on his bike by a truck driver in December of 2012.

University News

New Ghost Bike, and Finished Bike Lanes, Honor BU Student Killed in 2012 Crash

December 2, 2020

A view from the top of the staircase at the new Howard Thurman Center. Couches and chairs are visible in a sitting area in the background, and the word "listen" appears written on a wall.

#GivingTuesday

BU’s Seventh Annual #GivingTuesday Is Today

December 1, 2020

A 1996 portrait of an African National Congress supporter who was shot in the face and had his home burned the year before.

Photography

Reflections on Photographing Trauma

November 9, 2020

Headshots of Boston Business Journal 50 Leaders Making a Difference with ties to BU. Composite image shows formal headshots in the following order: Kate Walsh, Lori Cashman, Paul Francisco, Jeanette Ives Erickson, Marylou Sudders, Ibram Kendi, Catherine Klapperich, Kate Barrand.

Accolades

BU Alums, Faculty on Boston Business Journal’s List of 50 Leaders Making a Difference

November 9, 2020

Black and white photo of Roy in his dorm room in 1997, two years after his accident. He wears a white turtle neck and flannel shirt and smiles wide. A photo of Muhammad Ali boxing is behind him above a book shelf.

Tribute

Travis Roy: A Death in the Family

November 4, 2020

A composite of photos of Sarah Greisdorf and Sarika Ram

Strategy & Innovation

BU Student and Alum Make BostInno’s “25 Under 25” List

October 27, 2020

Mascot

Time to Retire the Rhett Name? You Can Weigh In

September 23, 2020

Screenshot from Black Boston event entitled “Changing the Face of Politics” hosted by Boston University Initiative on Cities, the Boston University Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and WBUR CitySpace. In the screenshot, top left, is “Kimberly Atkins - Senior Opinion Writer, The Boston Globe, @kimberlyEAtkins,” smiling with a bookshelf and couch behind her. Top right is Ayanna Pressley in a pink button down and black blazer with signs that say “people’s housing platform” and “protect safe, legal abortion” behind her. Her label reads “Ayanna Pressley - U.S. Representatives, MA-07, @AyannaPressley”

Politics

A Rallying Cry for More Women and Candidates of Color in Politics

September 22, 2020

Photos of Richard Nixon and Donald Trump sitting at the desk in the Oval Office

Politics

The Trump Tapes vs the Nixon Tapes

September 10, 2020

Steve Hall, VP in alumni relations who helped spearhead the hugely successful BU fund raising campaign, is retiring. Here he sits on one of the railings outside of the Dahod Family Alumni Center at the Castle on July 31, 2020. He wars a blue suits, and ornate windows are seen on the building behind hime with the sign "Dahod Family Alumni Center"

University News

VP for Alumni Relations Steve Hall Will Retire at Year’s End

August 3, 2020

A photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaking on the House floor

Politics

AOC’s Response to Ted Yoho: How the Media Covered It

July 24, 2020

AOC’s Response to Ted Yoho: How the Media Covered It