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Photo: Questrom Sustainability Competition winners, Mikhail Gurevich (ENG’07, Questrom’12) (from left), who donated the $50,000 prize; winners Illiana Arroyo (CAS’25), Suraj Nellore (Questrom’26, COM’26), Jason Wexler (Questrom’25, COM’25), and Devin Hirsch (Questrom’25), stand holding a big cheque for their idea, ReBean.

Strategy & Innovation

BU Students Win $50,000 for Helping L.L.Bean Become More Eco-Friendly

December 15, 2023

Photo: A closet full of women's clothing on coat hangers

Sustainable Fashion

Is Thrift Flipping Ethical and Sustainable?

December 12, 2023

Photo: Sami Morales, a young white woman with long auburn brown hair and wearing a pastel orange cami and jeans, poses next to a rack of her clothing.

Student Innovation

BU Student Used Her Hollywood Earnings to Launch a Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Store

November 21, 2023

Photo: A woman with long, light brown hair and a cream sweater looks over her shoulder for a portrait shot. On her left, there is a contrasting greenery and behind, blurred out beginnings of a building.

QUESTROM

BU Dual Master’s Program Aims to Produce Graduates Versed in Environmental Science—and the Economics of Climate Change

September 11, 2023

Photo: A man with a button-up shirt sits behind three stuffed creatures, all with huge eyes and long limbs. They are characters from the children book that one of the creatures holds, a book for sustainability for kids.

Innovation

Questrom Student Creates Stuffed Animals and Books to Teach Kids about Sustainability

September 8, 2023

Social Media

Brilliant? Delusional? Understanding Why Elon Musk Changed Twitter to X

July 25, 2023

Graphic: A collection of vector images depicting people traveling with suitcases in various outfits

Business

The Pandemic Changed How We Eat, Travel, Tip. Now Things Are Changing Again

July 24, 2023

Photo: Goodman, a white man wearing glasses, a white collared shirt, and black suit, stands in front of a large dark wood door. He stands in the center of the US flag and the White house flag.

Council of Economic Advisers

From Wheelock to Washington

July 7, 2023

Photo: A group of strikers hold up signs protesting the unfair decisions and contracts made for writers in the writer guild. The prompt sign in the middle of the photo reads: "FAIR CONTRACT NOW! WRITERS GUILD ON STRIKE"

Voices & Opinion

POV: I’m a Hollywood Screenwriter. This Is Why Our Strike Matters to You

May 4, 2023

Photo: Overhead shot of a person's hand as the roll a joint of weed. A dried plant is being rolled between brown paper of a table in a darkened room.

Business & Law

LAW’s Jay Wexler Fires Up Arguments to Normalize Pot in New Book

April 14, 2023

Photo: Five men stand on a stage to celebrate the winner of a compeition. From left, a West Asian man wearing a black suit, a white man in a maroon blazer and black pants, a West Asian man wearing a blue suit with a black tie, an older West Asian man wearing a black suit with a purple tie, and a white man wearing a plaid blazer with tailored jeans and glasses. They are all smiling for the photo, looking to the left at another camera.

Awards

$50,000 in Prize Money Awarded at SHA’s Poyiadjis Hospitality Innovation Competition

March 27, 2023

Photo: Students are pouring and making coffee at Saxby's coffee bar. They are wearing a red uniform. One individual is wearing a black bucket hat, a tan vest, and a cream shirt.

Student Life

Saxbys, New Student-Run Café, Opens at Center for Computing & Data Sciences

February 23, 2023

Photo: A generic isle in CVS of their period products.

GENDER EQUITY

CVS Is Making Efforts to Combat Effects of Pink Tax and Period Poverty

February 17, 2023

Photo: A photo of the CCDS on Boston University's campus. It is shown from across the Charles River, among the Boston skyline.

Accolades

U.S. News: Three BU Online Programs among the Nation’s Best, for 10th Year Running

January 23, 2023

Photo: A young dark-skinned Black man models blue scrubs and a white lab coat in front of a large rose bush. The name "VERDE" is shown to the left of him in bold, white letters.

Learning Public Relations

COM’s PRLab Takes On Medical Apparel Brand VERDE as a Client

December 16, 2022

Photo: Elon Musk, a white man with thinning brown hair, looks and points up as he's shot mid-talk in front of a black background.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Can Elon Musk Fix the Twitter Chaos That He Created?

November 29, 2022

Workers strike outside of the Starbucks on Commonwealth Ave. Multiple people carry signs, one reading "Union Busting is Disgusting"

Business & Law

Is America’s Labor Movement on the Upswing?

November 23, 2022

Photo: Green Lion Partners founders Jeff Zucker (Questrom’10) (left) and Mike Bologna (Questrom’10) present Isabelle Bryan with a $10,000 check for her start-up Insphigher at Innovate@BU’s sixth annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition finale November 8. a man and a young woman each hold one side of a giant check for $10,000. Another young man stands to the right of the woman.

Innovation

Idea Sharing App Insphigher Wins Annual BU Cannabis Start-Up Competition

November 10, 2022

Group photo of the BU students who made it to the finals of a Questrom sustainability competition: (from left) Ryan Loughran (Questrom’24) (from left), Rachel Levine (Questrom’24), James Coyle (CAS’24), Rachel Koh (Questrom’24), and Noah Sorin (Questrom’24). They all wear business casual outfits and smile.

Business & Law

Questrom Sustainability Competition, with $50,000 Prize, Draws 62 Student Teams from 12 Schools

November 8, 2022

Photo: A Dunkin' donuts branded paper cup of coffee and a chocolate frosted donut with rainbow sprinkles lies on a Dunkin' Donuts brown paper bag is shown on a dashboard.

Business & Law

Why Dunkin’s Revamped Rewards Program Has Angered So Many Customers

October 31, 2022

Why Dunkin’s Revamped Rewards Program Has Angered So Many Customers