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A photo at Brookline Booksmith where banned books are available for purchase. The books displayed have cards explaining when, where, and why the book was banned.

Books

Want to Find a Banned Book? Brookline Booksmith Has Some on Display

October 26, 2022

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Social Media

Kim Kardashian, Sponcon, and the Rules of Being an Influencer

October 5, 2022

Photo collage: (left) Starbucks workers protest and hold signs about unionizing outside the Starbucks on Comm Ave. (right) Marty Walsh listens on as President Biden speaks at a podium.

Business Problems

Comm Ave Starbucks Strike Ends: Does That Mean Strikes Work?

September 22, 2022

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Career

What Are the Fastest Growing Jobs? And How Can BU Prepare You?

June 10, 2022

Photo of two white men wearing grey and black business suits walking down a busy city street. They both hold black briefcases.

Employment

Pros and Cons of the Four-Day Workweek

June 8, 2022

Photo of David Ortiz on stage with Questrom Prof. Susan Fournier in the Questrom auditorium during a one-hour Q&A on May 5. Fournier, a white woman who wears a black skirt and black and white blouse, claps her hands and smiles. Ortiz, a middle-aged Black man, is seen seated and smiling wide; he wears ripped jeans, a gray graphic tee and sunglasses. Next to Fournier on the ground is a canvas bag with the number 34, Ortiz's number, and behind them is a large red backdrop that reads "Insights@Questrom: LIVE"

Questrom Speaker

Big Papi Visits BU: “I Am So Proud of This Town”

May 5, 2022

Photo of Elon Musk, a white man looking to the left as he wears a black suit ensemble and black tie. He stands in a dark room with lights going down in stripes behind him.

Social Media

Elon Musk Buys Twitter. Should We Worry?

April 26, 2022

Photo of Puppeteer Leigh Baltzer, owner of Through Me To You Puppetry, smiling and waving at her computer as she attends a BU business course virtually from her Brookline home Feb 28. Baltzer is a middle-aged Asian American woman with shoulder length black hair, glasses, and she wears a tan sweater and series of chunky necklaces and bracelets.

Small Businesses

New Boot Camp Pairs Local Businesses with BU Faculty

April 1, 2022

Photo of Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb chief Strategy officer, sitting in a chair with a repeating blue and white mountain pattern in a highly stylish room, presumably an Airbnb. Blecharczyk wears a button down, jeans and leather shoes, smiles and clasps his hands, his arms resting on his knees. He is a middle-aged white man with short hair.

Innovation

In Hospitality, the Future Is Now

March 31, 2022

Bitcoin network concept on digital Screen, featuring a series of blue bit coin signs in connected networks.

Business & Law

The Pros and Cons of Cryptocurrency

February 22, 2022

photo of two men holding hands and staring into each others eyes.

Marketing & Communications

Rethinking Valentine’s Day Marketing for the Unattached or Lonely

February 9, 2022

Russian conscripted soldiers board a train in uniform. Photo by Sergei Malgavko\TASS via Getty Images

Essay Collection

War? More COVID? Irreversible Climate Change? What 2022 Could Bring

January 20, 2022

Photo of Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible, during his Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.

Politics

One Year after Joe Biden’s Inauguration, BU Experts Give Him a Mixed Review

January 19, 2022

Photo of an Asian woman business owner putting up a help wanted sign in her store window

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Great Resignation. It’s Not as Great as Screaming Headlines Suggest

January 13, 2022

Top view photo of Asian ux developers and ui designers brainstorming about mobile app interface on a table with customer brief and color code in a modern office

Accolades

BU’s Entrepreneur Education and Entrepreneurial Alumni Earn High Rankings

January 12, 2022

Caspian Chaharom (CAS’23) (left), Kelsea Mann (CFA’23), Chloe Adamowicz (CAS’22), and Harunobu Ishii (MET’22) pose for a photo after their autopcb app, which makes circuit design easily accessible, was awarded the Judges’ Choice Award for Innovation Fellows at the BU Spark! Fall 2021 Demo Day, December 10, 2021.

Campus Life

App That Automates Circuit Design Wins Big at BU Spark! Demo Day

January 11, 2022

a photo of Carl Palme, the winner of the Innovate@BU and Green Lion Partners annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition. He smiles as he holds a giant, light green check for $10,000.

Accolades

Hydroponic Device for Growing Cannabis at Home Wins Annual BU Start-Up Competition

November 19, 2021

Photo representative of the supply chain crisis 2021: A large, Evergreen shipping container docked in the Port of Los Angeles. Green, red, and blue shipping containers are piled high on the ships, as they wait to be unloaded during a worker shortage.

Supply Chains

Supply Chain Crisis Could Screw Up Your Holiday Shopping

November 10, 2021

Photo of Jonathan Allen (LAW’19), a young Black man with a beard, sitting on a yellow stool. He wears a green jacket and smiles. A whiteboard is seen behind him.

Strategy & Innovation

Innovate@BU Names Young Alum as Inaugural Innovator in Residence

November 3, 2021

Early Fall view of a green BU Beach wtih the College of Arts & Sciences building in the background.

Fossil Fuel Divestment

Campus Reacts to BU’s Commitment to Divest from Fossil Fuels

September 23, 2021

Campus Reacts to BU’s Commitment to Divest from Fossil Fuels