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Business & Economics

Portrait of Daniella Pierson with her hands on her hips. She has long brown, slightly wavy hair and light skin. She wears a black and white lace blouse and smiles slightly.

Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: A Gift for Your Inbox

October 22, 2021

Portrait of Danielle Letayf, founder of the start-up business Badassery, outside with a brick wall in the background.

Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: Danielle Letayf, Badassery

September 20, 2021

Photo of Boston journalist and COM alumn Carmen Fields posing outside of WHDH in Boston on June 3, 2021. She wears a colorful sweater with a variety of geometric and organic patterns and leans on a cement wall and smiles.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Carmen Fields (COM’73), Pioneering Journalist

September 15, 2021

Photo of Aaron Rasmussen (COM’06, CAS’06), with a spherical keyboard he made for himself because of a repetitive strain injury, at home in Washington State. He wears a gray suit jacket, glasses, in stands in the bushes which are illuminated by the lights of his keyboard.

Innovation

BU Alum Aaron Rasmussen: Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor, Perpetual Student

July 28, 2021

Concept illustration of a person with ecoanxiety and depression caused by global warming fear. A person with green pants and a blue shirt lays in a bed of smoke stacks.

Climate Change

Communicating Conservation Under Biden Versus Trump

July 28, 2021

A photo of Matt Levin wearing a Worcester Red Sox hat sitting in the stands. The baseball field is in the background.

Business of Baseball

Woosox Matthew Levin Bridges Baseball and Business

May 4, 2021

A photo of Sarah Greisdorf holding a book open and laughing

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Suits with Pockets, and Now, a New Networking Community for Women

April 21, 2021

Photo of Daisy Figueroa (LAW’21) in a black t-shirt and jeans ripped at the knee standing if front of a larger mural with the virgin mary and graffiti painted all over it. The photo has been edited so Figueroa is in black and white and the mural is brightly colored.

Student Activism

Student Activism Today Is Leaving a Mark on Climate Change, Antiracism, Housing, and More

March 26, 2021

Album cover for "Portraits, Self-Portraits and Songs" a new CD reissue. A black and white photo of Virgil Thompson is on the right.

Music

Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) “Posed” for Classical Music Composer Virgil Thomson, Then Played His Work

March 26, 2021

Photo of Vincent Hsieh (LAW’92) (left) and Ko Wen-Je, the mayor of Taipei (right), who holds up a red t-shirt that says “Boston U” on it. Behind him, a large screen with Chinese characters is seen.

International Alumni

Alumni Gather in Taipei

March 25, 2021

Sports Journalism

From the Press Box to the Players Union

March 10, 2021

A photo of Shironda White holding a tray of cupcakes.

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea(s): Financial Planning for Students and Families—and Cupcakes

March 2, 2021

A photo of Jeremy Parker (COM’07) and Josh Orbach

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: A Website That Sells Swanky Swag

February 2, 2021

TJ and Hadley Douglas, owners of Urban Grape in Boston, pose for a photo on November 2, 2020. A floor to ceiling rack of wine bottles is seen behind them.

Alumni

New Scholarship at MET Seeks to Draw More People of Color into the Wine and Beverage Industry

November 19, 2020

A portrait photo of Minal Anand

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: A Digital Platform in India That Connects Students with Tutors

November 17, 2020

US infantrymen make their way through the Hürtgen Forest on November 8, 1944.

Books

Alum’s Book Recounts Long Overdue Search for Lost World War II Soldiers

November 11, 2020

A photo of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaking to staffers and media after winning reelection to Congress on November 3, 2020

Politics

Squad Rules, Three with BU Ties Reelected to Congress

November 4, 2020

Photo of pilot Dharmesh Tarapore (CAS’18) standing in black jacket in front of a small plane and smiling.

Aviation Innovation

Could Alum’s New Device Improve Flight Safety for Small Planes?

October 13, 2020

A portrait of Lorna Sabbia standing in front of a brick wall

Finance

Lorna Sabbia, Head of Retirement and Personal Wealth Solutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

September 9, 2020

Photo of Victoria Price holding a video camera and recording during her time at BU. Behind her a body of water and shoreline are seen. Price wears a black leather jacket and scarf.

Journalism & Media

TV Reporter and Alum Victoria Price Gets Life-Changing Email

August 28, 2020

TV Reporter and Alum Victoria Price Gets Life-Changing Email