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Education

The Advocate

December 15, 2020

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Alumni

Mining the Past, Mirroring the Present

December 14, 2020

Screenshot from a virtual event During the Alumni Weekend called Black in the Entertainment Industry: Reflections on Courage, Challenge, and Creativity, College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young (clockwise from top right) spoke with actors Uzo Aduba (CFA’05), Alfre Woodard (CFA’74, Hon.’04), and Russell Hornsby (CFA’96) about their experiences at BU and in Hollywood.

Alumni Weekend

First Virtual Alumni Weekend Brings BU Community Together

November 20, 2020

Composite image of photos from DeCotis' video which parodies Cuomo's press briefing. In the photos, DeCotis wears a suit and touches her head, wears a red shirt and looks stress, wears a Hawaiian shirt and mustache and points at herself, and pretends to cut herself with a knife in a suit jacket.

Comedy

Maria DeCotis Turns a Coronavirus Press Briefing into a Hit Video

November 20, 2020

Juengling's lighting work on the Empire State Building. The skyscraper is lit up in red and white.

Arts & Culture

Lighting the World

November 20, 2020

composite image of book covers from BU alumni in two rows of six on a white background. Starting at top, left, “60 Stories about 30 Seconds” by Bruce Van Dusen, “Asian Pickles at Home” by Patricia Tanumihardja, “The Cokettes” by Fayette Hauser, “Diners, Dudes & Diets” by Emily J.H. Contois, “A Place of Exodus” by David Biespiel, “The Gretchen Question” by Jessica Treadway, “How to think like an Officer” by Reed Bonadonna, “Hunting Whitey” by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, “Last Call” by Elon Green, “The King’s Beast” by Eliot Pattison, “The New Husband” by D.J. Palmer, and “Women in a Waiting Room” by Kirun Kapur.

Books

Reading List

November 20, 2020

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Feedback

Feedback: Netflix Doc Brings Back Memories, the Impact of BU President Harold C. Case, Commencement Delayed

November 20, 2020

A painting of the legs of a woman underwater as she kicks along, her legs reflected on the sand. The water around her is in shades of dark and light blue. She wears white bottoms.

Visual Arts

Gallery: Adrienne Elise Tarver (CFA’07)

November 20, 2020

Photo of a group of students sitting in an auditorium as they show their cleared confirmation status on their cellphones at the start of Professor Elizabeth Co’s Human Physiology (BI 211) class in Morse Auditorium on the first day of classes September 2. Stickers are placed in chairs throughout the auditorium to help with distancing.

Student Stories

College in the COVID-19 Era

November 20, 2020

Composite image of three headshots of actor Michael Chiklis (’85), the center photo shows him smiling in a white button down with blue dots. The flanking photos show him more serious and have muted color overlays.

TV & Film

Michael Chiklis: Good Cop, Bad Cop, Superhero

November 20, 2020

Photo of Ibram X. Kendi sitting in a blue suit looking out a window.

Antiracism

In a Turbulent Time, Ibram X. Kendi and BU’s Center for Antiracist Research Will Help Lead the Way Forward

November 19, 2020

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Tributes

“Father of Psychiatric Rehabilitation”

November 19, 2020

Photo of Robert Burdick (LAW’72), a School of Law clinical professor who directed the Civil Litigation & Justice Program for more than 40 years, standing in a suit, looking off into the middle distance. Bright blue skies are seen in a window behind him.

Tributes

A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick

November 19, 2020

Composite image, at left, a photo of Rev. Gil Galdwell (GRS’55, Hon.’59) speaking at a podium in what looks like a church, and a black and white photo of Robert Trump (DGE’68, CAS’72) holding a soccer ball as a young man at BU.

Tributes

Tributes: Rev. Gil Caldwell (GRS’55, Hon.’59), Robert Trump (DGE’68, CAS’72)

November 19, 2020

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

Composite image of black and white photos of the following people: Gary M. Garfinkel (Questrom’84), who stands in a suit and tie, Harold “Spike” Carlson (Questrom’26), in an old-fashioned football uniform, Julia C. Pratt (CAS’48, Hon.’78) at a desk with file cabinets in the background.

Giving

Celebrating Three Scholarships

November 19, 2020

Black and white portrait of Joachim Maître in a checkered suit in front of a bookshelf.

Tributes

Joachim Maître Taught at BU for 30 Years

November 18, 2020

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Education & Social Service

Tyler Sit, founding pastor, New City Church

November 18, 2020

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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

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