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Alumni

Photo of Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Enoch Woodhouse in a blue suit jacket, baseball cap, and red neck-tie with his hands extended towards a crowd of chief petty officer selects aboard USS Constitution, who wear camo and tan baseball caps.

History

One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen on Being Part of Famous All-Black Air Squadron

February 25, 2021

Innovation

Five BU Alums Are on Forbes 2021 “30 Under 30” List

February 24, 2021

University News

A Former Student Leader, Alexis Redman (Questrom’14) Now Heads the BU Young Alumni Council

February 24, 2021

Photo of Henriquez, a middle-aged Black woman, standing in a long p-coat and colorful scarf in a snowy park.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), and reads “the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US, 1831-1895” The headstone is located in the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park, and surrounded by lush, green summer grass.

University News

Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler Monday

February 7, 2021

Photo of Ryan Roth Gallo (LAW’99), pictured (left) at the 2018 BU Commencement in full regalia. On the right, Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (CAS’84) and President Brown are seen. All of them clap, and rows of commencement go-ers in regalia are seen behind them.

University Appointments

Trustee and Alum Endows New Antiracism Professorship at the School of Law

February 3, 2021

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

Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: A Website That Sells Swanky Swag

February 2, 2021

Photo of David With in a black vest, shirt, and baseball cap, standing with his hands in his pockets and looking off to the side. His the black trailer where he runs his BBQ business out of is behind him; blue sky and trees are seen in the background.

Alumni

From Seminary to Short Ribs

January 22, 2021

A composite of portrait photos of Amy Neben, Olivia LaRoche, and Alissa Bachner

Accolades

Trio of BU Alums Makes the Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen List

December 17, 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

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

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

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

Celebrating Three Scholarships