Boston University

Alumni

A photo of the BU Beach and College of Arts and Sciences

Endowments

Three New Professorships Endowed

July 7, 2020

A photo of the Class of 1970 Convocation in 2010. A graduate holds up a newspaper that reads "Will I have to go to war?"

Commencement

50 Years Later, Another Delayed Commencement

July 7, 2020

A painting by Amber Vittoria

Visual Arts

Gallery: Amber Vittoria

July 7, 2020

Two illustrations of Billie Jean King standing on a platform raising a medal above her head. Next, is an illustration of Alvin Ailey in a white shirt and dark pants dancing with a dance squad behind them.

LGBTQ+ Literature

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

June 30, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Celebrating the World of Cultural Muslims

June 23, 2020

Photo of a brewer from Trademark Brewing producing hand sanitizer during the pandemic. The employee wears a purple face covering and blue gloves and watches a pipe, waiting with his hand on a lever to close the pipe. Barrels are seen in the background.

Brewing For Good

Brewing Up Something Different

June 23, 2020

Portrait of Myq Kaplan. He wears a blue sweatshirt in front of an orange background.

Comedy

Alum Myq Kaplan Releases New Comedy Album

June 17, 2020

Tributes

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies

June 16, 2020

A portrait photo of Sopan Deb laughing

Books

Humor and Honesty Help Fix a Fractured Relationship with Mom and Dad

May 27, 2020

Image of Boston City Councilor and BU alum, Annissa Essaibi-George, who has started sew face masks for the Boston University Police Department at the Stitch House, a shop in Dorchester which she founded. Two BU PD officers stand at her left and right; the wall behind them is filled with skeins of yarn.

Community Service

Inside BU Alum’s Stitch House, a Business for the Times

April 16, 2020

A photo of Nancy Livingston (COM’69) with her husband, Fred Levin, and Robert Pinsky, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English.

Alumni

Robert Pinsky Pays Tribute to Nancy Livingston

April 13, 2020

Photo of a Crip Camp creators at Sundance. Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute/ Brandon Cruz

TV & Film

BU Alum Edited Acclaimed Netflix Doc Crip Camp

April 6, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

A photo of MSNBC host Steve Kornacki

Journalism & Media

Making Sense of Election Season

March 2, 2020

A portrait photo of Micki Krimmel

Entrepreneurship

Superfit Hero: Making Fitness More Inclusive

February 27, 2020

Photo of Christina Yu Yu (GRS'04), the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of Asian Art (right) examining the sculpture Bishamoten, the Guardian of the North, with MFA associate conservator Linsly Boyer (left) in a conservation lab.

Arts & Culture

As MFA Asian Art Department Chair, Christina Yu Yu Oversees a Collection Spanning 6,000 Years

February 25, 2020

A portrait photo of Paul Francisco in his office.

Business & Economics

Working to Change the Way corporations Hire

February 19, 2020

Colin Rose poses for a portrait in a school hallway

Public Education

Working for Equity in Boston Public Schools

February 18, 2020

A portrait of painter Sedrick Huckaby sitting on a bench and sketching.

Visual Arts

Extraordinary Paintings, Ordinary People: Alum Sedrick Huckaby Paints his Family on a Grand Scale

February 18, 2020

A selection of book covers

Books

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye

February 18, 2020

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye