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Boston University’s Alumni Magazine

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One Good Deed

One Good Deed: Peter Rawitsch (Wheelock’77) Helped Change a School Disciplinary Policy

August 9, 2023

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Books

Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder: Alum David Grann’s New Book, The Wager, Is a High-Seas Adventure

August 9, 2023

Summer 2023

August 9, 2023

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Alumni

Alum Steve Martin, Founder of a New York PR Firm, Works With Some of the Biggest Names in Music—from Foo Fighters to Paul McCartney

August 9, 2023

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Politics

How the AR-15 Divided a Nation

August 9, 2023

Photo: A composite image of six different individuals with an orange boarder. From left (top), a black man with a blue blazer and dark slacks stands in the middle of a grass field, a bald man with black glasses wears a collared shirt and looks off into the distance, a woman with jeans and a maroon leather jacket had her arms crossed as she stares off to the right of her. From left (bottom), a white woman with short grey hair stand in front of a river as she looks into the camera, her hands in her pocket; a woman with short, brown hair and black-rimmed glasses looks into the camera, a white woman with short white hair sits on a bench, her leg crossed over the other with a colorful scarf wrapped around her neck.

ACADEMICS AND ACTIVISM

BU Faculty Combine Academics and Activism—with Social Justice at the Core

August 9, 2023

A composite image made up of two rows of four book covers. Covers of books are (from top to bottom, left to right): "The Commonplace Misfortunes Of Everyday Plants", "Every Other Weekend", "The Fun Widow’s Book Tour", "Mattress Makers", "Moma Goes To Paris In 1938: Building And Politicizing American Art", "The Ransomware Hunting Team", "The Ruins Of Woodman's Village", and "Secret Of The Storm: Land Of Dragons".

Books

Reading List: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums

August 9, 2023

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Books

Imagining a Postapocalyptic World Ravaged by Climate Change

August 8, 2023

Photo: Journalist Scott Kirsner, a white man wearing neon yellow glasses, a black shirt, navy blue and grey button-up sweater, and jeans holds his hand up as he talks to a crowd. He clutches a few miscellaneous items in his other hand as he stands in front of glass doors to a building. The sign to his left reads "Tremont Temple Baptist church". Another man to his left smiles and laughs.

Journalism & Media

Blazing Boston’s Innovation Trail

August 8, 2023

Photo: Walter Whyte, a tall, young Black man wearing a white and red BU Men's basketball uniform and white headband, moves across the court. A Bucknell athlete in a blue and orange uniform faces away from the camera toward center court. Player sit on the bucknell player bench behind them. A few people sit in the red seats in the stands in the background.

Public Health

Walter Whyte A Standout in the Class and on the Court

August 8, 2023

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Academics

Graduate Fellowships Give a New PhD Program a Strong Start

August 8, 2023

Photo: Portrait of Sargent College alum Carolyn Cohen and her dog at Sargent College on August 13, 2015. An older white woman wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and blue pants, sits on a wooden bench and looks to the right on a sunny day. Her left arm rests on the back of a skinny, brown greyhound dog, while her right hands holds a long red leash.

Tributes

Tribute: Sargent Alum Carolyn Cohen Was a Retired Educator, Proud Terrier

August 8, 2023

Image: Photo of an oil on canvas painting with paper collage also used as a medium. Image shows a white woman wearing a long skirt and bandeau cobbled together with fabrics of various patterns. She holds a leash attached to a small kangaroo with a lei around its neck as a young child with black hair and wearing a red plaid shirt, black shirt, and white socks lies at her feet. They all stand in a bushy, green area as various other marsupials look to them from the distance.

Arts & Culture

Gallery: Haley Hasler (CFA’99)

August 8, 2023

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Feedback

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on Boston’s New Police Commissioner, Alum Michael Cox, and BU’s Research and Discovery

August 8, 2023

Tributes

Tribute: Christopher Barreca, Attorney and Former BU Trustees Chair

August 8, 2023

Stephanie Hince

August 8, 2023

Jonathan Caflun

August 8, 2023

Ashley Mayrianne (Jones) Robbins

August 8, 2023

Samantha Pickette

August 8, 2023

Karen Laakko

August 8, 2023