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Bostonia

Boston University’s Alumni Magazine

Ken Opin

October 4, 2022

Elena Harap Dodd

October 4, 2022

Roger Roffman

October 4, 2022

Robert M. Blais

October 4, 2022

Photo of Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW'10) posing for a photo. A dark, tan man wearing a blue blazer and pants and white collared shirt holds his black cell phone in hand as he looks to the camera.

Entrepreneurship

Opening Doors: Trevor Rozier-Byrd (LAW’10)

October 4, 2022

Photo of Josh Fairchild standing in front of an Orange line train with its doors open for boarding. a white man wearing a blue plaid shirt and grey puffer vest poses with arms crossed in front of an Orange and silver train.

Urban Health

The MBTA Has Problems. This Alum’s Advocacy Group Has Answers

October 3, 2022

a person wearing jeans and a sweater with their legs crossed writes in a journal outside on a sunny day

Humanities

Alums Submit Original Poems

September 29, 2022

Bostonia 09-28-2022

September 28, 2022

Keshawn Young (COM’23) (from left), Allison Davis (CGS’73, COM’75), Faith Rynda (CAS’22), and Joel Christian Gill (CFA’04) at the 2021 BU Alumni Weekend wine and cheese event hosted by the Black Alumni Council. Photo by Cydney Scott

Alumni Weekend

Six Events to Check Out at Alumni Weekend 2022

September 28, 2022

Photo of flooded streets on Salinas Beach after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Overhead shot of houses and streets are flooded with muddy, brown water.

Public Health

Hurricane Fiona “Was Literally a Perfect Storm,” Says Former San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto

September 23, 2022

Photo of Michael Russell Gunn (COM’07) and Tristan Roche (COM’20) visiting the set of Thai Cave Rescue in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Thailand. The two stand in a cave giving one armed hugs as they wear helmets with head flashlights on them and smile for the camera.

TV & Film

Thai Cave Rescue Re-creates a Harrowing Story

September 21, 2022

Innovation

My Big Idea: Clean Body Care Products

September 20, 2022

Bostonia 09-20-2022

September 19, 2022

Closeup photo of Eric Jackson. An older, lighter-skinned Black man smiles for the camera.

Obituaries

Eric Jackson, Dean of Boston Jazz Radio, Dies at 72

September 19, 2022

Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

Collage: Photo of Gus D’Angelo. He leans against a tree and wears a black cowboy hat and dark blue plaid shirt. Next to image of cartoon field mouse in a wheel chair dressed in hiking gear.

Books

Introducing Young Readers to the Beauty and Wonder of Our National Parks

August 17, 2022

Bostonia 8-03-2022

August 3, 2022

Photo of Deidra Somerville. A black woman with dreadlocks and glasses leans against a burnt yellow pillar and smiles for the camera. She wears a brown collared shirt and a yellow shawl with a Ghanaian adinkra pattern.

Mental Health

Making Psychedelic Therapy Accessible to Underserved Communities

August 2, 2022

Photo of Stewart O’Nan, a middle age white man, who wears a dark gray short-sleeve button-down shirt and stands at the shore of a beach. He looks off to his left, and has short white hair and facial hair. The sky behind him is light blue with gray clouds.

Books

In Alum Stewart O’Nan’s Ocean State, Teenage Passion Turns Deadly

August 2, 2022

Joe Wardwell (CFA’99) (right) and artist assistant Quayshaun Owens installing Gotta Go to Work, Gotta Go to Work, Gotta Get a Job at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Watershed in East Boston. Photo by Kris Wilton, courtesy of the ICA

Alumni

Words on Labor, Writ Large at the ICA Watershed

July 25, 2022

Words on Labor, Writ Large at the ICA Watershed