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Boston University’s Alumni Magazine

Sheila Forman

May 17, 2022

Spring–Summer 2022

May 16, 2022

Composite image. At left, a portrait of Kim Stanley Robinson, an older white man with short gray hair and glasses. He half smiles and wears a thick suit jacket with a pale green dress shirt. At right, a sci-fi looking illustration in deep blue, purple and green colors. It features what looks like an eye at center, with butterflies bottom left and top right, and a hand holding a bright orb. A moon, circuit board, and clouds are also seen.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Kim Stanley Robinson on the Importance of Imagination

May 16, 2022

Abstract and dream-like illustration in various shades of dark blues, purples, and pinks shows a bright moon to the right as a sailboat floats atop a soupy sea. Random giant feet are shown next to the sailboat and a melting clock is shown above it.

Special Issue: BU Research

Understanding Sleep and Future Sleep Disorder Treatments

May 16, 2022

Sci-fi looking illustration of a pair of lungs in a human body with a computer chip where the person's heart should be. The illustration is done in muted blue and purplish colors.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There’s No Going Back

May 16, 2022

Sci-fi looking computer illustration of a bright blue light coming from somewhere in a dark sky and shining down a technicolor plant that is in bloom. A few swirling clouds are in the sky and there are a few snowflakes around the plant sprout.

Special Issue: BU Research

Can This Interdisciplinary Team Measure Human Flourishing?

May 16, 2022

Abstract-like illustration in various shades of blue, green, pink of the sun shining down on a plant. The new, green plant is shown budding from the dark blue ground as the sun's pinkish rays shine down on it.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Could Photosynthesis Blossom into Quantum Computing Technology?

May 16, 2022

An illustrated image of a head with a path coming out of the ear, and many vibrant colors and shapes exploding in a large aesthetic design

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

“When People Don’t Have Resources, They Still Have Imagination”

May 16, 2022

an illustration that shows a blue hand holding a glowing orb in the sky, with a brain comprised of stars in the background

Special Issue: BU Research

Observation, Calculation, Imagination

May 16, 2022

Photo of Weike Wang (GRS’15), a young Asian American woman with shoulder length brown hair and turtle glass. She wears a black blouse and spotted green and yellow skirt and sits with her hands folded as she slightly smiles.

Books

In Alum Weike Wang’s New Novel, Joan Is Okay, a Chinese American Doctor Navigates Job and Family

May 16, 2022

A composite image with the book covers of The Art Of Revision: The Last Word, The Artist And The Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander Vii, And The Making Of Rome, Banned In Boston, The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, And Boston’s Struggle For Justice, Flame In A Stable, The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories From New Haven’s Famed Music Venue, Music Is Murder, Payback’s A Witch, Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, And The Global Battle For Cultural Supremacy, and They Called Us Girls: Stories Of Female Ambition From Suffrage To Mad Men

Books

Reading List: New Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by BU Alums Peter Ho Davies, Daniel M. Kimmel, Jan Brogan, and Others

May 16, 2022

Special Issue: BU Research

May 16, 2022

Peter McGuire

May 13, 2022

Laurence Schwartz

May 13, 2022

Martha Marchesi

May 13, 2022

Peter J. Thomas

May 13, 2022

Lynda Bouchard

May 13, 2022

Ramesh Kumar Nanjundaiya

May 12, 2022

Margo (Fisher) Lemieux

May 12, 2022

James “Jay” DiMare

May 12, 2022