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Boston University’s Alumni Magazine

Portrait of Daniella Pierson with her hands on her hips. She has long brown, slightly wavy hair and light skin. She wears a black and white lace blouse and smiles slightly.

Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: A Gift for Your Inbox

October 22, 2021

Bostonia 10-19-21

October 19, 2021

Photo of Chef Priyanka Naik, wearing a brightly colored floral dress, and holding a plate with an ice cream cone in her right hand, and eating an ice cream cone dripping with an orange sauce in her left hand. She wears a light blue headband, pink hoops, and stands in front of a bright blue background.

Arts & Culture

Priyanka Naik’s The Modern Tiffin Features Vegan Recipes with a Global Influence

October 18, 2021

photo of BU East Campus in the fall

University News

BU’s Endowment Grows by Nearly $1 Billion

October 13, 2021

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October 12, 2021

Photo of David Delmar Senties, wearing a gray hat, and a black t-shirt, as he leans across a clear balcony with a silver railing.

Diversity

Opening Doors: David Delmar Sentíes (CFA’06)

October 9, 2021

screenshot from new film Mass: (from left to right) Both looking distressed, Ann Dowd holds a bouquet and stands next to Reed Birney in hospital doorway

Film & TV

In His New Film, Reed Birney Finds the Role of a Lifetime

October 8, 2021

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October 5, 2021

Composite image. At left, a photo of Ha Jin in a tan scally cap and purpleish suit with a red, white and blue polka dot pattern tie. He sits on the edge of a park bench and crosses his hand over the arm rest. At right, the book cover for Ha Jin’s novel, “A Song Everlasting.” The cover features a series of golden birds landing on 5 black lines and the background is blue and white watercolor. The bottom of the cover reads “National Book Award-Wining Author of Waiting”

Books

Ha Jin Ponders the High Cost of Freedom

October 5, 2021

A BU Alum smiles as she checks in on campus

Alumni Weekend

Six Events to Check Out at Alumni Weekend 2021

September 29, 2021

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September 21, 2021

Portrait of Danielle Letayf, founder of the start-up business Badassery, outside with a brick wall in the background.

Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: Danielle Letayf, Badassery

September 20, 2021

What the Science Tells Us: Racial Health and Economic Inequities During the Pandemic

September 15, 2021

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September 15, 2021

Photo of Boston journalist and COM alumn Carmen Fields posing outside of WHDH in Boston on June 3, 2021. She wears a colorful sweater with a variety of geometric and organic patterns and leans on a cement wall and smiles.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Carmen Fields (COM’73), Pioneering Journalist

September 15, 2021

Black and white photo of Louis Armstrong, center, joins in his own joke over an old jazz story with trumpeter Bobby Hackett and Newport Jazz Festival impresario George Wein, at left, at Newport, Rhode Island on July 10, 1970. Hackett holds a trumpet, Armstrong is mid-laugh, and all the men smile.

Obituaries

BU Alum George Wein, Founder of Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, Dies at 95

September 14, 2021

Photo of a printed photo of Halie Metz as a baby, laying on a bed with her father before he was killed on 9/11.

Remembrance

Her Dad Went to BU and Died on 9/11. Now She’s a Proud Terrier Too.

September 9, 2021

Composite image of Jay Winuk and his brother Glenn Winuk. At left, photo of Jay Winuk, at an event that passed out meals to people in need in 2019, speaking into a microphone. He wears a grayish blue t-shirt that reads “Tomorrow together.” At right, photo of a printed photo of Glenn Winuk in a blue dress uniform. He wears large circular glasses.

Alumni

His Brother’s Death on 9/11 Spurred COM Alum to Make Sure We Never Forget

September 8, 2021

Bostonia 09-07-21

September 7, 2021

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August 31, 2021