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Big Shot
Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox
Opening Doors
Erica Mosca empowers first-gen college students
Bricks of Life
Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life
Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death
This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him.
Taking His Time
Ian Schon (ENG’12) makes analog watches in a digital world
Exploring Endurance
Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence
Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
Did noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide
“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Founder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & Sciences
After nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
It is great to see that the building is getting more after-hours use. Back in the late 60s, the BU Savoyards would rehearse 3-5 nights each week in what we called Theatre 12 (Room 12 in the basement.) It had a small stage and sat about 200 people but has long since been broken into individual rooms. But aside from the janitorial staff, we were just about the only group in the building, even though the doors were unlocked until well into the evening.
I like the idea and images: when the students take over. I am reminded of a tour of an art school in Cuba, where the jungle had literally grown back into the abandoned buildings of an art school. The institution could no longer maintain and use the buildings, but the students went there and rehearsed on the stages and in the rooms, even with plants growing all around. It is not the same as what is happening at BU, but it was also a great image of perseverance, and I know BU students will persevere.