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Keeping Seeds Alive—in Case the World as We Know It Ends
A BU Arctic expert studies the remote Svalbard Global Seed Vault, where seeds are a symbol of scientific history and hope in a time of climate crisis
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Groundbreaking Journalist Dorothy Gilliam Gives BU a Gift of History
The mother of Boston University’s president, and the first Black woman journalist at the Washington Post, donates her papers to Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
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Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU
BU professor: what’s behind the renaissance
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US Navy to Name Ships for BU Alumna Who Died in Combat in Iraq
Megan McClung (MET’06) was first female Marine officer killed in the Iraq War
February 24, 2025

Current Issue
Fall 2024

Music
Composer Valerie Coleman Explores the Dark Side of Jubilation
CFA alum earns a second Grammy nomination, this time for her contemporary classical work Revelry

Alumni
Six BU Alums Celebrated in Latest Forbes Lists
Terriers named to the magazine’s 30 Under 30 lists for 2025 and the 100 Most Powerful Women list for 2024
Browse Sections
Arts & Culture
- Reimagining Public Spaces
- Composer Valerie Coleman Explores the Dark Side of Jubilation
- Reading List: MET Alum’s Memoir Recounts How She Became “the Witch of Wall Street”
Business & Economics
- Reimagining Public Spaces
- Six BU Alums Celebrated in Latest Forbes Lists
- New Frontline Episode about the Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shootings Features COM Alum
Class Notes
See all storiesEducation & Social Service
- New Gift Supports Innovate@BU Student Innovation Conference
- Finding the Names of BU’s World War II Casualties Lost to Time
- A Commitment to Early Childhood Education
Feedback
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on a Resilient Student
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on a BU Superager, the Passing of Otto Lerbinger, and Alum’s Book Fat Church
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on BU’s New President, COM’s New Expert on Misinformation, and What’s Really Dividing the Nation
Government & Law
- One Good Deed: Christine Dorchak (COM’90)
- Finding the Names of BU’s World War II Casualties Lost to Time
- Is Our Democracy at Risk? Americans Think So. BU Experts Talk about Why—and the Way Forward
Health & Medicine
- Alumni Say Military Service Made Them Better Physicians, Leaders
- BU Alum in Paris Keeping Olympians’ Minds Sharp and Healthy
- One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)
Science & Technology
- What Is Artificial Intelligence? AI at BU, from A to Z
- New Gift Supports Innovate@BU Student Innovation Conference
- Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman Is a BU Alum
Sports
- Sports Broadcaster and COM Alum Tyler Murray Heads to the NBA
- BU Alum in Paris Keeping Olympians’ Minds Sharp and Healthy
- COM Alum Will Bring the Summer Olympic Games to Social Media for NBCUniversal
Tributes
- US Navy to Name Ships for BU Alumna Who Died in Combat in Iraq
- Remembering CFA’s Murray Lefkowitz, CAS’ Jelle Atema and John Snyder
- An Educator Who Fought for Justice and Equality
University News
- Alumni Weekend 2024 Celebrates Terriers and Marks a Historic Occasion
- Celebrate Alumni Weekend 2024 with These Six Community Events
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on a BU Superager, the Passing of Otto Lerbinger, and Alum’s Book Fat Church