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This SHA Alum Handles Fenway Park’s Celebrity Artists
Harrison Sears (SHA’24) has helped the teams of Paul McCartney, Bad Bunny, and Noah Kahan get ready to perform at the iconic ballpark
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What a Southern Plantation’s Paper Trail Can Reveal about the Lasting Legacies of Slavery
BU historian Mary Snyder (GRS’29) spent her summer building the archives of the Whitney Plantation’s store
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BU Sees Drop in Black Students Enrolled after Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Officials say they will focus on recruitment activities, finding new pipelines to attract Black students, and building a more inclusive environment
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Fall’s 14 Biggest BU Construction Projects: Women’s Hockey Locker Room, SAO Moves into the GSU, and the New Lavender House, and More
Capital improvements visible across the Charles River and Medical Campuses
September 13, 2024
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Summer 2024
Marine Science
Oxygen Produced in the Deep Sea Raises Questions about Extraterrestrial Life
BU researchers helped make startling discovery: rocks are generating “dark oxygen” in an area being explored for deep-sea mining
Youth Anxiety
Why Are Kids Struggling with Anxiety More than Ever?
The pandemic’s lingering effects and chronic screen time make it hard for anxious kids to stay in school, says BU researcher, but parents can help by “praising instances of bravery”
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Arts & Culture
- Two BU Alums Take on Same Role in Leopoldstadt, Huntington Theatre Company’s Latest Production
- This SHA Alum Handles Fenway Park’s Celebrity Artists
- Champion of Indie Films
Business & Economics
- BU Alum Chompon Boonnak Runs Mahaniyom, One of Greater Boston’s Hottest Thai Restaurants
- CFA Alum Jonathan Knight Is Head of Games for the New York Times
- COM Alum Will Bring the Summer Olympic Games to Social Media for NBCUniversal
Class Notes
See all storiesEducation & Social Service
- A Commitment to Early Childhood Education
- One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)
- My Big Idea: Blending Wildlife Conservation and Human Welfare
Feedback
- 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
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on Boston’s New Police Commissioner, Alum Michael Cox, and BU’s Research and Discovery
Government & Law
- Is Our Democracy at Risk? Americans Think So. BU Experts Talk about Why—and the Way Forward
- Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman Is a BU Alum
- Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?
Health & Medicine
- BU Alum in Paris Keeping Olympians’ Minds Sharp and Healthy
- One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)
- A Guide to Black Women’s Health
Science & Technology
- Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman Is a BU Alum
- Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?
- Alum Has Traveled the World to Witness Total Solar Eclipses
Sports
- BU Alum in Paris Keeping Olympians’ Minds Sharp and Healthy
- COM Alum Will Bring the Summer Olympic Games to Social Media for NBCUniversal
- When Celtics Star Derrick White Banged Up His Smile in the NBA Finals, This BU Alum’s Dental Office Fixed Him Up
Tributes
- China Scholar Merle Goldman Dies
- Using Glamour for Good: Alum’s Nonprofit Organization Brings Clothes and Beauty Products to Those in Need
- LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies
University News
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on a BU Superager, the Passing of Otto Lerbinger, and Alum’s Book Fat Church
- LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies
- Erika Jordan Departs BU Alumni Engagement Office to Return to California