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Making News
Television journalist Jacqueline Policastro delivers the Beltway to heartland viewers
Tiny Home Evangelist
STH alum takes the trend to Detroit’s trenches
The Woodworker
National woodturning award-winner Justin Fiaschetti (ENG’21) says his engineering degree complements his art
A Poet Leads
Crystal Williams is guiding BU toward greater diversity and inclusion
A Merger for the Better
David Chard talks about the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and the future of pedagogy
Farmers & Forests
Economist and geographer Rachael Garrett wants to save Brazil’s rainforest, while helping farmers and ranchers thrive
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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
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Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence
Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
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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
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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
Inside Summer 2018
Making News
Television journalist Jacqueline Policastro delivers the Beltway to heartland viewers
Tiny Home Evangelist
STH alum takes the trend to Detroit’s trenches
The Woodworker
National woodturning award-winner Justin Fiaschetti (ENG’21) says his engineering degree complements his art
A Poet Leads
Crystal Williams is guiding BU toward greater diversity and inclusion
A Merger for the Better
David Chard talks about the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and the future of pedagogy
Farmers & Forests
Economist and geographer Rachael Garrett wants to save Brazil’s rainforest, while helping farmers and ranchers thrive
Opera of the Heartland
Composer Missy Mazzoli explores the American dream through music
Rising Star in Massachusetts Politics
State Rep. Andy Vargas (CAS’15) is the first Latino elected from his district
New Insights on “Sadness Center” of Primate Brain
Map of neural connections may offer clues on mechanics of depression
Race and a Flawed Child Support System
COM alum’s new film focuses on hardships facing African American fathers
A Midnight Ride with BU’s Graffiti Cop
Patrolwoman Nancy O’Loughlin goes after vandals in the early morning darkness
Book Reviews
New nonfiction by Nancy L. Segal (CAS’73) and Ryan H. Walsh (COM’01)
Letters
Readers write to us
BU’s Fifth Annual Giving Day Nets More Than $3 Million
One-day fundraiser sets a new University record
Inspiring Future Technologists
ENG program takes the magic of engineering to K–12 classrooms
Alums in Shanghai, Celebrating BU
International Advisory Board holds biannual meeting
Two Gifts to Anchor New Center for Middle East Studies at Pardee
Center’s agenda to include civil society, human rights, poverty, and trade
Alumni Obituaries
A selection of published tributes
Also In This Issue
Delivering Drugs by Microbubbles
Sargent, ENG profs collaborate to prevent tiny strokes that cause vascular dementia
COM Alums Launch Auspicious Phoenix Productions
Studio-based entertainment company has made eight films since 2015
Piecing Together I, Tonya
Tatiana S. Riegel (CAS’86) earned Oscar nod for movie’s editing
New BU LA Programs Head: “First Be Good, Then Be Fearless”
Former NBC exec Charisse McGhee-Lazarou introduces students to the ways of Hollywood
WBUR Breaks Ground on New Cultural Venue CitySpace
Project supported in part by record $5 million gift
U.S. News Rankings: BU Grad Schools among Nation’s Best
Six schools in top 50 in 2019 assessments
BU Hub, First General Education Program, Debuts Fall 2018
Scientists defying authority, religion’s importance, other classes span disciplines
Meet Cecilia, Warren Towers Omelet Lady
A glimpse of the workday of a longtime Dining Services employee
Stephen M. Mindich (CFA’65) Shaped Alternative Culture
Colorful Boston Phoenix publisher dies at 74
Noted Scholar of Inequality to Lead BU School of Law
Angela Onwuachi-Willig drawn by BU’s history of access and diversity
MED Researcher Ann McKee Makes TIME’s 100 Most Influential People List
Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (CAS’84), San Juan mayor, also named
Luscious Cosmetics Creates Makeup Shades for All Women
Alum Mehrbano Sethi founded the global brand
President Robert A. Brown Extends Contract
Accepts trustees’ unanimous request to sign on until 2025
BU and Johnson & Johnson Innovation Team Up to Fight Lung Cancer
New Medical Campus center hopes to speed development of interventions and cures
Expressing Themselves in Charcoal
New BU student magazine gives voice to artists of color
US Rep. John Lewis (Hon.’18) to 2018 Grads: Be Bold and Courageous
Civil rights leader says the world needs them to stand up for what’s right
ENG’s Herbert Voigt Remembered as Dedicated Researcher, Mentor
Helped build biomedical engineering into nationally ranked program
COM’s Jonathan Klarfeld Remembered as Tough but Kind
Journalist taught decades of undergrad and grad students
Weike Wang Wins Whiting Award
A PhD’s novel about a PhD student takes emerging writer prize