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BU Wheelock Faculty Named Top Educational Policy Influencers

March 25, 2025

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Faculty

Retired SSW Professor Millie Flashman, Passionate About Working with Couples and Families, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Tributes

Morton Hoffman, Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Faculty

Remembering CFA’s Murray Lefkowitz, CAS’ Jelle Atema and John Snyder

December 3, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Podcast Looks at a Forgotten Chapter of the Civil Rights Struggle

September 18, 2024

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Tributes

LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies

August 7, 2024

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Tributes

Remembering COM’s David Anable, CAS’ John Stone

March 22, 2024

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Tributes

Charles Lindholm: “An Inspired Teacher and an Unsurpassed Mentor”

November 16, 2023

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Tributes

Tribute: SPH Professor and Physician Michael Grodin Dies

August 8, 2023

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Competitive Swimming

This BU Professor and Competitive Swimmer Is Preparing for the Most Critical Race of Her Life

August 2, 2023

Tributes

Remembering SPH’s Joseph Massaro, CAS’ Gustav Fritz Papanek and Merlin L. Swartz

March 27, 2023

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Arts & Culture

BU Historian Kathryn Lamontagne on King Charles’ Coronation

March 27, 2023

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Tributes

An “Unconventional Genius”

November 2, 2022

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Tributes

Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University

November 1, 2022

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Special Issue: BU Research

Can This Interdisciplinary Team Measure Human Flourishing?

May 16, 2022

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Could Photosynthesis Blossom into Quantum Computing Technology?

May 16, 2022

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

“When People Don’t Have Resources, They Still Have Imagination”

May 16, 2022

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Tributes

CAS’ Seymour M. “Mike” Miller Was an Influential Sociologist

April 25, 2022

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Tributes

Remembering Three Alums and a Pardee Professor Emeritus

April 25, 2022

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School Of Theology

New Associate Dean For Students and Community Life

April 25, 2022

New Associate Dean For Students and Community Life