Boston University

Alumni

A photo of the BU Beach and College of Arts and Sciences

Endowments

Three New Professorships Endowed

July 7, 2020

A photo of the Class of 1970 Convocation in 2010. A graduate holds up a newspaper that reads "Will I have to go to war?"

Commencement

50 Years Later, Another Delayed Commencement

July 7, 2020

A painting by Amber Vittoria

Visual Arts

Gallery: Amber Vittoria

July 7, 2020

Two illustrations of Billie Jean King standing on a platform raising a medal above her head. Next, is an illustration of Alvin Ailey in a white shirt and dark pants dancing with a dance squad behind them.

LGBTQ+ Literature

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

June 30, 2020

The sunset reflects off the Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters building, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Boston's Seaport. A sign on the building reads 'Vertex' in purple. The top dome of a building is seen in the bottom left foreground.

Center for Antiracist Research

Vertex Gives $1.5 Million to New BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 25, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Celebrating the World of Cultural Muslims

June 23, 2020

Photo of a brewer from Trademark Brewing producing hand sanitizer during the pandemic. The employee wears a purple face covering and blue gloves and watches a pipe, waiting with his hand on a lever to close the pipe. Barrels are seen in the background.

Brewing For Good

Brewing Up Something Different

June 23, 2020

Portrait of Myq Kaplan. He wears a blue sweatshirt in front of an orange background.

Comedy

Alum Myq Kaplan Releases New Comedy Album

June 17, 2020

Tributes

Acclaimed Sculptor Lloyd Lillie Dies

June 16, 2020

A portrait photo of Sopan Deb laughing

Books

Humor and Honesty Help Fix a Fractured Relationship with Mom and Dad

May 27, 2020

Composite image of Sarah Bickford (CAS’20), left, and Shadae Leslie (COM’20), right. Bickford wears a green dress and poses in front of a building on a brick sidewalk, and Leslie leans against a red "Boston University College of Communication" sign.

Student Life

Job-Hunting Students Face Uncertainty—but Also Opportunity—in Pandemic

May 14, 2020

A photo of Geneve Lau holding scarlet and white balloons and wearing a Boston University shirt

Class of 2024

BU Alums and Current Students Welcome Class of 2024 on College Signing Day

May 5, 2020

National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Davey Lab members (above): Callie Donahue, (MED’26) (from left) postdoctoral associate Hiroyuki Mori, Image of BU microbiologist Robert Davey (center), a MED professor, and senior research scientist Manu Anantpadma (right), with two students. The group stands in the NEIDL lab with full protective gear on.

Giving

BU Joins Today’s Global Giving Tuesday Now Event

May 5, 2020

A photo of Justin Alston on the court

Sports

BU Basketball Alums on Pro Seasons in Europe Cut Short by COVID-19

April 22, 2020

Image of Boston City Councilor and BU alum, Annissa Essaibi-George, who has started sew face masks for the Boston University Police Department at the Stitch House, a shop in Dorchester which she founded. Two BU PD officers stand at her left and right; the wall behind them is filled with skeins of yarn.

Community Service

Inside BU Alum’s Stitch House, a Business for the Times

April 16, 2020

A photo of Nancy Livingston (COM’69) with her husband, Fred Levin, and Robert Pinsky, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English.

Alumni

Robert Pinsky Pays Tribute to Nancy Livingston

April 13, 2020

Photo of a Crip Camp creators at Sundance. Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute/ Brandon Cruz

TV & Film

BU Alum Edited Acclaimed Netflix Doc Crip Camp

April 6, 2020

Composite image of terriers dressed in their best BU gear for #TerriersTogether, a daylong online pep rally celebrating all things Boston University.

Social Media

BU Community Rallies for #TerriersTogether

April 3, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing