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Alumni

Senior advisor at the US Department of State, Jane Sigmon poses for a photo on a set of stairs

Public Health

Hidden in Plain Sight

January 17, 2020

Jill Albertelli poses for a portrait in front of a jet engine.

Engineering

Making Space

January 15, 2020

Jay M. Cashman poses for a photo on his island off Chatham, Mass.

Entrepreneurship

Power Up

January 15, 2020

Adam Sandler’s character holds up a bedazzled Furby

TV & Film

Safdie Brothers Sparkle with Award-Winning Uncut Gems

December 16, 2019

Jerrelle Guy's hand sprinkles a plate of cookies with sugar

Food

Black Girl Baking Brings Healthier Twists to Cookies, Cakes, and More

December 16, 2019

Chelsea Kerl works with a pile of orange tool that will be a skirt

Arts & Culture

Bringing a Whale of a Show to Life

December 11, 2019

John Ward, founder of GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), poses for a photo

Law

A career spent fighting for the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals

December 4, 2019

Students gather at the sustainability@bu tent during the sustainability festival

Giving

BU Celebrates Community on #GivingTuesday

December 2, 2019

City firefighter walks away from Ground Zero covered in dust on September 11th

Books

Alum’s New Book Recounts His Fight to Help First Responders Sickened after 9/11

December 2, 2019

Sarah Silbiger (COM’18) holds her cameras while posing for a photo outside the whitehouse

Journalism & Media

Photographing Trump’s Washington

December 2, 2019

A poster for the movie Frozen 2

TV & Film

BU Alum, Producer of Frozen and Frozen II, Calls Reaction to Franchise “Amazing” and “Humbling”

November 20, 2019

View over the shoulders of sports broadcasting director Bob Fishman watching the screens in the truck while directing an NFL broadcast

Football

Meet the Sports Broadcasting Legend Who Calls the Shots at CBS Sports

November 19, 2019

A hand pulls grapes from the vine on a vineyard

Food

A World of Wine

November 14, 2019

Jamil Siddiqui holds a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching while posing for a photo with Karen Marrongelle, a National Science Foundation director (from left), Siddiqui, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and F. Fleming Crim, National Science Foundation chief operating officer.

Accolades

Alum Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

November 11, 2019

A black and white portrait of Roseann Bongiovanni

Earth & Environment

Career Dedicated to Fighting for Environmental Justice in Chelsea

November 5, 2019

Adeena Sussman in her kitchen

Books

Adeena Sussman’s New Cookbook Is Inspired by Her Life in Israel

October 29, 2019

Portrait of Dani LeBlanc in the Hayden Planetarium

Science & Technology

Does Stargazing Alum Dani LeBlanc Have the Coolest Job in Boston?

October 28, 2019

Samina Mohamedali prepares to place flowers on a memorial in front of the Tree of Life Congregation

Journalism & Media

One Year Later, BU Alum Reflects on Covering the Tree of Life Massacre and Winning a Pulitzer Prize

October 25, 2019

Geena Davis delivers the keynote address at the 2019 Power of Inclusion Summit

Film & TV

Actor Geena Davis to Receive Honorary Oscar Sunday Night

October 24, 2019

Concept image with 5 stars cut out of a paper cartoon bubble symbolising customer feedback. Photo by MicroStockHub/iStock

From Our Readers

Feedback: An Alum Leads a Recovery; Defending Trump; Coexisting with Sharks

October 23, 2019

Feedback: An Alum Leads a Recovery; Defending Trump; Coexisting with Sharks