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Business & Economics

Politics

BU Alum Leads a Very Different Democratic National Convention

August 17, 2020

Portrait of Erika B. Hess (’09), host of the podcast I Like Your Work, standing with a microphone between her fingers against a wall. A deep blue shadow silhouette is seen behind her.

Arts & Culture

On the Art of Storytelling

August 12, 2020

Illustration of financial industry pioneer Mark Mobius in black and white, with a yellow tie and a splotch of purple in the background.

Finance

The Art of Investing

August 11, 2020

Two Amber Vittoria illustrations on a white background. In the images, women’s contorted limbs stretch the limits of the composition, like Nothing Is Private (left) and one she created for Dope Girls magazine (right). The women's bodies are in pink.

Visual Arts

Designing Women

August 7, 2020

Composite image of Boston restauranteurs and alumni: Andrew Holden (SHA’04), Ali Fong (CAS’01), Michael Lombardi, and Fernanda Tapia (MET’09). Video play button is overlayed.

Restaurants

Can Boston’s Restaurant Scene Survive the Pandemic?

August 4, 2020

BU alum Renee Shepherd, founder of seed company Renee’s Garden, at her test gardens in Felton, California. She stands with a hand on her hip and smiles, with lots of flowers and plants around.

Plants & Gardening

Seed Pioneer Renee Shepherd and the Gardening Life

July 20, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Celebrating the World of Cultural Muslims

June 23, 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 MSNBC host Steve Kornacki

Journalism & Media

Making Sense of Election Season

March 2, 2020

A portrait photo of Micki Krimmel

Entrepreneurship

Superfit Hero: Making Fitness More Inclusive

February 27, 2020

A portrait photo of Paul Francisco in his office.

Business & Economics

Working to Change the Way corporations Hire

February 19, 2020

Geena Davis addresses the crowd at the Share Her Journey Rally for Women in Film during the Toronto Film Festival

Arts & Culture

Geena Davis, Leading the Fight for Gender Parity in Hollywood

February 18, 2020

Equal Rights Amendment supporters hold signs with "VA Ratify ERA" outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.

Government & Law

Fighting for Equal Rights

February 18, 2020

Taylor Cain (GRS’20), director of the Housing Innovation Lab, meets members of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. Housing Innovation Lab intern Rebecca Christner pictured at right.

Housing

Boston, You’re Our Home. Taylor Cain Wants to Keep It That Way

February 13, 2020

Bags of Cotton Candy Grapes on display in a groccery store

Food

Why Kara Nielsen Sees Cotton Candy Grapes in Your Future

January 24, 2020

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

Entrepreneurship

Power Up

January 15, 2020

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

Journalism & Media

Photographing Trump’s Washington

December 2, 2019

Dan Rather speaks on the themes of his new book "What Unites Us" at the GSU Ballroom November 19, 2019.

Journalism & Media

Dan Rather Talks Trump, Journalism, and Truth at BU

November 20, 2019

A hand pulls grapes from the vine on a vineyard

Food

A World of Wine

November 14, 2019

Portrait of Ryan Lotz, Beverage DIrector at Shore Leave Boston tiki bar, sitting in a green banquette surrounded by tropical wallpaper and tiki culture decoration. Photo by Chris McIntosh

Food & Drink

Alum Ryan Lotz Celebrates His Love of Tiki Culture at Boston’s Shore Leave Cocktail Bar

November 11, 2019

Alum Ryan Lotz Celebrates His Love of Tiki Culture at Boston’s Shore Leave Cocktail Bar