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Director Jeremy Webb discusses visual effects used in HBO’s “The Last of Us.” SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Director Jeremy Webb imparts television industry advice at COM Cinemathèque event

By Austin Gerrard February 12, 2024
Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated director Jeremy Webb visited the College of Communication on Friday for a screening and discussion about his work, which includes "The Last of Us" and "Downton Abbey."
Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Wheelock addresses the Massachusetts state legislature bill requiring elementary schools to teach evidence-based reading curriculum by preparing education majors to teach children with varying literacy levels. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Wheelock and Greater Boston seek to improve childhood literacy through collaboration

By Priyal Patel February 9, 2024
BU's Wheelock College will enhance its instruction to fit evolving literacy needs in schools, following evidence of a reading crisis in Massachusetts schools.
Taub films a men’s basketball game in Boston University’s Case Gym. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Meet Zachary Taub, filmmaker behind viral ‘hi, mom’ video

By Mara Mellits, Editor-in-Chief February 9, 2024
A video of Boston University men’s basketball forward Otto Landrum waving “hi, mom” on the court currently has over 7 million views — but it took Zachary Taub, a sophomore in the College of Communication, just 45 minutes to create. 
From left: School of Public Health members Breanna van Loenen, Brian Sousa, Jonathan Buonocore, Mary Willis, Hristiana Stoynova and Fintan Mooney. Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted a virtual three-day CAFÉ Climate and Health Conference, which was funded for a climate-health research initiative funded by SPH. COURTESY OF REBECCA PEARL-MARTINEZ

IGS database aims to bridge gap between climate health risks, policy

By Macie Parker February 9, 2024
BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted its first annual three-day CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference on Monday as part of a three-year $6.7 million grant funded by the National Institutes of Health for a climate-health research initiative led by the BU School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Boston University Questrom School of Business. The Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets and Society — funded by Mehrotra last year — was founded with the goal to examine the role business and markets play in solving global issues. ZARA MEGGETT/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute seeks to use business and markets for good

By Charlie Dippolito, Business & Science Editor February 9, 2024
Questrom recently announced the founding of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets and Society with the goal of examining the role businesses and markets play in solving global issues.
Author Jen Gunter speaks about her new book, “Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Menstruation,” at The Brattle Theater on Friday. Gunter is a certified obstetrician-gynecologist in Canada and the United States, as well as a New York Times bestselling author. TAYLOR COESTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Author Jen Gunter destigmatizes women’s health in discussion of her new book on menstruation

By Lian Niu February 5, 2024
Jen Gunter, an obstetrician-gynecologist and pain medicine physician, discussed her new book about the stigma that surrounds women’s health issues and the importance of wielding correct medical information.
Professor Boaz Sharon plays on a Steinway Grand Piano during the Piano Faculty Recital in the CFA Concert Hall. Sharon performed six different compositions during the recital, including “Rudepoêma” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, a piece that is renowned as one of the most difficult pieces to play live. MARIA CORDOVA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Tickling the ivories: Boaz Sharon is a man with worldwide accolades and anecdotes

By Eli Pekelny February 5, 2024
Boaz Sharon, CFA professor of piano, displayed his years of perfecting his performance by playing six different compositions at a Piano Faculty Recital on Thursday.
Visiting Assistant Professor Amber Vayo. Vayo is teaching a coveted seminar course on the politics of childbirth in the College of Arts and Sciences. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Intersection of politics, reproduction explored in new seminar course

By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor February 2, 2024
In a climate where reproductive freedom is a critical centerpiece of conversation, Amber Vayo, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is revealing the complexities of the politics of childbirth in a new seminar course.
Brooklyn-Based artist Lisa Corinne Davis speaks to attendees of this week’s College of Fine Arts Tuesday Night Lecture series. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Exploring Lisa Corinne Davis’ art

By Nicholas Nebiolo February 1, 2024
On Tuesday, The Boston University College of Fine Arts invited Lisa Corinne Davis to present her artwork on on the optics of racial, social and psychological identifiers at their Tuesday Night Lecture Series.
Carol Bliss, an adjunct professor at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration, received a 2023 Excellence in Club Management Award: the Mel Rex Award for her work at the Chilton Club. COURTESY OF ERIN MCGURGAN-GLOVER

SHA professor Carol Bliss breaks boundaries in club management, shares joys of hospitality

By Akshun Gogia January 30, 2024
Carol Bliss, general manager of a distinguished Boston social club, highlights the unique field of club management and the opportunities it offers to her students the hospitality industry.
PJ and Megan Lutz canvas for President Biden outside a polling center at the Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday. Biden supporters launched the successful write-in campaign as a result of the President's name not appearing on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. CLARE ONG/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For canvassers, New Hampshire primary bears deeper connection with democracy

By Siena Griffin and Macie Parker January 24, 2024
Canvassers from across the country headed to New Hampshire for this year’s first-in-the-nation primary to make a stand for their chosen candidates on Tuesday.
Still from Ted (2024) episode “Desperately Seeking Susan”. This television prequel of the popular 2012 movie premiers on Jan. 11. COURTESY OF PEACOCK

‘Ted’ showcases upbringing of Boston’s favorite teddy bear in new prequel series

By Daisy Levine January 2, 2024
Writer, director and actor Seth MacFarlane tells all about his upcoming prequel series "Ted," about one of Boston's funniest characters.
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