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Big Shot
Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox
Opening Doors
Erica Mosca empowers first-gen college students
Bricks of Life
Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life
Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death
This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him.
Taking His Time
Ian Schon (ENG’12) makes analog watches in a digital world
Exploring Endurance
Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence
Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
Did noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide
“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Founder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & Sciences
After nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
Thanks so much for this wonderful website experience. I did not know the Methodist background of BU. Regretfully, as a commuter student, I thought I had no time or interest in the Chapel.
SED, 1979
I heard more sermons by Dean Howard Thurman than anyone else in 1956/7. In those years I was part of the then student run WBUR-FM. Part of the station’s mission in those days was to broadcast live the weekly Sunday morning chapel service. As a student I volunteered to be the on site engineer to remote feed of the service to the station for live broadcast. My perch was in the chancel above the lecturn to the right of the altar. I was out of sight of the congregation but could see Dean Thurman. Seeing him was important. One of his speaking styles was long, silent pauses. For radio programs, long pauses are problematic. Maintaining visual contact for me was reassuring.
His influence was so significant that even when the university was closed for vacations, the student run radio station had to provide live remote feeds in order to broadcast his Sunday services.