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2 weeks ago | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
An exuberant, funny musical about a high school student who wants to invite her girlfriend to the prom packs an important message Theatre An exuberant, funny musical about a high school student who wants to invite her girlfriend to the prom packs an important message Twitter Facebook Right now, teenagers across the country are gathering in school gyms, local halls, and country clubs for an annual rite of passage: the high school prom. At Wheelock Family Theatre, a similar scene is playing out...
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1 month ago | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
University will honor the award-winning poet and former US Poet Laureate Thursday, when he’ll do a public reading University News University will honor the award-winning poet and former US poet laureate Thursday, when he’ll do a public reading Twitter Facebook On a recent Friday morning, a group of eight Boston University graduate students gathered in a circle inside a second floor room at 236 Bay State Road for Poetry Workshop II, a seminar taught by one of BU’s most decorated professors—and...
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1 month ago | 
tandfonline.com | John O’Rourke |Christina Gray
If our environment does not sustain us, just like a tree, our health declines and we struggle to flourish. (World Health Organisation [WHO], Citation2024)My first experiences in the workforce post school completion are a series of hazy recollections. While 40 plus years have transpired since my initial foray into full-time work, there are events that are engrained in my long-term memory as they were such powerful life-lessons.
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2 months ago | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke |Eric Haynes
Conductor is renowned for collaboration, innovation, and championing new music Twitter Facebook It’s not an exaggeration to say that Sarah Ioannides was destined to become a conductor. She comes from a long line (eight generations) of musicians and composers, dating back to 1750.
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2 months ago | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Hub of BU draws more than a million visitors a year FITREC Hub of BU draws more than a million visitors a year Twitter Facebook When it opened 20 years ago this week, BU’s Fitness & Recreation Center (FitRec) transformed life on campus. Part of BU’s John Hancock Student Village, built on the site of the old Commonwealth National Guard Armory, the gleaming 270,000-square-foot facility was planned to augment the aging Case Gym and provide new cutting-edge amenities. 75 percent of BU students...
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Series launched by Robert Pinksy 20 years ago draws to a close as he prepares to retire from BU Poetry Series launched by Robert Pinsky 20 years ago draws to a close as he prepares to retire from BU Twitter Facebook Since it launched in 2005, BU’s Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading has brought some of the nation’s most distinguished poets to campus—Nobel Prize winners in literature, like Seamus Heaney and Louise Glück, US poet laureates, like Robert Hass and Rita Dove, MacArthur “Genius”...
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Arts & Culture The show goes on after devastating Los Angeles fires, and BU film experts say Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, and Anora will likely win Oscars Twitter Facebook Sunday night, tens of millions of people around the globe will tune in live (or later on various social media platforms) to watch the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, even as cleanup from the devastating Los Angeles wildfires continues just outside the doors of the Dolby Theatre. When this year’s nominees...
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Theatrical adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s award-winning novel Flora & Ulysses opens February 15 Theatre Theatrical adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s award-winning novel Flora & Ulysses opens February 15 Twitter Facebook A near-tragic accident that has unexpected consequences hardly sounds like a promising premise for a sweet and funny story of the power of friendship. But as anyone who has read Kate DiCamillo’s best-selling children’s book Flora & Ulysses knows, in the hands of a gifted writer,...
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
BU Chief Health Officer Judy Platt on how to reduce your risk of getting sick and what to do if you become ill Health & Medicine BU Chief Health Officer Judy Platt on how to reduce your risk of getting sick and what to do if you become ill Twitter Facebook It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Student Health Services and the Occupational Health Center are still offering them. You can take simple steps to reduce your risk of catching and spreading the viruses that are circulating right now by...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Kevin Stoehr turns a spotlight on the career of the overlooked film director in new book Film & TV Kevin Stoehr turns a spotlight on the career of the overlooked film director in new book Twitter Facebook When one thinks of the biggest film directors of Hollywood’s golden age (the late 1920s to about 1945), the names Frank Capra, William Wyler, John Ford, George Cukor, and Howard Hawks likely come to mind. Often overlooked is King Vidor (1894–1982). Mention his name today, and you’re likely...
