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1 week 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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4 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
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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1 month ago | 
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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2 months ago | 
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...
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
Natalie McKnight, dean of the College of General Studies, on Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of the famous novella and the story’s enduring appeal Theatre Natalie McKnight, dean of the College of General Studies, on Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of the famous novella and the story’s enduring appeal Twitter Facebook From the moment it was first published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has enchanted readers around the globe. They are drawn to the...
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
bu.edu | John O’Rourke
A Year with Frog and Toad, running November 30 to December 15, is WFT’s special holiday show Theatre A Year with Frog and Toad, running November 30 to December 15, is WFT’s special holiday show Twitter Facebook For more than 50 years, Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad books have been a staple of children’s literature, introducing young readers to the gentle exploits of two amphibians—one green, one brown—who, despite the differences in their personalities, are best friends. As fans of the series...
