BU Carpenter: From Gas Guzzler to Green Machine February 21, 2019
Meet Mike Wagner, BU’s greenest super-commuter. A year ago, the 52-year-old University carpenter made some pretty radical lifestyle changes—he outfitted his home with solar panels and bought a hybrid SUV. Now he charges his vehicle off the sun and drives 60 miles to and from work daily, leaving a zero carbon footprint behind. It’s cutting-edge […]
Two Wildly Different Miami Plays from One Rising BU Playwright February 21, 2019
The two plays are wildly different in both style and substance, but both are set in today’s Miami and both focus on young Latinx women. That’s no accident, says playwright Alexis Scheer, the third-year MFA student who wrote both of them. “I’m learning the common thread in all of my plays is Latinas in charge,” […]
BU Beats: BU Pep Band Crowd-pleasers February 20, 2019
If you’ve ever been to a Terrier men’s or women’s hockey or basketball game, you’ve heard the BU Pep Band in action. Comprising approximately 150 undergrad and graduate students, the Pep Band (typically two bands with the same number of musicians) performs about 125 times a year. In addition to athletic events (the band is […]

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