As students make their way back on campus (or step on campus for the first time) and return to the “new” normal, we sat down with Christopher Kattak, president of the Graduate Student Council and asked what the council has in store for us this fall. Chris is a third-semester…
One might say Bianca Gaston’s return to Boston was a learning experience. The M.S. Advertising student may have been born in Boston, but Gaston has always considered herself a New Yorker at heart. Her move to BU forced her to begrudgingly come to terms with Boston’s expensive pizza prices. After…
Madison Imoto, a Media Science major and French minor (COM ‘22), has been interning remotely this semester for a company called Connecting Food that focuses on providing transparency in the food industry. While remote internships aren’t super uncommon nowadays given the pandemic, and students have received opportunities to work for…
Looking for a first job has never been an easy feat; countless hours writing cover letters, gaining new skills, and perfecting resumes. Now, imagine doing all that while in the midst of a deadly pandemic and economic recession. Eleonora Matina, an advertising alumna (COM ‘20) from Italy, not only had…
For Solange Hacksaw (COM ‘21), the beginning of summer 2020 could not come fast enough. It was going to be the first time since starting college at BU that she had nowhere to be — no classes, no assignments and no plans. Quarantine promised her a break from the burnout…
Jorge Cedeño is a senior at Boston University studying communication with an emphasis in Public Relations. He has been a digital design intern for NBCUniversal since the fall of 2020. He is also the head of marketing for the BU chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA)…
