Inauguration 2024
Inauguration 2024
Selfies, Smiles, and Chats with BU’s New President
Melissa L. Gilliam hears from students about their clubs, research, and career plans at event kicking off Inauguration Week
Fashion
Using Glamour for Good
Mary Alice Stephenson worked for Vogue and Allure and styled magazine covers with celebrities like Beyoncé and Sarah Jessica Parker before founding her own charity
Things-to-do
The Weekender: September 26 to 29
Latinx Heritage Night at the MFA, a free 5K race to benefit a good cause, and the inauguration of BU’s 11th president
College Inequality
Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?
New book from BU’s Anthony Abraham Jack says colleges admit students from diverse backgrounds, but forget cultural support
University News
BU Celebrates Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as President
Weeklong lineup includes musical performances, community parties, and Friday’s momentous ceremony at Agganis Arena
Latest Headlines
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BU Student Performers Are Thrilled to Be Part of Historic Inauguration Week
With on- and off-campus performances—from jazz to color guard—Terriers will add a festive note to weeklong celebration of Melissa L. Gilliam’s September 27 inauguration
September 20, 2024 -
Boston University Climbs to No. 41 in U.S. News Best College Rankings
Up two rungs among national universities, BU also rises in business, computer science, and psychology programs
September 24, 2024 -
New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research
Inaugural honors “reflect the critical contributions of our postdocs and their mentors”
September 24, 2024
Journalism & Media
Podcast Looks at a Forgotten Chapter of the Civil Rights Struggle
In The Rabbis Go South, filmmaker Amy Geller (COM’16) examines Black-Jewish solidarity in 1964 Florida
University News
BU Will Provide COVID Vaccines, Flu Shots to Students, Faculty, and Staff
Clinics will offer appointments throughout fall semester
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Arts & Culture
- Fall Sheet-Pan Gnocchi
- Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips Delivers Ha Jin Lecture Tuesday
- BU Student Performers Are Thrilled to Be Part of Historic Inauguration Week
Business & Law
- Voting 101: How and Where to Vote in the Presidential Election
- Podcast Looks at a Forgotten Chapter of the Civil Rights Struggle
- The First Presidential Debate Led to Biden’s Exit. Now It’s Harris vs Trump
Campus Life
- Selfies, Smiles, and Chats with BU’s New President
- BU Student Performers Are Thrilled to Be Part of Historic Inauguration Week
- University, RA Union Agree to 3-Year Contract, with Vote Pending
Health & Medicine
- A College Student’s Guide to Safer Sex: Tips from an Intimacy Coordinator
- POV: Is It OK to Stop Worrying about COVID?
- 50 Dorm Design Tips for Your BU Digs
In the City
- The Weekender: September 26 to 29
- The Weekender: September 19 to 22
- The Weekender: September 12 to 15
Science & Technology
- FIRE Program Returns to College of Engineering
- Young GENEiuses: SummerLab Gives Teens a Chance to Learn about State-of-the-Art CRISPR Technology
- Is There Science behind Twin Booms?
Sports
- BU Field Hockey Launches Patriot League Play Friday
- Men’s, Women’s Soccer in Search of First Wins Ahead of Conference Play
- After Historic Year for BU Athletics, What Comes Next?
University News
- From 1873 to 2005, Words of Past BU Presidents from Their Inaugural Addresses
- Boston University Climbs to No. 41 in US News Best College Rankings
- BU Celebrates Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as President
Voices & Opinion
- POV: We’re Missing Indigenous Knowledge in Higher Education
- How to Protect Your Information, after the Potentially Largest Data Breach Ever
- Advice to First-Year Students from Seniors at Boston University