Calendar
Special Interest to Women (December 1 through February 28)
Saturday, December 8
Thursday, January 31
- 5:00 PM When Feminism Rules: Assessing Governance Feminism Projects from the International to the Local
Tuesday, February 12
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Commencement Speaker Kopp: Start Now to Change the WorldJust over two decades ago, Wendy Kopp graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with little experience, but a strong desire to solve the problem of inequitable education in the United States. She had developed the idea for a national teacher corps as her senior thesis and wanted to give […]
- “Dream with Eyes Open,” Bishop Peter Weaver Tells GraduatesIn the five weeks since the Boston Marathon bombings, graduating seniors have witnessed the cruelties of the world even as they dreamed of their impending future in it. That weaving of sorrow and hope shows the need for “dreaming with eyes open,” BU’s Baccalaureate speaker told Sunday morning worshippers at Marsh Chapel. Bishop Peter Weaver […]
- Enhanced Security for Graduation WeekendThe BU Police Department has instituted an enhanced security plan for Commencement weekend, following the Boston Marathon bombing last month that killed 3 and injured nearly 300. Both students and visitors will be subject to screening when entering Nickerson Field and any Convocation venues. BUPD Chief Thomas G. Robbins, BU executive director of public safet […]
- Commencement Student Speaker: “Always Keep Your Mind Open”Soon-to-be-graduate Adolfo Gatti is the embodiment of BU’s mission as a global university. The dual international relations and economics major grew up in Rome, interned in Geneva, and speaks three languages. This Sunday, Gatti (CAS’13) will deliver the student speech at Boston University’s 140th Commencement. He plans to draw on his experiences as an intern […]
- Methodist Bishop Will Give Baccalaureate AddressFrom fundamentalist zealots waving antigay signs at funerals to the apparent religious motive behind the Boston Marathon bombings, the public face of faith can be twisted with anger and prejudice. Bishop Peter D. Weaver knows another reality: as a Methodist pastor and bishop, he has led congregations in demonstrations of compassion—sheltering homeless women, […]
