Calendar
Commencement (March 28 through May 18)
Wednesday, May 1
- 5:00 PM CAS Senior Reception
Friday, May 17
- 9:00 AM COM Bachelor's Degree Convocation
- 10:00 AM Phi Beta Kappa Induction
- Division of Graduate Medical Sciences: Master’s Candidates
- 11:30 AM Economics
- 1:00 PM SMG Undergraduate Convocation Ceremony
- 2:00 PM CAS Class Day Ceremony
- 3:00 PM Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
- COM Master's Degree Convocation
- 4:00 PM School of Social Work
- 5:30 PM Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
- SMG Graduate Student Convocation Ceremony
- 6:15 PM Hillel House Events & Worship Services
- 7:45 PM Hillel House Events & Worship Services
- 8:00 PM 21st Annual Comedy Night
- 8:30 PM Hillel House Events & Worship Services
Saturday, May 18
- 9:00 AM Romance Studies
- American & New England Studies
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Physics
- 9:30 AM Riverboat Cruises on the Charles
- 10:00 AM Hillel House Events & Worship Services
- Division of Graduate Medical Sciences: Doctoral Candidates (with the School of Medicine)
- School of Hospitality Administration
- School of Medicine
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- BU Earns Greenovate Boston AwardBU’s favorite color—right behind scarlet and white, of course—is green. Why? Because the University has made a solid commitment over the past several years to embrace ecofriendly practices that have revolutionized the way it consumes energy and water, reduces waste, and expands in a sustainable manner. Now, that dedication to green living has caught the [... […]
- Free Ferry Day TodayWhat could be better than taking a boat trip to an island to wile away a summer day? Getting there for free. Today the Boston Harbor Island Alliance is offering free ferry service all day to either Georges Island or Spectacle Island, two of the nearly three dozen islands and peninsulas in the Boston Harbor […]
- Celebrate Bunker Hill DayMuch of the American Revolution was fought and won in Boston’s backyard, and today Bostonians commemorate the 238th anniversary of the first major battle of the war—the Battle of Bunker Hill. The siege, which took place on June 17, 1775, marked the first time the newly formed and inexperienced colonial army fought the more highly […]
- What the Supreme Court’s Gene Decision Means to ResearchIn a long-awaited decision with major implications for commercial and academic research, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes that are isolated from the body cannot be patented. The ruling invalidated patents held by Myriad Genetics, a Salt Lake City firm that had been granted patents on two genes, known as BRCA1 […]
- LAW’s Hylton, MED’s Costello Named Warren Distinguished ProfessorsWith a PhD in economics from MIT and a law degree from Harvard, Keith Hylton has melded the two disciplines in his teaching and research, using each to illuminate the other. A leader in the increasingly important field of mass spectrometry, Catherine Costello teaches and collaborates with medical researchers, pharmacologists, chemists, and clinicians around […]
