Calendar
Meetings (May 8 through July 31)
Friday, May 16
- 3:00 PM COM Graduate Hooding Ceremony
Friday, May 30
- 8:30 AM THATCamp New England
Saturday, May 31
- 8:30 AM THATCamp New England
Monday, June 2
- 9:00 AM Venture Start-Up Summer Camp
Monday, July 7
Friday, July 11
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied July 26, 2017A new study suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive, degenerative brain disease found in people with a history of repeated head trauma, may be more common among football players than previously thought. The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found CTE in 99 percent of brains obtained […]
- Shakespeare’s Star-Crossed Lovers Come to Boston Common July 26, 2017The temperature in Boston is about to heat up, thanks in part to the arrival of history’s most star-crossed lovers. The nonprofit Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) production of Romeo & Juliet opens tonight on the Boston Common and runs through Sunday, August 6, starring John Zdrojeski (CFA’12) as Romeo and Graycyn Mix as Juliet. All […]
- Summertime Fun at the Rose Kennedy Greenway July 25, 2017Heads up, thrill seekers—there’s a new way to get your adrenaline pumping, and it’s located right in the heart of downtown Boston. The Rose Kennedy Greenway, the 1.5-mile public park that extends from Chinatown to the North End, recently added “The Z,” a 220-foot zipline that runs through the park from Clinton Street to its […]
- BU Tanglewood Institute Builds for the Future July 25, 2017It would be easy to wax rhapsodic over the pastoral glories of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), from its verdant setting in the Berkshires to the classical music that fills the air from every direction. “Don’t write that story,” executive director Hilary Field Respass says with a smile. “Write about what we’re doing.” Respass […]
- SED Student Helps Bring Israeli, Palestinian Youth Together July 24, 2017Just about everyone has tossed around a Frisbee for fun. Dana Dunwoody is doing it for peace. At a summer camp in an Israeli desert, she is using the flying discs to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth—and maybe change the world, one toss at time. “As youths, we get inundated with information about who […]
