Calendar
Concerts (July 1 through September 30)
Saturday, August 11
- All Day Alumni Day at Tanglewood
Friday, September 7
- 9:00 PM Fall Concert: Childish Gambino
Wednesday, September 12
- 7:00 PM Hillsong Live
Friday, September 14
- 7:00 PM Boston Hip Hop Showcase
Friday, September 21
Sunday, September 23
- 6:00 PM RiverSing
- 7:00 PM Boston Baroque
Monday, September 24
Wednesday, September 26
- 12:00 PM Music on the COM Lawn
Thursday, September 27
- 12:30 PM POEMJAZZ
Friday, September 28
- 7:00 PM Festival of the Arts: La Notte
- 7:30 PM Jack White Concert
- 9:00 PM Frank & Dependent
Saturday, September 29
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- 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, […]
- SED’s Jenkins Honored with Metcalf AwardLooking back on her more than four decades as an educator, Carol Brennan Jenkins still marvels that she became a teacher at all. “I did not grow up immersed in books,” she says. “My parents were Irish immigrants—they drilled into us the importance of education, but they didn’t read stories to us.” Jenkins admits she […]
- Commencement Weekend 2013: What to DoThis weekend, nearly 20,000 people are expected to converge on campus for Boston University’s 140th Commencement ceremonies, topped off by the All-University ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at Nickerson Field. There are all kinds of celebratory events—both on and off campus—for graduating students and their families, which we’ve highlighted below. Alth […]
