CFA alums Uzo Aduba and Michelle Hurd Recipients of the 2024 Best of BU Alumni Awards
CFA alums Uzo Aduba and Michelle Hurd Recipients of the 2024 Best of BU Alumni Awards
Each year, the Boston University Alumni Association recognizes Terriers who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in their fields with Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Young Alumni Award.
This announcement was originally published on the BU Alumni & Friends website on July 17, 2024.
Each year, the Boston University Alumni Association recognizes Terriers who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in their fields with Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Young Alumni Award. CFA recipients of past Young Alumni Awards have included orchestra conductor Lina González-Granados (CFA’20).
This year’s recipients include two honorable, passionate, and talented alums, Uzo Aduba (CFA’05) and Michelle Hurd (CFA’88).
Introducing the 2024 Best of BU Alumni Recipients
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Uzo Aduba (CFA’05)
Uzo Aduba (CFA’05) is a three-time Emmy-winning and Tony Award–nominated actress, best known for Orange Is the New Black and Mrs. America. She recently starred in Disney Pixar’s Lightyear and earned a SAG Award nomination for her co-starring role (with Matthew Broderick) in Netflix’s limited series Painkiller.
Aduba recently launched a production company, Meynon Media, and signed a multiyear producing deal with CBS Studios. She also works actively with the charities Stand Up To Cancer and Heifer International.
Raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, Aduba received a BU scholarship as a sprinter and majored in classical voice. She discovered her love of acting while studying with Jack Spruill at the College of Fine Arts and delivered award-winning performances at the Huntington Theatre and American Repertory Theater.
She currently stars in Searchlight’s The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat.
Michelle Hurd (CFA’88)
Michelle Hurd (CFA’88) has appeared in over 200 television programs including recurring roles in Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard, Netflix’s YOU, and Law & Order: SVU. She has appeared in several films, on Broadway, and off Broadway.
Raised in Greenwich Village by Dr. Merlyn Hurd (CFA’55) and stage and screen actor and civil rights activist Hugh Hurd, Hurd is a passionate speaker for equity for people of color working on and off screen. She was a prominent voice in the SAG/AFTRA 2023 strike, and advocates to eradicate sexual harassment and hair discrimination.
Hurd has twice been honored as a distinguished alum of BU’s College of Fine Arts, and she was recently honored with the President’s Award by SAG/AFTRA, where she is vice president of Los Angeles Local.
Registration for the 76th Best of BU Alumni Awards will open in early September on the BU Alumni & Friends website.