{"id":7479,"date":"2021-08-03T13:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T17:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=7479"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:20:10","slug":"archives-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/explore-the-archives\/archives-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives: 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pastContent\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<h2>Commencement 2021<\/h2>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yy7Yus-Jp5o\">Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Advanced Degrees (with CC)<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zjiw0u4DZLs\">Commencement Address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ulo-x5dyksk\">Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Undergraduate Degrees (with CC)<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tL1KBt-aJKk\">Commencement Address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vEO8AHEw1lU\">Baccalaureate Address<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LKMAIKRB_nc?si=2Z_J58aNlYb3Pdg_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speakers\">\n<h3>Speakers &amp; Honorees<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ayanna Pressley<\/strong><span>, United States Representative for Massachusetts\u2019 7th Congressional District, delivered Boston University\u2019s 148th Commencement Address at the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Sunday May 16 at 2pm. <\/span><strong>Noubar Afeyan<\/strong><span>, inventor, entrepreneur, &amp; CEO, delivered the address at the Advanced Degrees Commencement ceremony at 9:30am. <\/span><strong>Catherine D\u2019Amato<\/strong><span>, CEO &amp; President of the Greater Boston Food Bank, delivered the Baccalaureate Address at the 12noon service. All received honorary degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/commencement\/files\/2025\/02\/CMCT_RedBook2021_Final_AA.pdf\">View Commencement Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commencement 2021 Videos Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Advanced Degrees (with CC) \u2022 Commencement Address Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Undergraduate Degrees (with CC) \u2022 Commencement Address Baccalaureate Address Speakers &amp; Honorees Ayanna Pressley, United States Representative for Massachusetts\u2019 7th Congressional District, delivered Boston University\u2019s 148th Commencement Address at the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Sunday May 16 at 2pm. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1420,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12360,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479\/revisions\/12360"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}