Think on this guest post by Dr. Virginia Sapiro for the upcoming September 19, Student-Faculty Forum: Lessons from Charlottesville. Dr. Sapiro is a Professor of Political Science and Dean of Arts and Sciences Emerita. Stay tuned for more Student Faculty Fora. In a democracy people are supposed to be able to express and debate […]
Every new academic year starts with the University’s Matriculation ceremony. This year, Matriculation is Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 2pm in Agganis Arena. As a tradition, new students wear BU red or their FYSOP t-shirts to Matriculation and walk to the to the ceremony together. Be outside of your residence hall (or for Warren Towers, […]
Love and peace to Heather Heyer and the ones she loved. I’ve been in anguish and at a loss, but I’ll give you what I’ve got. It starts with brief moral signifying: the attack on free speech and free assembly is unacceptable. And, it is deeply offensive when it comes from people – weakly using […]
Dear Friends, It’s likely you’re consumed with the news of the day, schoolwork, and just life, but word is that more than 100 million people will gather in living rooms, watering holes, and other good and simple places to watch the final American football game of the season. The first Sunday in February is, de […]
I credit Professor David Eckel and the Institute for Philosophy and Religion as inspiration for the theme “Hope, Despair, and the Blues” for this year’s annual University-wide celebration of the life and legacy of alumnus Martin Luther King, Jr, taking place in Metcalf Hall in the George Sherman Union on January 16th at 2pm. Such […]
Are you one of us? Who is we? Who are we, really? Time to continue the debate, argument, discussion, analysis, deconstruction, and signifyin’ on these questions — and more — come this Tuesday (November 8). Questions so nice they deserve a good gathering. Democracy calls. Word is that after you do the civic thing earlier, […]
Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast’ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. We have come, treading our path […]
“Now where I come from We don’t let society tell us how it’s supposed to be Our clothes, our hair, we don’t care It’s all about being there Everybody’s going uptown That’s where I want to be Uptown Set your mind free Uptown Got my body hot Get down I don’t want to stop, no” […]
The following email was sent by President Brown to the Boston University community on March 30, 2016. —- Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that I must report that a student has passed away early this morning on our campus. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with immediate family and friends who […]
The following message was sent out to the student community by Dean Elmore on March 15, 2017. Looks like Winter did not break us! (Don’t worry, we didn’t jinx the City.) It may be premature, but we have faith that the season of joyful gatherings has begun. It’s the time full of moments when we […]