Class of 2020 Gets Long-Awaited Send-off

STUDENT LIFE

The Class of 2020’s spirits couldn’t be dampened by the overcast weather. Photo by Michael D. Spencer.

Class of 2020 Gets Long-Awaited Send-off

Nearly a year and a half after receiving their diplomas, BU’s Class of 2020 finally donned their scarlet caps and gowns and were honored for their four years of work and studying on October 2nd.  Join the celebration


NOTABLE ALUMNI

Leanne Erdberg Steadman (COM'05, LAW '08)

Confronting Extremism

Leanne Erdberg Steadman (COM’05, LAW ’08) focuses on peace to prevent terrorism as director of countering violent extremism at the U.S. Institute of Peace.  Learn how she does it


ON THE CHARLES RIVER

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky

Message from Antiracism Symposium: “Move From Awareness to Action”

The BU Center for Antiracist Research’s “What the Science Tells Us: Racial and Health Inequities During the Pandemic” symposium featured appearances from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey, and Professor Ibram X. Kendi.  Take action


THOUGHT LEADERS

In Case You Missed It…

Ibram X. Kendi of the BU Center for Antiracist Research received a 2021 McArthur “Genius” GrantThe BU Initiative on Cities and Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health will cohost a virtual event on October 13th on “Access and Anti-Racism in Opioid Treatment: What Cities Need Now“… Sign up for the BU Wheelock Education Policy Center event on applying lessons from the pandemic to address educational inequities on November 4th… Eleanor Zambrano of the BU School of Social Work explains that social workers can help patients by registering them to vote in Social Work Today…. Nina Silber of the BU College of Arts & Sciences discusses the problematic history behind Confederate-named military bases in The New York Times.