MassDOT to Hold Public Meeting on Comm Ave Makeover
State will outline roadway’s deck replacement, address concerns The commonwealth will begin next summer to replace the aging Comm Ave Bridge over the Mass Pike between BU’s central and west campuses. Graphic courtesy of MassDOT. The public is invited to a meeting to discuss a major construction project that will replace the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge over […]
New MOOC on Ethical Leadership Launches
Walter Fluker’s online course covers saints and sinners both Walter Fluker is a scholar of such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), but his new online class also studies figures like the disgraced Richard Nixon and Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin. Photo by Cydney Scott. Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi, Idi Amin, Richard […]
Buzz Bits. . . White House Unveils Big Data Research Plan
BU IN DC Raul Garcia and Michelle Henshaw of the Goldman School of Dental Medicine delivered a presentation to the advisory committee for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at the National Institutes of Health on May 24. BU Washington, D.C. Programs held a 40th anniversary celebration on May 25. Vice President and […]
Federal Officials Join BU Commencement
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Federal Officials Join BU Commencement U.S. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz and Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS ’79) were among those honored during BU’s 143rd Commencement. See what they had to say BU IN DC BU Researchers Invited to the White House BU Professor Daniel Segré and doctoral candidate Allyson […]
US Attorney Tells LAW Grads: “Lend Your Voice, Lend Your Efforts”
Carmen Ortiz is first woman and first Hispanic to hold post In this video, Carmen Ortiz, the US Attorney for the District of Boston, delivers the School of Law Convocation address May 15. Photo by Dana J. Quigley. Video by Kitay Productions, Inc., and BU Productions. She put gangster Whitey Bulger and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev behind […]
Obama Administration Releases Overtime Rule
BU IN DC Daniel Segré of the College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciencesand graduate student Allyson Byrd of the BU-NIH Graduate Partnership Program in bioinformatics attended the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative on May 13. Cornelius Hurley of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy discussed financial reform efforts with Senator Elizabeth […]
Commencement Speaker: Embrace Your Fear of the Unknown Future
Former CBS executive Nina Tassler says life took her to unexpected joys Commencement speaker Nina Tassler (CFA’79, Hon.’16) told BU graduates not to be afraid to edit their dreams and rewrite the story of what they want to do in life during the University’s 143rd Commencement Sunday. Video by BU Productions. Photo by Dana J. […]
Peace Corps Director Delivers Baccalaureate Address
CAS alum Hessler-Radelet urges grads to choose optimism, nurture relationships Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS’79), director of the Peace Corps, delivers the address at the 143rd Commencement Baccalaureate Service at Marsh Chapel. Video by BU Productions. Photos by Mike Ritter. As the current director of the Peace Corps and a former volunteer, Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS’79, Hon.’16) has […]
NSF Unveils Future Investment Areas
BU IN DC Scott Solberg, Eve Manz, Lynsey Gibbons, Elizabeth Bettini and Kimberly Howard of the School of Education met with officials at the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education to discuss funding opportunities on May 5 and 6. NSF UNVEILS FUTURE INVESTMENT AREAS National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France Cordova gave […]
Honorary Degree for Hessler-Radelet
’79 alum, director of Peace Corps, will deliver 2016 Baccalaureate address Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS’79), director of the Peace Corps, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and deliver the Baccalaureate address at BU’s 143rd Commencement. Photo courtesy of the Peace Corps. Carrie Hessler-Radelet, the 19th director of the Peace Corps, will receive an honorary […]