Do Your Future Work with Passion, Nobel Laureate Tells Graduating University Seniors
Climate change scientist Mario Molina (Hon.’17) delivers Baccalaureate Address “Science has to work together with government and business for the continued improvement of the quality of life of the human population, now and in the future,” Nobel Laureate Mario Molina (Hon.’17) told those at BU’s Baccalaureate Service at Marsh Chapel May 21. Molina served on […]
Commencement Student Speaker: Responsibility to Tell the Truth
Maxwell T. Robidoux (CAS’17) will take to the podium Sunday Maxwell T. Robidoux (CAS’17) practicing his speech for Sunday’s Commencement ceremony on Thursday morning. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Graduation has been a long time coming for this year’s Commencement student speaker. Maxwell T. Robidoux entered BU as a freshman in 2010, but left after just […]
Thank You, Big Papi
David Ortiz to receive Doctor of Humane Letters at 2017 Commencement David Ortiz is clutch on and off the field. Photo courtesy of the Players Tribune. It’s hard to single out just two moments from his impressive career, but retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has twice uplifted the entire New England region: once with his bat […]
Honorary Degrees Being Given to Robert A. and Jeanne Knox
More than three decades of collective service to BU Robert and Jeanne Knox have given more than three decades of collective service, and two children, to BU. Robert Knox photo by Kalman Zabarsky; Jeanne Knox photo by Dorothy Brodsky. When their son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age six, Robert and Jeanne Knox […]
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 […]
US Secretary of Energy Moniz to Receive Honorary Degree
Focuses on clean energy, nuclear issues Ernest Moniz. Photo (left) courtesy of the Department of Energy. Engineering a clean-energy future is very much on Ernest J. Moniz’s mind these days, as the world tries to turn the Paris Agreement on climate into action to reduce global warming. As US Secretary of Energy, Moniz directs the […]