POV: My First-Gen Story: In Search of a “Better Future, a Better Life”
In honor of First Generation College Celebration Day, Posse Scholar shares her journey from rural Georgia to urban Boston.
BU Supports 2022 Boston Public Schools Graduates
Meet some of this year’s Menino Scholars and Community Service Award recipients.
College Access Group QuestBridge and BU Partner to Give Need-Based Scholarships
Up to 30 undergrads will matriculate in fall 2022, with all expenses paid BU will partner with California nonprofit QuestBridge to provide all-expense-paid scholarships to the University, starting in fall 2022. Photo by Cydney Scott. As many as 30 low-income high-achieving students will matriculate at BU in fall 2022—on full scholarships, with no loans or […]
BU Makes Top-10 List of Universities Enrolling More Pell Grant Students
The University has made progress increasing socioeconomic diversity since joining the American Talent Initiative, a consortium of access-broadening schools
What’s the Future of Student Financial Aid?
President Trump’s budget proposes deep cuts, contrasting with the vision of Democrats Donald Trump’s proposed budget, sent to the House Budget Committee February 10, would make major cuts to science research and student aid. Photo by AP/J. Scott Applewhite. Call it a tale of two Americas. Setting up a stark contrast between his vision and […]
BU Boosts Financial Aid to 100 Percent of Calculated Need
Initiative will meet full need for qualifying domestic students entering in fall 2020. Photo by Cydney Scott. In a continuing effort to make a BU education affordable and to create a more socioeconomically diverse campus, the University is expanding its financial aid program to meet the full need for all domestic students who qualify for […]
What a Government Shutdown Means to BU
Investigators should continue working on and submitting proposals to Sponsored Programs The shutdown of the federal government has stretched into a third day after Capitol Hill lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a spending bill over the weekend. Photo By Drew Stephens. Shutdown of federal government enters third day BU investigators should continue working on […]
Transfers Welcomed to BU
University helps with credits, housing, financial aid Kenneth Elmore (SED’87), associate provost and dean of students, with transfer students at a reception held earlier this fall. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19). Kyna Xu felt like she wasn’t thriving midway through her freshman year at a New York area school. Her classes, the people she met, […]
Scholarships for 65 Boston High School Graduates
President Brown, Mayor Walsh honor recipients of Menino, Community Service scholarships Recipients of the Thomas M. Menino Scholarship and Community Service Award grants with Mayor Martin J. Walsh and President Robert A. Brown at a ceremony Tuesday night. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Boston University on Tuesday honored 65 Boston public high school graduates who will […]
Congress Resists Research Cuts
2017 budget seen as hopeful preview for next round: 2018 funding