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 […]

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A Storyteller Advises BU Grads to Write Their Own Life Story

Entertainment executive and alum Bonnie Hammer (Hon.’17) addresses 144th Commencement 2017 Commencement speaker Bonnie Hammer (CGS’69, COM’71, SED’75, Hon.’17) told BU graduates to listen to views other than their own. Watch the entire speech of the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chair in this video here. Video by BU Productions. Photo by Chris McIntosh. Pairing the […]

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Bucking Trends, BU Outside Funding Continues to Rise

Team behind the scenes keeps the money coming in Amy Lieberman, an SED assistant professor of deaf studies, says BU “made it clear that my research was going to be valued and supported here. It’s a big part of the reason I came.” Photo by Cydney Scott. The chart of United States R&D funding, as […]

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Signing for Obama

BU ASL interpreter at opening of new African American national museum Christopher Robinson, coordinator of outreach and training for the office of disability services, interprets the words of President Barack Obama at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 24. Photo courtesy of Katherine Kennedy. While most of […]

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Celebrating BU’s African American Legacy

Washington events timed to opening of new museum Alumni Celebration Breakfast panelists Cornell William Brooks (STH’87, Hon.’15), NAACP president, Richard L. Taylor (COM’71), former Massachusetts secretary of transportation and BU’s first Rhodes scholar, and Andrea L. Taylor (COM’68), president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and a trustee of the University. Photo by […]

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GROWing in the Lab

High school women get hands-on experience in scientific research Delaney Griffiths (left), a senior at Westwood High School, gets some advice about her experiment from mentor Kelsey Williford (MED’21), a neuroscientist, as part of the GROW program, which brings area high school students into BU research labs for the summer. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Delaney […]

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Center for Teaching & Learning Expands Efforts

BU Center for Teaching & Learning fellows: (back row, from left) Jonathan Hibbard, Christophor Cavalieri, Cheryl McSweeney, Kaija Schilde, Pary Fassihi, Peter Zink, and Scott Marr; (front row, from left) Sophie Hochhäusl, Gouri Gupte, center director Matthew Trevett-Smith, Bruce Anderson, and Rosina Georgiadis; (not pictured) Anthony Mecham. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Matthew Trevett-Smith sent an email […]

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Moving to Improve

Active “brain breaks” get kids moving—and help them learn Teacher Jake Dore (CGS’11, SED’13) takes regular breaks from desk work to get his fourth graders moving at the Kelly School in Chelsea, Mass. Photos by Dan Watkins.  It’s time for a break. You’ve been reading for a while now, so let’s stand up and shake […]

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Two from BU Cited for Encouraging Women in STEM

Lauded by magazine for their inspiration Elise Morgan (left), a College of Engineering professor of mechanical engineering and of biomedical engineering, and Cynthia Brossman, founder and administrative director of BU’s Learning Resource Network (LERNet) are cofounders of BU’s Summer Pathways outreach program. Morgan photo by Cydney Scott; Brossman photo courtesy of Brossman. The average annual […]

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