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 […]
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 […]
Putting Cities on the Climate Map
CAS researcher, undergrad UROP project tackles heat island problem Many cities form “heat islands,” partly because impervious surfaces, like sidewalks, lead to less water evaporation. Photo by winstonwolf89/iStock. More than half of the people on the planet live in cities, yet cities have been largely ignored by climate scientists. But city climate is important, because […]
How Are AAU Schools Dealing with Sexual Assault?
New report details actions—including those at BU The AAU Campus Activities Report: Combating Sexual Assault and Misconduct includes several specific actions and programs that BU has undertaken to prevent and address sexual assault and sexual misconduct on campus. Photo by Conor Doherty. In the two years since a national survey of students at Association of American Universities […]
Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU
Crowd voices support for science, anxiety over Trump administration About 120 Medical Campus representatives met at the Boston Public Library to join Saturday’s March for Science on the Boston Common. Photo by Derek Palmer. On Saturday about 70,000 people gathered on the Boston Common for the March for Science, one of more than 600 held […]
Umoja Turns 50
BU’s black student union promotes unity Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of the group’s Unity Week 2017. On a Tuesday night in February, 15 to 20 students were sitting in a circle in […]
Science Club for Girls Takes STEM to the Next Generation
GWISE grad students share knowledge and enthusiasm Aurora Kesseli (GRS’21) with third-graders Amaria Smith (left) and Cassandra Riley as they work on an experiment at the Girls Science Club. In a messy room at Allston’s West End House Boys and Girls Club, a dozen girls and women are gathered around a table, coloring and chatting. This […]
School of Hospitality Administration Offers Master’s Degree
One-year program responds to dramatic increase in available jobs Andreina Dezzeo (from left), Elaine Kuo, and Daphne Shen were among those attending the School of Hospitality Administration’s Master of Management in Hospitality open house February 7. They learned about SHA’s first-ever master’s degree program, toured the school, and met with faculty. Photo by Olivia Nadel […]
Grad Student’s Website Makes Political Activism Easy
YouLobby does the homework, you make the call Kira Ganga Kieffer (GRS’19) and her husband, Aaron Eisman, at the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, which inspired them to create the website YouLobby.org. Photo courtesy of Kira Ganga Kieffer. In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration, Americans seem to be riding a continuous wave […]
Trustee’s Gift Ignites Student Entrepreneurship
BU Spark! connects technology ideas with expertise, funding Ziba Cranmer leads BU Spark! the new in-house incubator for student technology projects at the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. BU students have a new way to get their great ideas off their hard drives and into the world. Created […]