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
BU Hillel’s New Executive Director Follows His Dream
Jevin Eagle forsook big business for rabbinical school BU Hillel’s new executive director, Jevin Eagle, at a meet-and-greet at the Florence & Chafetz Hillel House in May. Eagle left business to follow his dream to rabbinical school. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. There is no Easy Button for becoming a rabbi. “It’s a very rigorous program,” […]
Hat Tricks
Sending messages of thanks, inspiration, commitment—via mortarboard Photo above by Derek Palmer. Mortarboards have become the equivalent of a Hallmark card: a way to convey a heartfelt message, deliver a pointed punch line, offer a word or two of inspiration—or get a belly laugh. In what has become an annual tradition, BU Photography sent staffers […]
Video Captures Highlights of BU’s 2017 Commencement
A look back at Sunday’s ceremony It was an ideal day for a Commencement—neither too hot nor too cold, mostly sunny skies, and low humidity. A crowd of about 20,000 family, friends, and dignitaries gathered on Nickerson Field for Boston University’s 144th Commencement to listen to Bonnie Hammer (CGS’69, COM’71, SED’75, Hon.’17), chair of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, […]
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 […]