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\nON THE CHARLES RIVER
\nCommencement Speakers<\/h4>\n
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) will deliver Boston University’s 148th Commencement Address on May 17th. Dr. Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and chairman of Moderna Therapeutics, will address the Advanced Degrees Commencement, and Greater Boston Food Bank CEO and President Catherine D’Amato will deliver the Baccalaureate Address.<\/p>\n
Learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Six first-generation students share their stories as they are inducted into BU’s inaugural class of the Alpha Alpha Alpha honor society for first-gen students. \u00a0Read their stories<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In a first of-its-kind study, led by a former BU undergraduate, trans men undergoing “T therapy” reported that a masculine voice is of utmost importance to their identity. <\/span>Hear their voices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eleanor Murray<\/strong> of the BU School of Public Health assesses\u00a0what\u00a0epidemiologists like herself got wrong about COVID<\/strong><\/a> in The Washington Post<\/em>… Joshua Shifrinson<\/strong> of the BU Pardee School of Global Studies discusses why Russia should be viewed as a problem, but not a threat<\/strong><\/a>, in Newsweek<\/em>… Jonathan Jay<\/strong> of the BU School of Public Health writes about how the lessons from the COVID pandemic can apply to spiking gun violence<\/a><\/strong> in The Hill<\/em>… Yes, some people really do prefer Zoom meetings<\/strong><\/a>, says Stefan Hofmann<\/strong> of the BU College of Arts & Sciences in The Atlantic<\/em>… Emily Rothman<\/strong> of the BU School of Public Health talks about\u00a0how to have safe and open communication about sexual boundaries<\/a><\/strong> in Medium<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ON THE CHARLES RIVER Commencement Speakers Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) will deliver Boston University’s 148th Commencement Address on May 17th. Dr. Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and chairman of Moderna Therapeutics, will address the Advanced Degrees Commencement, and Greater Boston Food Bank CEO and President Catherine D’Amato will deliver the Baccalaureate Address. Learn more STUDENT LIFE “This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12729"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12737,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions\/12737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nSTUDENT LIFE
\n“This Is My Stepping Stone”<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nRESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
\nHow Testosterone Changes the Voices of Trans Men<\/h4>\n
\nTHOUGHT LEADERS
\nIn Case You Missed It…<\/h4>\n