Boston University

Accolades

Campus Life

For More than a Decade, Joe Saunders Has Helped Questrom Students Take Their Next Big Leap

February 11, 2025

Photo: Vector illustrations of students taking tests on computers and writing exams in classrooms.

Accolades

Boston University Student Mental Health Services Honored in Princeton Review Project

January 29, 2025

Photo: People standing on a stage lined with greenery in Boston University red academic robes with black trim and caps

University News

BU Invites Faculty, Staff, Trustees to Submit Honorary Degree Nominations

January 16, 2025

Photo: A white woman with short brown hair poses for a portrait. She sits ontop of a table with a bookcase behind her.

Accolades

CAS Senior Wins Renowned Marshall Scholarship

December 16, 2024

Photo: Newly minted doctors stand in their white coats on stage at Boston University's 2024 White Coat Ceremony

University News

BU White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 141 Students to the Profession of Medicine

August 6, 2024

Photo: Michael Arellano, a young individual with short black hair wearing a white crew neck, sits casually on a stone wall overlooking a vast landscape. They smile for the photo.

Commencement 2024

BU’s Commencement Student Speaker Is Proud of Being a Changemaker

May 16, 2024

Photo: A composite image of three professors from Boston University. On the left is a woman smiling while wearing glasses and pearl earrings in addition to a suit with a blouse under. In the middle is a man smiling in a pullover sweater with buttons and a blue button up shirt under. On the right is a woman in a gray suit smiling at the camera.

Commencement 2024

Introducing the Winners of the 2024 Metcalf Awards, BU’s Top Teaching Honors

May 15, 2024

Arts & Culture

Kahn Award Will Carry Theater Arts Major Madeline Riddick-Seals Back to Alabama

May 10, 2024

Composite Image: The 2024 recipients of the John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service are Walter von Bosau, media resources coordinator, Krasker Film/Video Services, Mugar Memorial Library (from left), Daniel Ivey, program administrator, CAS Writing Program, and Richard Vezina (SPH’90), associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center. von Bosau photo by Jackie Ricciardi, Center photo provided by Dan Ivery, Vezina photo by Cydney Scott

University News

Meet the 2024 John S. Perkins Award Winners

May 6, 2024

Bobak Nazer (left), an ENG associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, helped to overhaul a complex course that all engineering students are required to take. Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology, brings experience as a student to his approach to teaching. Both will be honored at a private dinner on Monday, May 6, for their outstanding teaching accomplishments. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Honored with Outstanding Teaching Awards

May 3, 2024

Accolades

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members

April 26, 2024

Photo: A photo of four individuals. From left, Graduate Student Employee of the Year

Accolades

BU Honors Best Student Employees and Supervisor

April 18, 2024

Photo: Aerial photo of BU's Charles River campus.

Rankings

BU’s Sargent College Named Nation’s Top Occupational Therapy Program in U.S. News 2024 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

April 8, 2024

Photo: A large group of elegantly dressed individuals posing for a photo at a recent event on Boston University's medical campus

University News

Five Faculty Receive Edward Avedisian Professorships

March 21, 2024

Photo: Two women stand side by side in this composite image, both are formally dressed and being recognized for an award

Accolades

Meet This Year’s Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards Winners

February 29, 2024

Photo: A man in jeans and a t shirt holding a large pipe wrench on his shoulder, in what appears to be a boiler room

Accolades

BU’s Lead Plumber Is Best in the Country. And Tops at HVAC, Too

December 5, 2023

Photo: Interior of Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences. Large walkway staircase i shown. Next to the staircase, a multifunctional space for studying, hanging out, or hosting events is shown with modular black, wood, and red seating areas. Two the far left are large windows letting in lots of natural light. A vast wooden ceiling tops off the area.

Charles River Campus

Center for Computing & Data Sciences Wins Global Award for Interior Design

December 4, 2023

Photo: A woman in a suit stands at a podium in front of a crowded auditorium, giving a lecture

University Lecture

Many Say Critical Race Theory Divides Us, LAW’s Jasmine Gonzales Rose Says It Unites Us

November 30, 2023

Accolades

Career Development Professorships for Promising Scholars Awarded to Five BU Junior Faculty

September 13, 2023

Photo: Large overhead shot of 2023's Menino Scholarship and ComCommunity Service Award recipients. Students in business casual attire pose on a large set of stairs together. Also pictured are interim President Ken Freeman.

Accolades

BU Honors 80 Boston Public Schools Scholarship Recipients at Annual Ceremony

September 5, 2023

BU Honors 80 Boston Public Schools Scholarship Recipients at Annual Ceremony