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University News

BU Rises in New Rankings of World Universities and Cited as a Digital Leader in Higher Education

June 18, 2025

5/30/25 -- Boston, MassachusettsFormer Lieutenant Governor of MA, and president of The WAGE Project, Inc. Evelyn Murphy, from left, associate provost for CDS Azer Bestavros, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Massachusetts Brooke Thomson, and CDS associate professor Neha Gondal at a meeting to share about BU's contribution to Massachusetts' new wage-equity legislation called Pay Equity Law May 30 at CDS.Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

BU Data Platform Will Help Massachusetts Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps

June 4, 2025

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University News

Two Gold Telly Awards Scored by BU Productions

May 30, 2025

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Accolades

Wheelock’s Tina Durand Wins 2025 Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 14, 2025

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Accolades

COM’s Michelle Sullivan Named 2025 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching Winner

May 13, 2025

John “Chip” Celenza, College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of biology, has been advising BU students for the better part of 30 years. Molly-Kate MacLeod, director of student academic experience in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, has been advising students since 2016. Both received this year’s Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards.

Awards

For Academic Advisor Award Winners, Students Are at the Heart of It All

May 6, 2025

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Accolades

This Year’s Perkins Winners Have a Half Century of BU Service Among Them

May 5, 2025

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Accolades

Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown

April 25, 2025

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Accolades

BU Honors Best Student Employees and Student Supervisor

April 18, 2025

Campus Life

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

February 11, 2025

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Accolades

Boston University Student Mental Health Services Honored in Princeton Review Project

January 29, 2025

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University News

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

January 16, 2025

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Accolades

CAS Senior Wins Renowned Marshall Scholarship

December 16, 2024

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University News

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

August 6, 2024

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Commencement 2024

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

May 16, 2024

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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

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members