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Photo: A sea of Boston University graduates in red gowns sit on Nickerson Field at the 151st Commencement in 2024. There is a white play button overlaid on top of the image.

Commencement 2024

Sights and Sounds from Boston University’s 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

Photo: A sea of confetti over a large crowd of graduates in red gowns at the 2024 Boston University Commencement

Commencement 2024

BU Celebrates 7,600 Graduates at Buoyant 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

Photo: A man in a red gown gives a speech at a podium draped in a red covering. Baccalaureate speaker Walter E. Fluker (GRS’88, STH’88) told Boston University’s Class of 2024 graduates Sunday to follow the example of BU’s most famous alumnus, Martin Luther King, Jr., in striving for peace and justice. Photo by Kelly Davidson

Commencement 2024

“We Are Called, My Friends, to Be Peacemakers,” Rev. Walter E. Fluker Tells Boston University’s Baccalaureate Audience

May 19, 2024

Photo: Louis Toth, a Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine associate clinical professor of anatomy and neurobiology, and Adam Hall, an assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology, with Graduate Medical Sciences students at their May 16 convocation ceremony. A group of graduating students in robes snap a selfie with each other prior to the ceremony.

Commencement 2024

Class of 2024 Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Graduates Urged to Become Changemakers

May 17, 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 of Anthony Hollenberg, a middle-aged White man with short gray hair. He smiles, wears a blue suit with a dark blue tie with red spots, and poses on a blurred background, which looks like the inside of a building.

University News

Anthony Hollenberg Named New President of Boston Medical Center

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

Photo: Photo of student in Jilene Chua's class modeling their creation for the course. A jacket with blue patches on the back.

College of Arts & Sciences

New CAS Class Teaches the History of Empires through Fashion and Beauty

May 14, 2024

Arts & Culture

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

May 10, 2024

Photo: Boston University’s 150th Commencement. Confetti flies and falls through the air as graduates celebrate their accomplishments. A big screen with BOSTON UNIVERSITY on the front stands in the middle.

COMMENCEMENT 2024

Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know

May 10, 2024

Photo: A man and a woman celebrating at a recent graduation ceremony for ESL grads at Boston University

CELOP

ESL Classes Offered to BU Dining Services Workers

May 9, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 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

Composite image of multiple people of varying ethnicities, gender, and style of dress, giving advice to graduating seniors. The people can be seen speaking in each photo.

Commencement 2024

Advice to the Class of 2024: “Say Thank You”

May 3, 2024

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Promotions

22 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

May 1, 2024

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University News

University, Part-Time Faculty Tentatively Agree to New Four-Year Contract

April 30, 2024

Accolades

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members

April 26, 2024

Photo: A group of people, men and women, in casual dress standing in a row along a railing. They all appear to be in their 30s and have smiles on their faces

Mental Health

Combating Loneliness and Creating Healthy Relationships

April 23, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program