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Social Media

New This Year: Post Photos, Social Media Messages to Nickerson Videoboard

May 19, 2017

Some 20,000 people will be on campus this weekend to celebrate with the Class of 2017. On Sunday, graduates and their families gather on Nickerson Field for the 144th Annual All-University Commencement ceremony.

Nickerson Field

A Guide to This Year’s Commencement Weekend

May 18, 2017

Bonnie Hammer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group

Alumni

Alum Bonnie Hammer Isn’t Afraid of Change

May 18, 2017

Since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, security at BU’s Commencement has intensified, as attendees at last year’s event discovered.

Commencement

Security Dos and Don’ts

May 18, 2017

LAW’s Naomi Mann was inspired to seek social justice by her late father, a prominent doctor combating AIDS in the 1980s.

Law

2017 Metcalf Cup and Prize Goes to LAW’s Naomi Mann

May 17, 2017

Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego

Earth

Nobel Winner Mario Molina Is Baccalaureate Speaker

May 17, 2017

David Ortiz aka Big Papi

Baseball

Thank You, Big Papi

May 16, 2017

Gary Lawson, Philip S. Beck Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, and winner of the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Education

A Very Different Path to Excellence

May 16, 2017

Sophie Godley, winner of one of this year’s Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty

SPH’s Sophie Godley to Receive a 2017 Metcalf Award

May 15, 2017

Robert and Jeanne Knox have given more than three decades of collective service, and two children, to BU.

Alumni

Honorary Degrees Being Given to Robert A. and Jeanne Knox

May 15, 2017

Boston University Seal Marsh Plaza

University News

Things to Cross Off Your Senior Bucket List

May 12, 2017

Students

What Will the Class of 2017 Miss Most about BU?

May 11, 2017

Boston University faculty and staff hold placards with letters spelling ADVICE symbolizing Advice for graduating seniors of the Class of 2017

University News

Advice to Class of 2017: “Stay Idealistic”

May 4, 2017

Bonnie Hammer, chair of NBCUniversal

Students

Commencement Speaker: “The Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment”

May 4, 2017

BU class of 2017

University News

A Look Back at the Last Four Years

May 4, 2017

Students

Senior Breakfast Launches Commencement Season

May 4, 2017

Damien Garcia

Faculty

Doing Double Duty

June 23, 2016

2016 Kahn Award Winners Ghazal Hassani, Felipe Pinto D-Aguiar, Leeanne Maxey

Science & Technology

Kahn Awards Will Jump-start Careers of Three CFA Grads

June 9, 2016

Boston University Commencement 2016

Commencement

A Face in the Crowd

May 26, 2016

Commencement

Behind the Scenes at Commencement

May 23, 2016

Behind the Scenes at Commencement