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Commencement

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Higher Education

Online MBA, “Biggest Experiment” in Questrom’s History, Is a Success

May 2, 2022

Three Boston University graduates jump in their smiling for a photo following Commencement.

COMMENCEMENT 2020

A Look Back at BU’s Historic Class of 2020 Commencement

October 6, 2021

Photo of Grace Golder, (CAS’20), left, and Claire Golder (CAS’20) before commencement on October 3. The sisters smile, and wear their black caps and red gowns, with white blouses underneath. The both have longer-than shoulder length dark hair.

Class of 2020

For These Identical Terrier Twins: Leaving BU as They Started—Together

October 4, 2021

Photo of a crowd of students raising their arms and celebrating at commencement.

Class of 2020

Video: Highlights from BU’s Historic 147th Commencement

October 4, 2021

Photo of a crowd of students raising their arms and celebrating at commencement.

COMMENCEMENT

Class of 2020 Gets Long-Awaited Send-off

October 3, 2021

Photo of Yolanda Kakabadse speaking at the 2020 Boston University Baccalaureate Service at Marsh Chapel on October 3, 2021. She wears a red robe and stands at a wooden podium with a red cloth over it.

BACCALAUREATE

Stop Wasting Food, Baccalaureate Speaker Urges Class of 2020 Grads

October 3, 2021

Portrait of Macken Murphy leaning against a wall with arms crossed.

Commencement 2020

Class of 2020 Student Commencement Speaker on the Importance of Education, Why His Class Wanted to Return to Nickerson

October 1, 2021

Black and white photo of Aracelis Cruz, PCA, accompanies Ethan Wang, at left, to the car after an occupational therapy session at Spaulding Cambridge Sept 29. Wang uses a walker. Both wear face masks as they exit the brick building by ramp.

Class of 2020

Ethan Wang Was Told He’d Never Walk Again. He’ll Walk on Stage for Commencement

September 30, 2021

a photo of sitting BU grads wearing their red robes during Commencement

Commencement 2020

Class of 2020 Commencement Is Sunday: Here’s What You Need to Know

September 30, 2021

Ann-Lyssa Asare (Pardee’20) pops a champagne bottle full of confetti for a photo shoot in Marsh Plaza May 13, 2020. She wears a graduation cap and a red robe.

Commencement

Class of 2020 Graduates Are Returning in Droves for Sunday’s Commencement

September 24, 2021

Photo of a graduating student with a red robe, white face mask, and long brown hair sitting amongst other graduating students on Nickerson Field, May 2021.

University News

Registration Opens for Class of 2020’s October 3 Commencement

August 23, 2021

Commencement 2021

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey Invokes Thurgood Marshall, Pauli Murray, Ibram Kendi in Addressing LAW Convocation

May 21, 2021

A photo of Nickerson Field from above during commencement. A white video play button is overlayed.

Commencement 2021

BU Commencement 2021: Over in a Flash

May 21, 2021

2 students stand on the podium surrounded by a group of graduates posing for a photo after students flooded the stage following Commencement.

Commencement 2021

Photo Gallery Captures BU’s One-of-a-Kind 148th Commencement

May 20, 2021

A photo of Rory Kallfelz (MET’21) and Alexandra Kallfelz (COM’21) on the field at commencement

Commencement 2021

A Two-Generation Terrier Graduation

May 19, 2021

A graphic reading "Commencement 2021 Live Stream Stats." Under a television illustration is the number of total plays for the BU Commencement Live Stream: 36,352. Under that number reads "Compared to 3,743 in 2019." Next to an illustration of a diploma is the number 16,189 and text reading "Advanced Degree plays." Next to an illustration of a mortarboard is the number 20,163 and text reading "Undergraduate Degree plays." The background of the graphic is a group of students on Nickerson Field throwing their mortarboards up in the air.

Commencement 2021

How Many People Livestreamed BU’s 2021 Commencement? A Lot!

May 18, 2021

A composite of photos of decorated mortarboards

Class of 2021

Mortarboards: Class of 2021 Sends Messages of Thanks, Joy

May 18, 2021

A photo of the Cole family watching commencement from their back yard

Parents

BU Class of 2021 Parents Watch Commencement from Everywhere—Cafés, Couches, Cars

May 17, 2021

A photo of Angela, her daughter and mother

Commencement 2021

LAW Dean, Whose Mother Was a Child Bride in Nigeria, Shares Powerful Story of Resilience with Graduates

May 17, 2021

Commencement 2021

Video: Sights & Sounds from BU’s Historic 148th Commencement

May 17, 2021

Video: Sights & Sounds from BU’s Historic 148th Commencement