Commencement 2024
Commencement 2024
“We Are Called, My Friends, to Be Peacemakers,” Rev. Walter E. Fluker Tells Boston University’s Baccalaureate Audience
BU theology professor emeritus invokes alum Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59)
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For These Identical Triplets, BU Was a Chance to Stand Apart as Individuals
But Gabriella, Zoe, and Maya Rice still made the most of their time together before Commencement
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COM’s Newest Journalism Grad Took Her Time
Betsy Dribben left BU in 1968—55 years later she returned to finish her degree
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Introducing the Winners of the 2024 Metcalf Awards, BU’s Top Teaching Honors
Professors from SPH and CAS recognized for mentoring and encouraging students to build critical thinking skills and friendships
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From Masks to Mortarboards: Class of 2024 Reflects on a Unique Four Years
In this video, seniors talk about the challenges of starting college at the height of COVID and their hopes for a celebratory graduation
May 15, 2024
Current Issue
Winter-Spring 2024
Accolades
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members
Sociologist Deborah Carr, author Jhumpa Lahiri, journalist Kevin Merida among those honored
Books
Restoring the “Black Angels” to Medical History
Alum’s book chronicles role of Black nurses in the fight against tuberculosis
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Browse Sections
Arts & Culture
- Reading List: What the Pandemic Revealed
- Spreading Art Appreciation
- Restoring the “Black Angels” to Medical History
Business & Economics
- COM’s Newest Journalism Grad Took Her Time
- Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict
- BU’s Most Powerful Women, and Other Forbes Influencers
Class Notes
See all storiesEducation & Social Service
- One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)
- My Big Idea: Blending Wildlife Conservation and Human Welfare
- Opening Doors: Janet Krause Jones (COM’74), cofounder of the Single Mom Project
Feedback
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on BU’s New President, COM’s New Expert on Misinformation, and What’s Really Dividing the Nation
- Feedback: Readers Weigh In on Boston’s New Police Commissioner, Alum Michael Cox, and BU’s Research and Discovery
- Feedback: “We Are Not Way Past” Systemic Racism
Government & Law
- Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?
- Campus Reacts and Responds to Israel-Hamas War
- Alum Beata Coloyan Is Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “Eyes and Ears” in Boston Neighborhoods
Health & Medicine
- One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)
- A Guide to Black Women’s Health
- Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement
Science & Technology
- Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?
- Alum Has Traveled the World to Witness Total Solar Eclipses
- Opening Doors: Rhonda Harrison (ENG’98,’04, GRS’04)
Sports
- Former Terriers Power New Professional Women’s Hockey League
- Meet Brad Cashew: Pro Wrestler and Local Legend Fans Go Nuts Over
- When an Unknown Coach Named Rick Pitino Helped Lift BU Men’s Basketball to New Heights
Tributes
- Remembering COM’s David Anable, CAS’ John Stone
- “Intellectual Brilliance and Brilliant Kindness”
- The Gifts of Great Teaching
University News
- Campus Reacts and Responds to Israel-Hamas War
- William Fairfield Warren Society Inducts New Members
- STH’s Walter Fluker Honored by Roosevelt Institute