Groundbreaking Journalist Dorothy Gilliam Gives BU a Gift of History
The mother of Boston University’s president, and the first Black woman journalist at the Washington Post, donates her papers to Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.
Leading Womanist Ethicist and Theologian Named New MLK Professor of Religion and Black Studies at STH
Emilie Townes says she hopes to foster conversations in an increasingly polarized culture.
BU Celebrates 7,600 Graduates at Buoyant 151st Commencement
Ceremony includes small student walkout over war in Gaza and a farewell to President ad interim Kenneth Freeman.
BU Policies Protecting Free Speech to Get Fresh Look
As rhetoric nationwide intensifies, President Brown requests reviews and reports by fall In 1966, Edward Brooke (LAW’48,’50, Hon.’68) became the first African American popularly elected to the US Senate. Photo by BU Photography. Almost one-fifth of American undergraduates endorse violence to silence a campus speaker “known for making offensive and hurtful statements,” a 2017 survey […]
Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights
Georgia congressman has devoted his life to making #goodtrouble Congressman John Lewis (D.-Ga.) will receive a Doctor of Laws at BU’s 145th Commencement Sunday. Photo courtesy of US House of Representatives. If you had to choose one life to represent the best of America over the last century, John Lewis’ would be a good choice. […]