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Commencement 2024

For This BU Employee, Commencement Will Be a Family Affair

May 14, 2024

WATCH NOW

Seniors Have Some Advice for Their First Year Selves

May 13, 2024

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Varsity Sports

BU Softball Claims Patriot League Title, Begins NCAA Tournament Play Friday

May 13, 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

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Decision to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug Is Long Overdue

May 9, 2024

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CELOP

ESL Classes Offered to BU Dining Services Workers

May 9, 2024

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Student Life

Sargent Senior Gives Back to His Native Nairobi—through Sports

May 9, 2024

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Advocacy

Providing Better Support to Disabled Survivors of Sexual Assault

May 9, 2024

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Music

Class of 2024: Songs That Remind You of Your Last Four Years at Boston University

May 8, 2024

Photo: Max Karambelas (ENG’24, CDS’24) (from left), George Trammell (CDS’24), Luis Mavarez (CAS’24), Andrea Rojas Doupovec (CFA’25, CAS’25), and Jimin Park (CAS’24) (not pictured) are the inventors of CloudWeaver. They all hold up their certificate showing they won.

Science & Technology

Cloud Computing Platform CloudWeaver Wins at Spring 2024 Spark! Demo Day

May 8, 2024

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Birding

A Birder’s Guide to Boston University

May 8, 2024

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Science & Technology

Boston Teens Pitch Biotech Concepts to BU “Investors” at Biological Design Center’s STEM Pathways Event

May 7, 2024

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Weekender

The Weekender: May 9 to 12

May 7, 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

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Style

Comm Ave Runway: May Edition

May 6, 2024

Photo: Shaw Hutton (CGS'23, CAS'25), an architectural studies major, spends his spare time making reproductions of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fashion

Stitching Together the Past

May 3, 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

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Commencement 2024

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

May 3, 2024

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