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A sea of Boston University graduates in caps and gowns

Commencement 2022

FAQ: What You Need to Know about the Class of 2022 Commencement

May 13, 2022

Collage: Bottom of images features headshots from left to right of: COM Associate Dean Michelle Sullivan, Craig Andrade, Pedro Falci, Chief Health Officer and Executive Director of Student Health Services (SHS) Dr. Judy Platt, Newbury Center’s Maria Erb, and Professor Constance Brown. Graduation imagery is strewn around image of: Graduation caps thrown in the air, a calculator that reads "tax", a torn piece of paper that reads "courage", a yellow sign that reads "breathe" an Apple laptop, and a red "adulting" stamp. Text on image reads "Advice to the class of 2022"

Watch Now

Advice to the Class of 2022: “Live Fearlessly”

May 13, 2022

Constance Browne’s passion for justice made her a School of Law professor, and now she’s the winner of the Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s highest award for teaching. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Teacher and Lawyer, Constance Browne Is Driven by Social Justice

May 13, 2022

Photo of Eden McColl (SHA 21) and Morgan Michelson (SHA 21) playing a game of Jenga during Senior Week. The pair sit on wooden adirondack chairs, as McColl holds the tower from tipping over and Michelson attempts to place a piece on top. Both students wear black, Michelson wears a Red Sox hat. Behind them, a white tent and other students are seen on the BU beach.

Senior Week

The 2022 Senior Week Lineup

May 12, 2022

Photo of Rebecca Chang (CAS’22), left, June Lin (Questrom’22), middle and Victoria Phang (Questrom’22), right, smiling and laughing as they watching the slideshow during senior class breakfast at the GSU’s Metcalf Ballroom May 5. The three all appear to be AAPI women. Behind them, their table is covered with breakfast food and glasses filled with orange juice.

Commencement 2022

Pulitzer-Winning Journalist and Author Bob Woodward Will Be BU’s 149th Commencement Speaker

May 4, 2022

Just For Fun

Seven Memes That Describe Being a Second-Semester Senior

May 3, 2022

A composite image of profiles of Cheryl Hercules, Maria Ochua and Jeffrey Brunz

Commencement

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

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