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Since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, security at BU’s Commencement has intensified, as attendees at last year’s event discovered.

University News

Security Dos and Don’ts

May 18, 2017

LAW’s Naomi Mann was inspired to seek social justice by her late father, a prominent doctor combating AIDS in the 1980s.

Awards

2017 Metcalf Cup and Prize Goes to LAW’s Naomi Mann

May 17, 2017

Freddy Franco of Wilder Painting refreshes the paint on Nickerson Field

Commencement Preparations

May 17, 2017

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Journalism & Media

POV: Now Is Not the Time to Cut Funding for Public Broadcasting

May 17, 2017

Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego

Science & Technology

Nobel Winner Mario Molina Is Baccalaureate Speaker

May 17, 2017

Marsh Chapel Choral Scholars and staff (top row, from left) Patrick T. Waters, Douglas Dodson, Ethan DePuy, and Sean Watland, conducting fellow; (middle row, from left) Justin Thomas Blackwell, Marsh Chapel associate director of music, Carey Shunskis, Kim Leeds, and Scott Allen Jarrett, Marsh Chapel director of music; (bottom row, from left) Junhan Choi and MaryRuth Lown.

University News

Marsh Chapel Program Grooms Vocalists for International Careers

May 16, 2017

Facilities ground crew members planting flowers

Planting

May 16, 2017

David Ortiz aka Big Papi

Baseball

Thank You, Big Papi

May 16, 2017

Gary Lawson, Philip S. Beck Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, and winner of the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty

A Very Different Path to Excellence

May 16, 2017

Yuanhao Zhang drumming

Drum Circle

May 15, 2017

Sophie Godley, winner of one of this year’s Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty

SPH’s Sophie Godley to Receive a 2017 Metcalf Award

May 15, 2017

Robert and Jeanne Knox have given more than three decades of collective service, and two children, to BU.

Trustees

Honorary Degrees Being Given to Robert A. and Jeanne Knox

May 15, 2017

BU students with elementary school music students

Making Music Program

May 15, 2017

Samantha Zipper packing up car

Moving Out

May 12, 2017

Boston University Seal Marsh Plaza

Students

Things to Cross Off Your Senior Bucket List

May 12, 2017

(From left) Alex Krieger, Dr. Zorica Pantic, Dr. Valerie Roberson, Dr. Robert Brown and Dr. Lee Pelton speak during "Forums on the Future: How Academic Institutions Play a Role in Boston's Future," at Boston Public Library

Forums on the Future

May 11, 2017

Oath Craft Pizza opened its fifth pizzeria, in Coolidge Corner

Arts & Culture

Lunch, Anyone? Oath Craft Pizza

May 11, 2017

Commencement

What Will the Class of 2017 Miss Most about BU?

May 11, 2017

The finding that immigrants commit fewer crimes than native Americans is not “particularly controversial,: says Christopher Salas-Wright.

Research

Immigrants Commit Less Crime, President Trump

May 11, 2017

Senior Week concludes with a classic New England clam back at Boston’s Lawn on D.

Students

Fun, Food, and Friends: Senior Week 2017

May 11, 2017

Fun, Food, and Friends: Senior Week 2017