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Awards

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Accolades

COM’s Michelle Sullivan Named 2025 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching Winner

May 13, 2025

John “Chip” Celenza, College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of biology, has been advising BU students for the better part of 30 years. Molly-Kate MacLeod, director of student academic experience in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, has been advising students since 2016. Both received this year’s Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards.

Awards

For Academic Advisor Award Winners, Students Are at the Heart of It All

May 6, 2025

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Accolades

This Year’s Perkins Winners Have a Half Century of BU Service Among Them

May 5, 2025

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Athletics Awards

2025 Scarlet & White Ceremony Honors Top Student Athletes and Coaches

April 30, 2025

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Accolades

Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown

April 25, 2025

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Innovation

25 Years of Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition Showcases Decades of BU Innovation

April 22, 2025

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Accolades

BU Honors Best Student Employees and Student Supervisor

April 18, 2025

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Photography

Check Out These Dazzling Images from BU Global Programs Annual Photo Contest

April 14, 2025

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Film & TV

Student-Directed Documentary of Immigrant Family Supporting Their Dying Mother Wins First Place at COM’s Redstone Film Festival

April 5, 2025

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 3 to 6

April 2, 2025

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Film & TV

BU Prof Produced Oscar-Nominated Short Film Anuja

February 26, 2025

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Accolades

CAS Senior Wins Renowned Marshall Scholarship

December 16, 2024

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Academics

Talent, and Scholarships, Power Boston Public School Students to BU

September 4, 2024

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Awards

Proposal to Push Space Junk to “Graveyard Orbit” Earns BU Duo First Prize in National Contest

June 3, 2024

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Commencement 2024

Quotes, Comments, and Cheers from BU’s 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

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Commencement 2024

Introducing the Winners of the 2024 Metcalf Awards, BU’s Top Teaching Honors

May 15, 2024

Arts & Culture

Kahn Award Will Carry Theater Arts Major Madeline Riddick-Seals Back to Alabama

May 10, 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

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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Innovation

Student Entrepreneurs Competed for a Chance at $72,000 in Prizes at Innovate@BU’s New Venture Night

April 30, 2024

Student Entrepreneurs Competed for a Chance at $72,000 in Prizes at Innovate@BU’s New Venture Night