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How to get in, who must Zoom in, COVID test requirements, how to pick up your new college graduate, and more
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With two graduation ceremonies, one for undergraduates and another for advanced degree recipients, neither with in-person family members and guests, and all held under COVID-19 safety protocols (including mandatory masks on Nickerson Field), Boston University’s May 16 All-University Commencement will be like no other.
to attend. Here are some answers to a range of questions, compiled with information from the University’s Commencement website and BU leaders.
Voices & Opinion
“We need wholesale reform, not just piecemeal changes”
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People in Minneapolis, Minn., celebrate on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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The verdict came quickly. Barely 24 hours after closing arguments concluded Monday in the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, jurors on Tuesday rendered their judgment: guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
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Stacey Harris knows how important it is to be heard, because for a long time she wasn’t.
“My parents just were not expecting
me,” she says. “The queer, blue-haired Harvard Square kid just didn’t work for them. They didn’t get it, so they couldn’t get me. And it was very hard. So from 13 on, I wasn’t really with them.”
In the long run she has thrived, with a happy family of her own and a career as Boston University’s associate director of Disability & Access Services, a post she’s held since 2014. But she hasn’t forgotten how difficult life can be when you can’t say what you mean or when the people you need to hear you aren’t listening. That’s a big reason why she’s spearheading Boston University’s new Student Conflict Resolution Program.