Lucy ’25 shares a recap of the BUA Cross Country team’s race on October 22: The cross country team ran another amazing race this week on the familiar territory of Gann Academy. The team pushed through unexpected heat and extended hills and ended strong! It was a great race for spectators with three loops around […]
Metch ’25 shares the following recap of the BUA Boys Soccer team victory against Commonwealth at Fall Festival on October 18: Boston University Academy took the lead early, with Ollie ’25 opening up the scoreboard by tapping in a corner kick to make it 1-0 in the first half. Commonwealth fought fiercely, locking down BUA’s […]
BUA is delighted to present the 2024-2025 Distinguished Alumni Award to Major Lydia Hill ’11 for her service in the United States Air Force as well as for her advocacy on behalf of LGBTQIA airmen. This annual award, launched in 2022, goes to an alumnus/a who best exemplifies the values of BUA and has used those […]
Thirty-four percent of the Boston University Academy Class of 2025 received recognition in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program competition. The competition honors the nation’s scholastic champions and recognizes exceptional academic promise in high school seniors nationwide. Seventeen current BUA seniors were named National Merit Commended Scholars. Out of these 17 Commended Scholars, five BUA seniors were […]
Ada ’25 shares a recap of the BUA Cross Country team’s race on October 1, 2024: The cross country team crushed another hilly race at BISB this past Tuesday! The course started with an uphill battle, leading the runners into a partially wooded trail, and eventually back onto a pavement stretch. In honor of the […]
BUA senior Robbie Mulroy’s thesis project has the potential to impact the future of cancer research. For his senior thesis, Robbie ’24 is investigating the role of the CREB binding protein (CBP) in cancer under the guidance of BU Biology Professor Dr. Trevor Siggers as well as BUA Biology Teacher Dr. Colleen Krivacek, who by […]
This week, a guest column from Ilias Benmokrane ’24, founder and leader of the BUA Transit Club, appeared on the Mass Streetsblog. The column recaps the club’s signature Transit Races, shares why it’s important for students to be educated on the public transit resources available to them, and suggests improvement for the MBTA (there are […]
Boston University Academy is proud to share our first foray into the world of podcasting! The Demystifying Independent Schools Podcast debunks common misconceptions about independent schools – for example, that independent schools are not diverse, and that only the wealthy can afford an independent school education – and shares why independent schools are more affordable […]
On Tuesday, November 28, BUA junior Zach Daniel ’25 presented a paper entitled “Potential Applications of Electrically Conductive Concrete” at the Materials Research Society’s conference at the Hynes Convention Center. Zach’s research, which he carried out in partnership with three other students from area schools, explored special concrete that conducts electricity for de-icing roads, controlling surface […]
Kaitlyn Tan ’26 recently competed in her first Junior World Cup fencing meet in Lima, Peru, earning 6th place in the Cadet Foil event as the youngest amongst the top eight finishers. The Junior’s World Cup is a competition for women’s fencers who are 19 years old and younger. Last week, she also competed in […]