As our most recent graduates head off for the summer, we wish them the very best of luck on the next step of their journeys at college and beyond. From California to Canada, down the block and across the Atlantic, and many places in between, the BUA Class of 2022 is making their mark on […]
On Monday, May 23, Boston University Academy hosted its 28th commencement exercise at BU’s Tsai Performance Center. The 45 members of the BUA Class of 2022 crossed the stage to receive their diplomas from Boston University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Jean Morrison and BUA Head of School Chris Kolovos. Dustin Zhang ’22 and Henry […]
BUA junior Aditya Venkatesh ’23 presented a proposal entitled “Learning to Love Learning: A Positive Feedback Loop Approach to Combating Procrastination” at Harvard’s Global Health and Leader Conference on April 23-24 as part of the Community Pitch Competition, in which students research and design a health-related project that they want to implement in their home […]
Over the past many months, BUA Music Instructor Dr. Brett Abigaña has been toiling away in his basement, building BUA its very own organ — a thing of beauty and a true labor of love. In a note to the BUA community on April 29, Dr. Abigaña wrote: “We have a lot of very cool […]
In an April 28 letter to the BUA community, Head of School Chris Kolovos announced the appointment of Robert O’Rourke as BUA’s next director of college counseling. He writes: After a highly competitive nationwide search, I’m delighted to announce that Mr. Robert O’Rourke will be joining BUA as our next Director of College Counseling beginning […]
Boston University’s Department of Classical Studies named BUA junior Emmanuel Smirnakis ’23 the inaugural winner of the Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award. The award, established in 2022 and funded by a generous gift from Prof. Roselita Fragoudakis in memory of her father, will be given out annually to a student who demonstrates outstanding achievement in the study […]
On Friday, April 8, over 200 students, parents, siblings, faculty, and staff gathered in a transformed BUA gym to for the school’s first in-person community event in over two years! Families contributed a wealth of dishes from all over the globe, from Chinese moon cakes and Ethiopian injera, to Lebanese kishk pies and Norwegian lefse. […]
Congratulations to this year’s Small Independent School Arts League Art Show (SISAL) winners: 1st Place – Drawing: Michelle Qian ‘24 1st Place – Photography: Sitarah Lakhani ‘22 3rd Place – Digital Art: Angie Zhong ‘22 Honorable Mention – Drawing: Robbie Mulroy ‘24 Honorable Mention – Digital Art: Ava Brilman ‘25 If you missed the virtual SISAL Awards Art Show on April […]
BUA’s Tanay Nambiar ’22 and Rohan Biju ’23 won the Congressional App Challenge for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, represented by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, with their Ping app. Ping centralizes all flood-related communication through the use of a map; users can mark the location of a flood, an obstruction, or flood relief camps or can request resources like shelter, […]
Seven members of the BUA Class of 2022 have been identified as candidates for the US Presidential Scholars Program. Each candidate has the opportunity to complete an application for further consideration. The US Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of the nation’s most […]