Tiye Barnes, a graduate of South Carolina’s Claflin University, just joined BU’s student body as the first recipient of a scholarship offered by BU’s College of Communication as part of an effort...
In less than two centuries, a countryside theological seminary blossomed into a leading global research university. Here is a walk down memory lane, BU edition.
April 24, 1839
A group of Boston Methodist ministers establishes a theological school in Newbury, Vt., called the Newbury Biblical Institute, which would later become the BU School of Theology.
1847
The...
