From the Campaign Chairman
Dear friend of Boston University, This issue of our campaign newsletter brings extremely good news, which I am happy to share with you. In our last issue, I reported that at the time of our public launch in September of 2012, the campaign had raised more than $420 million in gifts and... More
Astronomy gets nine new computers
The campaign at work Room 606 in the College of Arts & Sciences Astronomy Department is the home of computers devoted to instruction in a number of astronomy classes. They play a critical role: enabling real-time data analysis by the undergraduates and graduate students who operate the telescopes on the roof... More
Volunteer Spotlight
Trustee SungEun Han-Andersen Member: Campaign Executive Committee, and International Advisory Board Co-chair: Campaign Kickoff Campaign volunteer SungEun Han-Andersen (CFA’85) has lived in many worlds, both geographically and professionally. She grew up in Seoul, South Korea, where—as a child piano prodigy—she attended music schools. She moved with her family to the New York area in... More
A million hours of community service
That’s what BU students are contributing to The Campaign for Boston University BU students are finding ways to make generous contributions to the University’s billion-dollar campaign—and not just by opening their wallets. They’re working to fulfill a campus-wide student pledge to complete one million hours of community service before the end... More
Common cause
Donors respond to Century Challenge Increasing the funds available for scholarships is one of the most important goals of The Campaign for Boston University. With that goal in mind, BU created an exciting new initiative: the Century Challenge. Here’s how it works: For any new endowed undergraduate scholarship commitment of $100,000 or... More
Around the world in 40 days
The campaign launches in Los Angeles and Dubai After a successful launch in Boston in September, The Campaign for Boston University went on the road to spread University news, campaign updates, and lots of excitement to alumni leaders and donors in Southern California and the Middle East. The two events, attended... More
Campaign news shorts
BU gets a Moody’s upgrade Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded its assessment of BU’s credit-worthiness—a thumbs-up that contrasts sharply with the generally pessimistic review that the firm gave higher education earlier this year. BU’s bond rating was raised to A1 from A2. (Moody’s rating system ranges from Aaa to C, and... More
$4M Shipley gift creates Beverly Brown Professorship
Thanks to a $4 million gift from BU Trustee Richard Shipley (SMG’68, GSM’72), a new professorship has been named in recognition of public health advocate Beverly A. Brown. The Beverly A. Brown Professorship honors Brown, wife of BU President Robert A. Brown, for her commitment to BU’s Center for Global Health... More
New $7 million gift from Frederick Pardee
Amid the horrors and destruction of World War II, Frederick Pardee (SMG’54, GSM’54, Hon.’06) began dreaming of peace among nations. After graduating from the BU School of Management in 1954—where, he recalls, that vision of a peaceful world was nurtured—and a stint in the Air Force, Pardee took a $7,500-a-year economist’s... More
Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund established
A memorial scholarship fund has been established at BU in the name of Lu Lingzi (GRS’14), the BU graduate student who was one of three people killed during the Boston Marathon bomb attacks on April 15. “It’s a fitting tribute and the right thing to do,” says Kenneth Feld (SMG’70), a... More
BU Today Campaign News
- Marriott Foundation Gives $1 Million to School of Hospitality Administration May 9, 2013
- BU Scholarship to Honor Lu Lingzi April 18, 2013
- Pursuing Human Progress, Frederick Pardee Gives $7 Million March 20, 2013
- Trustee Richard Shipley’s Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship March 5, 2013
- Century Challenge: Twice the Financial Aid to 100 Years of Students October 9, 2012
- Lack Professorship Fueled by $2.5 Million Gift October 4, 2012
- Students Pledge One Million Hours of Service October 3, 2012
- Behind the Curtain of BU’s Fundraising Campaign October 1, 2012
- Kilachand Honors College Students Get Their Own Home September 27, 2012
- One Address, Many Stories September 27, 2012
