Supporting Our Mission
Boston University Office of the President March 19, 2025 Dear Members of Boston University’s Faculty and Staff, As many students return from spring break, I am writing to address several issues currently affecting our University and other institutions throughout the nation. Budget Pressures Earlier this semester, I announced that we would slow spending in response […]
Fiscal Year 2026 Strategic Budget Announcement
Boston University Office of the President August 22, 2024 Dear University Leadership Group Colleagues, As we enter the fall semester and begin the fiscal 2026 budget cycle, we are announcing a shift in how we approach budgeting across all Provost and Administrative departments outside of the schools and colleges, excluding Metropolitan College. We will be […]
State of the University, Fall 2022
A letter from Boston University President Robert A. Brown: October 14, 2022 Dear Colleagues, We are approaching the halfway point of the fall semester, and to date we have had a very encouraging start. Even with COVID-19 still present, our highly vaccinated (and boosted) community has returned to near-normal activity in our classrooms, laboratories, libraries, […]
Boston University Fiscal 2024 Budget Process
October 3, 2022 Dear Colleagues: It is time to begin the official Fiscal Year 2024 Stage I budget development process. This letter launches the process and will set the general context for the budget submissions by all academic and administrative units of the University. All areas reporting to the University Provost have already received a […]
Boston University Fiscal 2023 Budget Process
October 5, 2021 Dear Colleagues, This letter officially launches the process for development of the University’s Fiscal Year 2023 Stage I budget and provides guidance and context as you prepare your submissions. All areas reporting to the University Provost and Chief Academic Officer have already received guidelines and topics to address in their narratives. The […]
State of the University, Fall 2021
A letter from Boston University President Robert A. Brown: October 4, 2021 Dear Colleagues, I write to you as we are well into the fall semester. I am proud of our staff and faculty who have worked diligently to make possible a nearly normal start to the academic year with close to 32,000 undergraduate and […]