{"id":98,"date":"2019-06-04T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:30:24","slug":"boston-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/guidelines\/editorial-style\/boston-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an initial mention of \u201cBoston University,\u201d it is acceptable to use the informal \u201cBU\u201d (without periods) in subsequent references. Use \u201cBU\u201d only in a familiar context where the reader will know who we are, since there are other universities with the initials \u201cBU.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In running text, capitalize the word \u201cUniversity\u201d when used alone to refer specifically to Boston University:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"editorial-sample\">\n<li>President Melissa Gilliam presented the plan at a recent University leadership retreat.<\/li>\n<li>The University encourages student involvement in the Boston community.<\/li>\n<li>The University has 17 schools and colleges and the Faculty of Computing &amp; Data Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>When using \u201cuniversity\u201d in a general sense, it is lowercase in running text:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"editorial-sample\">\n<li>We are the largest university in Boston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Capitalize \u201cCharles River Campus,\u201d \u201cFenway Campus,\u201d and \u201cMedical Campus,\u201d but lowercase \u201ccampus\u201d when using it alone.<\/p>\n<p>For all other entities within Boston University, after the first full use of a proper name, lowercase the words \u201cschool\u201d or \u201ccollege,\u201d \u201ccenter,\u201d and \u201cinstitute\u201d when used alone:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"editorial-sample\">\n<li>ENG sponsors many events for visiting experts at the college.<\/li>\n<li>At COM, you will gain hands-on experience in the college\u2019s AdLab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an initial mention of \u201cBoston University,\u201d it is acceptable to use the informal \u201cBU\u201d (without periods) in subsequent references. Use \u201cBU\u201d only in a familiar context where the reader will know who we are, since there are other universities with the initials \u201cBU.\u201d In running text, capitalize the word \u201cUniversity\u201d when used alone to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14430,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/3153"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}