Public Safety Message from President Brown
January 30, 2013 To the Boston University Community: With deep concern I write again to update you on an armed robbery. Most of you will, I hope, have received the alert from the Boston University Police reporting that at 8:30 last night an individual (a Boston University researcher) was attacked at Browne and Pleasant Streets […]
The Association of American Universities
November 5, 2012 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you the great news that the Association of American Universities (AAU) has elected Boston University to membership. The AAU is a nonprofit organization consisting of the 61 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada. The decision by the AAU’s […]
State of the University, Fall 2012
Dear Colleagues, The last month has been the busiest start to a semester that I can recall at Boston University. In addition to beginning our academic year by welcoming the best freshman class in our history, we have held a series of events marking the historic public launch of our first comprehensive fundraising campaign—the Campaign […]
Announcing New Council on Educational Technology & Learning Innovation
Much has been written in recent years about the potentially transformative impact of new, technology-enabled teaching methods on higher education. From higher education analysts and leaders to the popular press, new initiatives, research, and commentary on this topic appear daily, expressing enthusiasm, delivering rebukes, and sounding alarms. Simultaneously, the recession has brought into focus the […]
Response to Recent Armed Robberies
Dear Boston University students, parents, faculty, and staff: I am writing to update you on the steps we are taking to address the very understandable concerns about the series of armed robberies involving BU students that have occurred near, and now on, our campus. We are working closely with Brookline police who have jurisdiction for […]
Letter Announcing Findings of Men’s Ice Hockey Task Force
Dear Colleagues: Last spring, after two members of our men’s ice hockey team were accused of sexual assault, I established a Task Force of faculty, staff, trustees, and overseers to review and assess this program. The Task Force was charged with determining whether the culture and climate of the program could have contributed to the […]
State of the University, Spring 2012
Dear Colleagues: The 2011-2012 academic year is in the final stretch as we prepare for another outstanding class to march onto Nickerson Field for graduation on Sunday, May 20th. All the highlights and progress we have made throughout the year, and the joys associated with commencement, lose some of their luster in the wake of […]
Message From Boston University President About Tragedy in New Zealand
To Members of the Boston University Community: As most among you will have heard by now, our community has experienced a dreadful tragedy. Yesterday evening we learned that three of our students were killed in a motor vehicle accident near Auckland, New Zealand. A fourth suffered very serious, life-threatening injuries. Four other Boston University students […]
Message from President Brown about a Tragedy
To Members of the Boston University Community: As most of you will have heard, one of our graduate students was shot and killed early this morning — shortly after midnight — at 139 Allston Street, approximately one mile west of our campus. Boston Police and Boston University Police are investigating the circumstances of this dreadful […]
Men’s Ice Hockey Task Force
Message to the Boston University Community As you know from my February 23 announcement, I am convening a Task Force on Men’s Hockey which will examine the culture of our men’s ice hockey team and report back to me in the summer. I am writing to let you know that the formation of the Task […]