Message from President Brown: The Chauvin Trial
Dear Friends, On Thursday, the defense rested its case in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd, and jury deliberations are likely to begin this afternoon. Like many of you, I have followed the trial intently and with apprehension, and fervently hope that the verdict will bring justice […]
Important Update to Commencement Plans for May 2021
April 16, 2021 Dear Friends: I write to provide an update on our planning for our 2021 Commencement. In February I wrote to our graduating seniors and graduate students to announce that we intended to hold our all-University in-person Commencement at Nickerson Field on May 16. Following that announcement, we conducted a survey of prospective […]
Vaccination and the Fall Semester at Boston University: Letter to Faculty and Staff
April 12, 2021 Dear Colleagues, We are moving closer to the end of the spring semester and the completion of a successful academic year, even with the COVID-19 virus in our midst. Throughout the year, we have maintained our residential campuses by adopting a rigorous set of public health protocols, coupled with a comprehensive testing […]
Vaccination and the Fall Semester at Boston University
April 9, 2021 Dear Friends, We are moving closer to the end of the spring semester and the completion of a successful academic year, even with the COVID-19 virus in our midst. Throughout the year, we have maintained our residential campuses by adopting a rigorous set of public health protocols, coupled with a comprehensive testing […]
Upcoming Enhancements to Faculty and Staff Benefits
April 5, 2021 Dear Colleagues, As we continue to look forward beyond the challenges of the past year, we are grateful for your unwavering hard work during these unprecedented times. Your continued efforts have made it possible for us to advance the education of our students and sustain our research enterprise. As we approach the […]
Violence Against Asians and Asian Americans
March 18, 2021 Dear Friends, The rising tide of violence and harassment directed at Asians and Asian Americans that has been recorded in recent years is deeply disturbing and reminds us that bigotry is embedded in human character and in our society. This week, we learned of the murders of Asian Americans in Atlanta. While […]
Please join us for Commencement, May 2021
March 15, 2021 Dear Class of 2021 January Graduates, I am writing with important information about Commencement for January 2021 graduates. Since announcing plans for our ceremony in May, we have heard from many students and parents who were disappointed with the decision to include January 2021 graduates in our October celebration. We have reconsidered […]
A Letter to Boston University Faculty and Staff
March 12, 2021 Dear Friends, My spring letter to you has a focus very different from that of previous letters. We are en route to successfully concluding an academic year that has been exceptionally difficult for everyone in our community. COVID-19 has presented unique challenges for all of us, at work and at home. I […]
A Letter to Boston University Students and Parents
March 12, 2021 Dear Boston University Students and Parents, It has been a long year in Boston with COVID-19, but Boston University has fared well as we move toward the halfway point of the spring semester. To ensure that our students could continue to make academic progress, we implemented extraordinary measures. Our campuses reopened last […]
Commencement Plans for May 2020 Graduates and Graduates from September 2019 – January 2021
February 25, 2021 Dear Friends, When I first wrote to you with the disappointing news that we needed to cancel the May 2020 Commencement ceremony at Nickerson Field, we were just learning of the scale and ferocity of the COVID-19 pandemic. None of the early projections about the likely course of the disease proved reliable, […]