Letter to Boston University Parents on Coronavirus
March 14, 2020 Dear BU Parent, With spring break coming to a close and with the second half of the spring semester about to begin, we are writing to inform you of Boston University’s most recent efforts to ensure the health and well-being of our students, which is our highest priority. We are also working […]
Maintaining Normal Business and Administrative Services
March 11, 2020 Dear University Faculty & Staff, The University’s decision to move to online classes and to postpone or cancel University meetings and events will not affect the several thousand international and graduate students who cannot travel home or must stay on campus to continue their research. While we hope and expect a large […]
Updated Letter to the Community on Coronavirus
March 11, 2020 Dear Friends, Over the past few months, our leadership team has closely monitored the growing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak both internationally and locally. Our first priority is to ensure the health and well-being of our community, while also making sure that our students are able to complete their courses and […]
Letter to the Community on Coronavirus
February 3, 2020 Dear Friends, I am writing to follow up on ongoing communications you have received about coronavirus—more formally known as 2019-nCoV. We have established a working group that is monitoring the virus as it materializes in different locations around the globe. And we have contingency plans in place for the possibility of an […]
Research Security and Conflicts of Commitment
January 31, 2020 Dear Colleagues, In the past several years, the federal government (including the agencies that sponsor much of the research at Boston University) has become increasingly concerned that some foreign governments do not hold the same values that we hold in the United States and that these governments are taking unethical advantage of […]
State of the University, Fall 2019
October 1, 2019 Dear Colleagues, The 2019–2020 academic year at Boston University is off to an amazing start. There is activity in every corner of our campuses with undergraduate and graduate classes in full swing. The energy and enthusiasm of our students motivate us to continually seek ways to improve and advance Boston University. Since […]
Creation of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
June 21, 2019 Dear Friends: The world around us is becoming ever more interconnected and more engaged with computing and algorithms that are driven by machine learning, and which are based on ever more abundant data from every imaginable activity. Student demand for education in computing and data sciences is pervasive across our schools and […]
William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors Appointments
April 29, 2019 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of four of our colleagues as William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors. The Warren Professorship is the highest recognition that the University bestows on a faculty member. Christopher Chen, Michael Hasselmo, Xuefei Jin, and Ann McKee have been chosen to join this group, bringing […]
State of the University, Spring 2019
April 5, 2019 Dear Colleagues, The race is on to the end of the spring semester, as Commencement is about six weeks away. In this letter I want to focus on our efforts to build an interconnected university, a topic that I introduced in some detail last spring and where several important initiatives are underway. […]
Free Speech on Campus
February 12, 2019 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, Freedom of expression is a foundational guiding principle for an enduring democracy; it is both a check on power and a means to foster robust discourse. The Supreme Court has written that this freedom is “the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form […]