Letters & Writings
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... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
Plans for Commencement 2021
February 25, 2021 Dear Prospective May 2021 Graduates and Families, We have begun the spring 2021 semester with signs of hope after the protracted disruption and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am proud of how... More
Vaccine Distribution at Boston University
January 14, 2021 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, The new year is with us. I, like many of you, have never been so pleased to turn the page on the calendar. We are starting... More
Yesterday’s Events in Washington
January 7, 2021 Dear Members of the Boston University Community: January 6, 2021 will go down in history as one of the darkest days in the United States since our founding. Yesterday’s violent occupation of our... More
Establishment of Community Safety Advisory Group
December 7, 2020 Dear Boston University Community, In a letter to the community on June 23, I took the first step toward establishing a Community Safety Advisory Group to advise me, our Chief of Police Kelly... More
A Thanksgiving Message from President Brown
November 25, 2020 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, We face a Thanksgiving Day like no other we have seen in our lifetime. During a holiday when we look forward to being with family and... More
Approaching the Presidential Election
October 26, 2020 Dear Friends, We are fast approaching a presidential election that is, I believe, the most consequential in a century. I know many of you are deeply immersed in the issues and concerned about... More