Letters & Writings
COVID-19 Responsibility and Compliance
October 20, 2020 Dear Boston University Students, We are writing to reinforce the importance of complying with all the testing requirements and distance and gathering protocols we have put in place to keep our community safe... More
Election Day, Guidance for Supervisors
October 14, 2020 Dear Colleagues, We are approaching one of the most important elections in American history, one that will determine our direction and leadership during a time of national emergency and world disruption. It is... More
Planning for the Spring Semester
October 13, 2020 Dear Colleagues, As you receive this letter, we are well into the fall semester. We have returned to our campuses after months away and we are learning—perforce—to teach and conduct research with the... More
State of the University, Fall 2020
October 2, 2020 Dear Colleagues, Each fall I write to you to recap the preceding academic year and to offer a preview of the coming year. It is difficult to do this in early October of... More
Antiracism and Trustee Diversity Groups
September 29, 2020 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, Over the past several days, the University has taken additional steps to make good on our pledge to promote antiracism and ensure that our community is... More
Engaging Safely
September 25, 2020 Dear Boston University Students, We are certain you are aware that on Wednesday, after six months of deliberation, a Kentucky grand jury decided not to charge Louisville police officers with the murder of... More
Staying safe and healthy, our shared responsibility
August 28, 2020 Dear Boston University Students, The fall semester is about to start. Many of you have already moved back to your on- or off-campus residences over the last two weeks, and all will be... More
Protecting our community and each other
August 28, 2020 Dear Friends, The fall semester is about to start. Our residential students have been moving to campus over the last two weeks, and all will be here by the end of the coming... More
Healthway Dashboard and Testing Information for Faculty and Staff
August 17, 2020 Dear Colleagues, For more than four months we have been working to prepare to reopen Boston University and learning to live and work with COVID-19 in our midst. Our preparations are in place, More
Appointment of Andrea Taylor as Senior Diversity Officer
August 10, 2020 Dear Faculty and Staff of Boston University, I am writing to announce another important development in our growing efforts to make Boston University truly diverse, inclusive, and antiracist. Andrea Taylor, Boston University Trustee, alumna, More