Category: Dean JCF’s Corner

Security Reminder: Protecting your mobile devices

The following message was sent to all faculty, staff and students on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 by Boston University’s Information Security. For more information reach out to buinfosec@bu.edu  Dear Faculty, Students and Staff, Laptops, smartphones, and tablets – rarely do we leave home without them. We use them to do just about everything but whether […]

With Gratitude

The following was sent to all students on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Friends, I see the sacrifices, loss, disruption, and good spirit, that has been required from you, so that we can all say that we are “still here” – daily symptoms surveys, weekly tests, and masks indoors. Like so many, I am proud of […]

Your Upcoming Halloween Adventures

The following message was sent to all students on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 Dear Friends, Sweet dreams of pleasant surprises from our routines that are about to happen within the annual festiveness that comes with Halloween. (Cue the eye roll right about now!) We hope folks get the aesthetic of your costume; and, that your […]

Civic Engagement and YOU!

The following message was sent to all students on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 Friends, The timbre of the times has many of us reflecting, talking, and acting (hopefully with each other). We are discussing elections; arguing about campus, national and global political climates; and being publicly and collectively active around the issues for which we […]

Smart Celebrations

The following message was sent to all students on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 Friends, It is time for a belated annual celebration in this city: the Boston Marathon. This weekend, people from all over the world are on their way to Boston to watch, run and enjoy the world’s oldest annual marathon on Indigenous People’s […]

Fraud Alert – Notice from the BUPD

This message was sent to all members of the BU Community on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 from the BUPD.  Please find information below regarding recent fraudulent activity that has occurred on the Charles River Campus. Summary of Incidents: There have been four reported incidents in our community since September 6, 2021, starting with the most […]

Common Ground Begins Here

The following message was sent to all students on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021   “They embraced. They squeezed. They swayed.” — from Laura Zornosa’s  ‘1, 2, 3 … Exhale Together’: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last (definitely worth spending time with this)   Friends, As we make our own journeys, we have completed, together, another trip.  […]

September 11 Reflections

The following was sent to all students, on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. 10 September 2021 Beloved, As you know, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, killed nearly 3,000 people. We tragically lost several BU Alums and many loved ones. Marsh Chapel will lead our community in an observance in remembering the twentieth anniversary of the […]