By any measure, 2013 was a banner year for BU. The University was invited to join the\u00a0Association of American Universities<\/a>, a consortium of 61 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. We also\u00a0joined edX<\/a>, the MIT- and Harvard-led online learning consortium, taking our digital education efforts to new levels. Last year also saw the entry of several BU sports teams into the\u00a0Patriot League<\/a>. And we kicked off the\u00a0Campaign for BU<\/a>, a $1 billion fundraising effort, the largest in the University\u2019s history.<\/p>\n Behind all those achievements are the thousands of students, faculty, and staff who in President Robert A. Brown\u2019s words are \u201cdriving our progress.\u201d Some of their stories\u2014each told in approximately 60-second videos\u2014are the subject of this year\u2019s\u00a0annual report<\/a>, titled\u00a0Our Radical Year<\/em>.<\/p>\n In this most recent annual report, women\u2019s field hockey head coach Sally Starr talks about the new $24 million New Balance Field, history major Diana Griffin (CAS\u201913) describes her opportunity to travel to London to study primary source documents for her thesis on Elizabeth I, Jim Petosa, director of the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre, talks about that moment when acting students find their voice, and Ruha Benjamin, a College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of sociology, explains the social cost of high-tech medicine.<\/p>\n