{"id":4328,"date":"2026-01-09T15:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/?page_id=4328"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:38:38","slug":"annual-address","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/updates\/annual-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Presidential Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, President Melissa Gilliam shares her thoughts and official updates with the Boston University community in a presidential address, complemented by remarks from the Board of Trustees and a few student performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the president discussed our path forward as a university:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\" bu-callout aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"charting-our-future\">\n<h3>Charting Our Future<\/h3>\n<h4>In the Heart of the City, in the Service of the World<\/h4>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTwK59M7Hrs?si=_E6ZCiveEgGneMQD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h6>Presented on January 28, 2026<\/h6>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h6>January 28, 2026\nLive stream begins at 4:00pm<\/h6>\n\n\n4:00-4:25pm: graduate student art gallery display\n4:30pm: program begins --><\/p>\n<p>Learn about the vision for Boston University\u2019s role in a changing world\u2014a future full of influential research, impactful service to our communities, and innovative, productive partnerships that advance our work to make the world a better place for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/first-annual-presidential-address-a-north-star-vision-for-the-future-of-boston-university\/\" class=\"button-primary\">Read President Gilliam&#8217;s Speech<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, President Melissa Gilliam shares her thoughts and official updates with the Boston University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1859,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4482,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4328\/revisions\/4482"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}