{"id":5,"date":"2017-03-16T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/office-of-the-president\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:12:20","slug":"office-of-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\nBoston University brings together under one roof excellence in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities. This cross-pollination of intellectual inquiry, scientific discovery, and creative exploration is an essential environment for innovative problem-solving and real-world impact.<br \/>\n<span>&#8212; President Gilliam<\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div class=\"meet-pres\">\n\n\n<h2>Meet Our President<\/h2>\n\n\n\nDr. Melissa L. Gilliam, a distinguished educator, scholar, research scientist, physician, and seasoned administrative leader, became Boston University\u2019s eleventh president on July 1, 2024.\n\n<a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/meet-our-president\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University brings together under one roof excellence in the arts, the sciences, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":2664,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"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\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4435,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/4435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}