Category: Campus
Student Village 2 Opens
The new dorm stands at 33 Harry Agganis Way, on the street named after Red Sox first baseman Agganis (SED’54), BU’s most celebrated athlete. And no, it’s not coincidence that the street address and the number Agganis wore on his jersey are identical. That said, the new building’s formal name seems unlikely to stick; pretty much everyone has adopted the nickname StuVi2 for the new high-rise.
First Geothermal Building
From the outside, 888 Commonwealth Avenue looks like an ordinary building. But 1,500 feet below the street is the core of Boston University’s first geothermal building, the home of BU's International Education Center. Six wells harness the earth’s energy to warm and cool the 95,000-square-foot space—without the use of fossil fuels—and allow for a 3,500-square-foot roof garden in the heart of the city.
Choosing to Be Great: BU Launches 10-Year Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan, titled "Choosing to Be Great: A Vision of Boston University—Past, Present, and Future," sets goals to be carried out over the next decade, with an initial focus on augmenting the programs that are seen as BU’s current strengths and a longer-term plan for recruitment and expansion throughout all schools and colleges. While the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, the School of Law, the School of Management, and the School of Medicine are all identified as key players in the early stages, broader goals include more research funding for students across the University and continued renovations of both residential and community facilities for use by students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
“The great strengths of Boston University are the breadth of excellence stored in its faculty, coupled with its focus on rigorous and well-delivered education. What has emerged is a plan that builds on this foundation, strengthens it, and leverages it to move toward a uniquely broad, but also collaborative University.”—Robert A. Brown
Endowment Reaches $1 Billion Mark
The University’s endowment reaches the $1 billion mark for the first time.
Development of Honors Program Started
The University announces the development of a new University-wide honors program and the phasing out of the University Professors Program as a freestanding unit.
SHA Gets a New Home
The new SHA building is dedicated on September 27, 2006. The new SHA building is dedicated in style, with Boston University President Robert A. Brown as the keynote speaker. "The dedication opens the doors to a new era for the School."
Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center
The Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Center (WHIRC) promotes interdisciplinary research on women's health at the Medical Campus by bringing bench scientists, clinical investigators, and public health researchers together to determine collaborative research directions and obtain funds.
The Institute for Athletic Coach Education
The Institute for Athletic Coach Education (IACE) in the School of Education at Boston University focuses on the need for education and training for youth sport coaches. The institute aims to provide present and future youth sport coaches with learning opportunities and resources to help them better understand their role and fulfill their responsibilities as leaders and educators in the community.
The Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security
The Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS) promotes and coordinates research and education in system reliability and information security by emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach that includes fields as diverse as reliable and secure computations, engineering, economics, ethics, and law. Current research areas include cryptology, network and software security, software safety, economic and game-theoretic approaches to Internet computing, database security, robust monitoring, and fair and secure file sharing.
Third BioSquare Building Addition
Boston University, Boston Medical Center, and developer Spaulding & Slye Colliers celebrate the opening of a new building at BioSquare in Boston’s South End. The eight-story, 160,000-square-foot laboratory is the third component of the two-million-square-foot biomedical research park, which at 14 acres is Boston’s largest.
“BioSquare is a thriving development, as this latest addition to its state-of-the-art biomedical research facilities affirms. Boston University is proud to partner with the City of Boston and with Boston Medical Center in helping to grow this important sector of our local and regional economies.” — Robert Brown, Boston University President
