Thurman Center Turns Up Volume on Cultural, Racial Conversations
After meeting with numerous students, including leaders of groups representing communities of color and LGBTIQ students, President Brown establishes a task force to raise the profile of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground and make it even more impactful when it comes to cultural and racial discussions. To kick off the initiative, a series of community listening sessions is launched.
New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse
To address the opioid overdose crisis in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker had asked the deans of the commonwealth’s four medical schools (BU School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and University of Massachusetts Medical School) for help in designing a list of core competencies needing to be covered during medical school to help combat prescription drug misuse, addiction, and overdose fatalities.
Board of Trustees Elects Kenneth Feld Its New Chair
Kenneth Feld (Questrom’70), who chairs the $1.5 billion Campaign for Boston University and is one of the University’s most generous benefactors, is elected by the Board on December 10, 2015, and will officially begin his term in September. Feld succeeds Robert A. Knox (CAS’74, Questrom’75), who has served as Board chair since 2008.
Tanya Zlateva Appointed Dean of Metropolitan College
With more than 25 years of experience as a faculty member and administrative leader at MET, Dr. Zlateva, the interim dean since 2013, was seen as having the knowledge, capability, and vision to shape MET’s future as an innovator at the forefront of continuing education within an increasingly competitive environment.
University Commits $50 Million for CFA Renovations
The University is bringing the theater arts program back to Comm Ave after a 33-year residence at the Boston University Theatre on Huntington Avenue. To that end, a new studio theater and a production facility will be built on the 808 block and a makeover of 855 will replace its forbidding street-level concrete façade with arched windows.
New Military Health Center Up and Running
In light of the still largely unmet health needs of US service members and the breadth of expertise at BU, the School of Medicine launches the Center for Military & Post Deployment Health, which will coordinate the University’s many and various military-focused research and service projects.
BU Ranks #32 in Global Universities, Says U.S. News & World Report
BU jumps five spots in the latest ranking of the best “global universities” by U.S. News & World Report, rising to 32 from last year’s 37. It is the magazine’s second annual compilation in this category, and “affirms how competitive we continue to be among the world’s premier research universities,” says Jean Morrison, University provost and chief academic officer.
University Sells BU Theatre
In a move that concludes a mutually rewarding 33-year partnership with the highly regarded Huntington Theatre Company, the University decides to sell the 890-seat theater on Huntington Avenue and move College of Fine Arts production, design, and black box facilities to the Charles River Campus.
Campaign for Boston University Goal Boosted to $1.5 Billion
The singular success of the Campaign for Boston University, which had raised $888 million of its $1 billion goal two years before its scheduled close in 2017, persuades the Board of Trustees to boost the campaign’s goal to $1.5 billion and extend its run through 2019.
BU Ranks in Top 50 Universities Nationwide
Boston University moves up one notch, from 42 to 41, in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities. BU is also named to the lists of “high school counselors’ top college picks,” “foreign student factor,” and “best colleges for veterans.”
