Trustee Bahaa Hariri Pledges $15M for New Computing Institute
Computation has become academia’s lifeblood, coursing through virtually every field of study. Recognizing its importance, Boston University trustee Bahaa Hariri (SMG’90) has pledged $15 million for an...
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$25 Million Gift Largest in BU History
Rajen Kilachand, a Dubai-based global entrepreneur, has pledged $25 million to support the Honors College, whose full name will become the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College in honor...
View ArticleGenerosity from Afar
After earning an MBA at BU in 1974, Rajen Kilachand returned to India, where he mastered and greatly expanded his family’s business. BU was a fond and faraway memory. Then, a few years ago, he got an...
View ArticleNew Overseers Appointed
Six new members with deep roots in the Boston University community joined the University’s Board of Overseers this fall. William D. Bloom, Cassandra M. Clay, Gerard H. Cohen, David E. Hollowell, Leif...
View ArticleSMG Receives $10 Million Gift
Allen Questrom (SMG’64), retired chief executive officer of several of the nation’s largest department and specialty stores, and his wife, Kelli, have made a second major gift to Boston University,...
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$2.5 Million Endows Robert A. Knox Professorship
Each year, 10 million children under the age of six die in the developing world from preventable causes. That figure comes, curiously, from an investment banker, Robert A. Knox, whose career might lead...
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The Campaign: First and Foremost
Why, after 173 years, is Boston University mounting its first comprehensive fundraising campaign? And why the daunting target of $1 billion, a figure that no school has ever aimed for in a first...
View ArticleLack Professorship Fueled by $2.5 Million Gift
Of the many unknowns clouding the future of journalism, none is more crucial than where the money will come from. Now, with the help of a $1.66 million gift from Bloomberg Media Group CEO Andy Lack...
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Moody’s Upgrades BU’s Bond Rating
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded BU’s creditworthiness, a thumbs-up that stands in conspicuous contrast to the dour outlook the firm gave higher education in general just last month. The rating...
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New Overseers Appointed
The four alumni new to the Board of Overseers are no strangers to Boston University. They bring decades of expertise in business, finance, education, and law to the board. At its April meeting, the...
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Board of Trustees Welcomes Four New Members
The four recently elected members of the Board of Trustees come from varied fields of expertise—business, finance, medicine, and religion. They are Peter J. Levine, a partner in venture capital firm...
View ArticleBU Gets New Top Legal Officer
Todd Klipp, the University’s top legal officer for the last quarter century, is stepping down from that job to concentrate on other duties, and President Robert A. Brown has named one of his deputies...
View ArticleNew Socially Responsible Investing Committee Meets This Week
The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI), whose formation was approved by the Board of Trustees last April, will meet for the first time this week. Approval of the committee was...
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The Producer: China’s Hugo Shong
Hugo Shong scrawls a number on a whiteboard in a conference room of the sixth-floor offices of IDG Capital Partners in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. “Three hundred million,” he says. “That’s how...
View ArticleBU Trustee Robert Hildreth Gives Record Gift to WBUR
BU trustee Robert Hildreth has given a record $1 million to WBUR, BU’s National Public Radio station, a gift that will allow the station to significantly expand its coverage of education. Hildreth’s...
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New Visitor Center Named in Honor of Alan and Sherry Leventhal
For many around campus, the names Alan and Sherry Leventhal may not ring any bells. But the Leventhal name will be one of the first that visitors to the Charles River Campus will see now that the two,...
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An Esteemed Name for BU’s Center for Student Services
University President Robert A. Brown has announced that BU’s Center for Student Services, which opened two years ago at 100 Bay State Road, will bear the name Yawkey Center, for the former Red Sox...
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Leaders Bring Expertise to BU Trustee and Overseer Boards
The Boston University Board of Trustees and Board of Overseers will gain from expanded expertise this fall with the addition of seven people who bring leadership skills from the worlds of finance,...
View ArticleUniversity Endowment Returns 16.7 Percent
As NPR’s Kai Ryssdal would say on Marketplace, cue the happy music. The University’s $1.5 billion-plus endowment outpaced expectations with a solid preliminary return on investment of 16.7 percent in...
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Campaign for Boston University Surges Forward
When BU announced just over two years ago that it was launching its first comprehensive fundraising campaign and that its goal was $1 billion, it seemed University officials were shooting for the...
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