Boston University President Robert Brown and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will host a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss Menino’s future after his tenure as mayor is complete, officials confirmed.
Menino and Brown will speak at 10 a.m. at 100 Bay State Road, BU spokesman Colin Riley said. Both BU officials and officials from Menino’s office declined to add any further detail.
This news comes in the wake of several news outlets’ reports that Menino will continue his career at BU after leaving his position at City Hall. Menino will leave office on Jan. 6, 2014 to be replaced by mayor-elect Martin Walsh.
The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Menino will direct BU’s new Initiative on Cities, which will study urban issues all over the world. The Initiative on Cities falls within BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, according to the article. The Center was created in 2000 and recently received an additional $7 million gift from Pardee, a prominent BU alumnus.
