In 2020, a year marked by disaster, executives and communications professionals were thrown into economic, social and health frenzies — forced to adapt their policies and messaging to fit the fast-changing social climate. Four experts in business and public relations participated in a virtual conversation Wednesday to discuss tools businesses can use to communicate successfully during disasters.

Marketing professor Susan Fournier has been appointed dean of the Questrom School of Business after Dean Kenneth Freeman announced in November that he would step down from the position.

Boston University’s School of Management was renamed the Questrom School of Business  Monday as a result of a $50 million donation from Allen Questrom, an alumnus, and his wife Kelli Questrom. “Our...