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Boston University’s president Melissa L. Gilliam at her Inauguration. President Gilliam spoke to an audience of about 150 BU alumni, DC professionals, and Congress members during the BU in DC event, where she discussed the importance of advancing scientific research. KATE KOTLYAR/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU President Gilliam connects with students, alumni, government officials during DC trip

Alina Fairlie March 4, 2025
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam visited Washington, D.C. Feb. 26 and spoke to an audience of around 150 BU alumni, government workers and members of Congress about the importance of advancing scientific research.
Boston University’s 2015 Annual Report highlights the efforts to overcome challenges it faces with funding research. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINKSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s research challenges, achievements emphasized in Annual Report

Sekar Krisnauli January 28, 2016

Boston University released the 2015 Annual Report Tuesday, which highlighted the university’s overcoming challenges amid an “unsettled research environment.” Introduced to the BU community through...

Returns on education endowments averaged at 15.8 percent in 2014, according to a Monday report by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. PHOTO VIA 401KCALCULATOR.ORG

Return on college endowments averages at 15.8 percent, report finds

Remi Duhé November 7, 2014

Investment returns on educational endowments, such as the ones at Boston University, averaged 15.8 percent for the 2014 fiscal year, according to a Monday preliminary report by the National Association...

BU faces cuts to research funding, financial aid as result of sequester

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2013

Officials at Boston University are bracing for impending cuts to research funding and financial aid after U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law Friday as part of...

Groups stress need for federal research funding

Daily Free Press Admin November 26, 2012

Scheduled cuts to federal research university funding would be damaging to Boston University and might prevent students from job opportunities, students said. Elizabeth Aurand, a Sargent College of...

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