Photo: Melissa L. Gilliam sits in the leather chair that belonged to one of BU’s founders, Isaac Rich. The chair was used in 1869 when a petition was signed to charter BU as a new corporation.

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Photo: Boston University's new president Melissa Gilliam, a black woman with short dark hair in a red BU Hockey jersey, standing amongst a crowd of people with a large smile mid-conversation
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