Letters & Writings
Welcome Letter to College of General Studies Students on Learn from Anywhere
June 9, 2020 Dear Boston University Students and Families, I hope this email finds you and your family safe and well during these unsettling times. I am writing to welcome you to the Boston University academic... More
Welcome Letter to Incoming Students on Learn from Anywhere
June 9, 2020 Dear Boston University Students and Families, I hope this email finds you and your family safe and well during these unsettling times. I am writing to welcome you to the Boston University academic... More
Letter to Returning Students on Learn from Anywhere
June 9, 2020 Dear Boston University Students and Families, I hope this email finds you and your family safe and well during these unsettling times. I very much appreciate all the effort you put into the... More
Following up on Monday’s Letter to the Community
June 3, 2020 Dear Friends, On Monday, I sent a letter to the BU community to express my horror at the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd at the hands of police officers... More
Our Challenge in a Time of Crisis
June 1, 2020 Dear Friends, In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and our efforts to restore campus operations, our nation has been rocked by acts of violence and ensuing unrest and disruption that have now... More
Planning for Uncertain Times
May 19, 2020 Dear Colleagues, Over the past two months I have written to inform you about our actions to mitigate the emerging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Boston University. We are now at a... More
Looking Ahead
May 8, 2020 Dear Colleagues, It has been several weeks since I last wrote to you to update you on the status of the University’s planning for recovering our residential campus and the impact that the... More
Message from President Brown: Budget Contingencies
April 17, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I am writing you as we conclude the fourth week of having a nearly deserted campus, with our faculty teaching and students learning remotely. I am deeply grateful for the extraordinary... More
Changes in Summer Sessions for 2020
April 7, 2020 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, Over the last few weeks, we—like all of you—have been carefully watching the evolving impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of us hope to return to... More
COVID-19 Update to Faculty and Staff from President Brown
Dear Colleagues, I hope this email finds you and your family safe and well. March 2020 seemed like an eternity from beginning to end, as we settled into the strange new routine of teaching remotely and... More