Boston University administrators warned the BU community of a $10 million budget gap for the fiscal 2010 budget at the start of the spring 2009 semester, but after cutting some administrative corners, the fiscal 2010 budget is officially balanced, BU officials said.
After School of Medicine second-year student Phillip Markoff was arrested April 20 and charged with the murder of 26-year-old Julissa Brisman and with the armed robbery and kidnapping of Trisha Leffler, 29, the Office of Admissions began to hide copies of The Daily Free Press with headlines about Markoff from groups of prospective students, according to an April 23 Daily Free Press article.
Boston University officials said the school is ready to fully cooperate with health officials if H1N1, or swine flu, reaches Boston considering two cases were confirmed in Lowell Wednesday.
Michael Flaherty, Kevin McCrea, current Mayor Thomas Menino and Sam Yoon have different backgrounds and platforms, but all hope to gain the highest public office in Boston next November.
The economic downturn plaguing the American economy has also spawned major issues that Boston has dealt with over the past four months, including a state and city-wide budget deficit, a clash between two neighborhoods and a historic newspaper with its head on the chopping block.
As Boston University’s President Robert Brown’s Sustainability Committee becomes a reality with a Steering Committee and four working groups, the plan to tackle the daunting task of greening BU’s campus is slowly becoming feasible.