Boston University is launching the public phase of its first full-fledged fund-raising campaign, a billion-dollar effort, with an 82-event alumni extravaganza Saturday, culminating in a Boston Pops concert at Agganis Arena.
In many respects, the public push is well timed. It follows seven years of financial and academic improvements at the school and two years of a “quiet phase” of fund-raising that has already raked in $420 million. On Friday night the school announced a major new donation: $10 million from Dubai-based entrepreneur Rajen Kilachand, on top of the $25 million he has already given, the largest donation in BU’s history.
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What a surprise, BU grads that don't know what's going o n in the world...
Mary Carmichael really needs to get over her obsession with BU hockey.