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Tracy Schroeder, BU’s vice president of IS&T and chief data officer, is leaving for a position at the University of California, Berkeley.

Gary Nicksa is retiring from BU after 18 years in financial leadership, most recently as senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer.

For the 52nd consecutive year, the Westborough Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 23.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes about Ibram X. Kendi, the author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” and his Center for Antiracist Research, at Boston University.

The revelation, aired in a series of tweets from the award-winning author, was accompanied with words of praise for wife Sadiqa Kendi - who he said has been privately battling the disease for months.

Melissa L. Gilliam, the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University and a distinguished educator, scholar, research scientist, and physician, will be Boston University’s 11th president, the Boston trustees announced on Wednesday. She will assume the post July 1, 2024.

Ohio State University provost, physician, and scholar brings to BU her passion for the arts and humanities along with

Boston University announced today that Melissa L. Gilliam, MD, the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University, and a distinguished educator, scholar, research scientist and physician, will be Boston Universitys 11th president. She will assume the post on July 1, 2024.

Boston University has named Melissa L. Gilliam, executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University, as their next president, the school announced.

BU’s 11th president, Melissa L. Gilliam, beamed as she took the stage at the Tsai Performance Center to address the University community for the first time.