Boston University

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higher education institution nonprofit organization private research university

Boston University is a major private research university in Boston known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to scholarship and innovation.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Boston University administration 2
Boston University campus 2
BU College of Arts & Sciences 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf higher education institution ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
private research university ⓘ
abbreviation BU ⓘ
athleticsDivision NCAA Division I ⓘ
athleticsNickname Terriers ⓘ
campusType urban campus ⓘ
controlType private ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endowment over 3 billion US dollars ⓘ
formerReligiousAffiliation Methodist ⓘ
founder United Methodist Church ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Episcopal Church
foundingDate 1869 ⓘ
governedBy Board of Trustees ⓘ
hasAcademicStaff thousands of faculty members ⓘ
hasCampus Charles River Campus ⓘ
Fenway Campus ⓘ
Medical Campus ⓘ
hasCollege College of Arts & Sciences ⓘ
College of Communication ⓘ
College of Engineering ⓘ
College of Fine Arts ⓘ
College of General Studies ⓘ
Questrom School of Business ⓘ
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development ⓘ
hasLibrarySystem Mugar Memorial Library ⓘ
hasMascot Rhett the Boston Terrier ⓘ
hasMedicalAffiliation Boston Medical Center ⓘ
hasNotableAlumni Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ⓘ
Geena Davis ⓘ
Howard Stern ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
hasPresident university president (position) ⓘ
hasResearchCenter Boston University Photonics Center ⓘ
Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering ⓘ
hasSchool Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College ⓘ
College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College ⓘ
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies ⓘ
Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine ⓘ
Metropolitan College ⓘ
School of Hospitality Administration ⓘ
School of Law ⓘ
School of Medicine ⓘ
School of Public Health ⓘ
School of Social Work ⓘ
hasStudentEnrollment over 30,000 students ⓘ
isMemberOf Association of American Universities ⓘ
Hockey East ⓘ
Patriot League ⓘ
knownFor comprehensive academic programs ⓘ
contributions to scholarship and innovation ⓘ
strong research activity ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
motto Learning, Virtue, Piety ⓘ
offersDegree bachelor's degree ⓘ
doctoral degree ⓘ
master's degree ⓘ
professional degree ⓘ
offersProgram business programs ⓘ
engineering programs ⓘ
law programs ⓘ
liberal arts and sciences programs ⓘ
medical and health sciences programs ⓘ
religiousAffiliation nonsectarian ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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College of Engineering → abbreviation → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: College of Engineering (Boston University)
this entity surface form: BU College of Engineering
Charles River → adjacentTo → Boston University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston University campus
Jeffrey Lurie → almaMater → Boston University ⓘ
Jhumpa Lahiri → almaMater → Boston University ⓘ
College of Engineering → alsoKnownAs → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: College of Engineering (Boston University)
this entity surface form: Boston University College of Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences → alternativeName → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: College of Arts & Sciences (Boston University)
this entity surface form: BU College of Arts & Sciences
Greater Boston → containsInstitution → Boston University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston University administration
Carl F. H. Henry → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
James Forman → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
Martin → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
Ray Hyman → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
Victoria Riskin → educatedAt → Boston University ⓘ
Alexander Graham Bell → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Andrew Bacevich → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Elie Wiesel → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Howard Zinn → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Ibram X. Kendi → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Isaac Asimov → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Lynn Margulis → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Lynn Petra Alexander → employer → Boston University ⓘ
Sheldon Glashow → employer → Boston University ⓘ
College of Communication → governingBody → Boston University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston University administration
eastern Massachusetts → hasMajorUniversity → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Massachusetts
Boston University Bridge → hasNearbyCampus → Boston University ⓘ
edX → hasNotablePartner → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston
Boston, Massachusetts → hasUniversity → Boston University ⓘ
Massachusetts → hasUniversity → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: Storrow Drive
Nickerson Field → locatedIn → Boston University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston University campus
Patriot League → memberInstitution → Boston University ⓘ
Yankee Conference → memberInstitution → Boston University ⓘ
Eliezer → memberOf → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: Eliezer Wiesel
this entity surface form: Faculty of Boston University
Boston University Bridge → namedAfter → Boston University ⓘ
Allston → near → Boston University ⓘ
Nickerson Field → operator → Boston University ⓘ
Nickerson Field → owner → Boston University ⓘ
Boston University School of Medicine → partOf → Boston University ⓘ
Nickerson Field → primaryUse → Boston University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston University athletics
MBTA Green Line → serves → Boston University ⓘ
subject surface form: MBTA Green Line D branch
this entity surface form: Boston University (near Kenmore and Hynes Convention Center)
Isabel Wilkerson → taughtAt → Boston University ⓘ