Boston Police Department officers responded to a radio call that a pedestrian, who was a Boston University student had been hit by a motor vehicle near the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers said.

National Association of College and University Business Officers reported Tuesday that the rate of returns for higher education endowments of the 796 institutions NACUBO surveyed fell three percent in the 2008 fiscal year.

When the National Association of College and University Business Officers released its 2008 Endowment Study findings for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, showing Boston University's 4 percent total endowment growth from fiscal 2007 to more than $1.1 billion, it seemed like some kind of sadistic joke.

The School of Management's mission statement of 'fusing the art, science and technology of business' is behind the school's recent improvement in national and international rankings, SMG Dean Louis Lataif said.

The Student Union's first General Assembly meeting of the semester may have had a green focus, but it was the Union's own green that could have the most immediate impact on students.

If there are three letters Brittany Phillips loves, they are P, B and J '-'- she eats one of the classic lunchbox sandwiches, or its slightly less-loved variation, peanut butter and banana, almost every day.

Plagued by perceptions of inaction, the Boston University Student Union will reformat its General Assembly meetings in a way designed to tell students about specific achievements.

Following up his letter to Boston University faculty and staff regarding the $10 million budget gap forecasted for the 2010 fiscal year, President Robert Brown addressed about 480 of the 8,500 faculty and staff members to discuss the current economic crisis and its potential effects on the BU community in Metcalf Hall Thursday.

Police arrested four men suspected of robbing two other men at gunpoint on Gardner Street Monday night, Boston Police Department spokesman James Kinneally said.

Guaranteed employment appears to be a tough offer to pass up after the economic downturn has left the American job market in shambles. Student enlistment in alternative graduation routes, such as the military and the Peace Corps, has seen increased popularity recently.

The poor economy may actually benefit Alex Goldschmidt's internship experience, the Boston University College of Communication junior said.

Fraternity recruitment at Boston University is traditionally less structured than sorority recruitment, but that is quickly changing, and as a result, more men are going out for recruitment, Greek life officials said.