Board meetings, strategic plans, and buyer signals from Maggie Sawada’s organization
Feb 25, 2026·StrategicPlan
Board
Boston University Strategic Framework
This Strategic Framework outlines Boston University's roadmap for charting its future, aiming to shape the next era of learning, discovery, and impact through agility and adaptability. Founded on shared goals and guiding principles, the framework emphasizes convergence across disciplines and focuses on four strategic pillars: Intellectual & Academic Destination, World-Class Community of Talent, Globally & Externally Engaged, and Operational Excellence. The vision is to establish Boston University as a global destination for discovery, education, and human connection, fostering transformative experiences and solutions for pressing global challenges.
Enterprise
Get verified public-sector contacts at scale
Find verified emails, direct dials, role context, job-change updates, and organization signals across every public-sector account you sell to.
Advisory Council For Research Administration (Acra)
The meeting covered various updates, including community and central updates, RPPR best practices, and a discussion of community issues and questions. Key discussion points included grant coverage for PPE, implementation of building changes, PI priorities, summer PhD student hiring, a hiring freeze, idle time tracking, and the subaward process (to be discussed in the following month's meeting).
Apr 29, 2020·BoardMeeting
Board
Advisory Council For Research Administration (Acra)
The meeting covered updates on personnel changes, grant awards, and departmental reorganizations. Discussions included upcoming training sessions, year-end memos, and communication methods. A significant portion of the meeting focused on restarting research and clinical activities following COVID-19 restrictions, including guidelines for reopening, PPE requirements, and the coordination of staff and supplies. The meeting also addressed student payments during the pandemic, hiring freezes, and upcoming agenda items for the May meeting.
Jan 27, 2020·BoardMeeting
Board
Advisory Council For Research Administration (Acra)
The meeting covered various topics including welcoming new members, an open discussion on the BU Bridging Project, OSP updates (new analyst, open positions, increased subaward volume), PAFO updates (new RAs, open position, training opportunities), general updates (staff changes, open grant administrator positions), a review of the training roadmap, a review of future topics, a discussion of the draft ACRA charter, and social media/brand updates. Key discussion points included funding sources for the BU Bridging Project, challenges related to salary changes and grant funding, the need for clearer communication regarding impact statements, concerns about salary transparency, and the high volume of work for the upcoming February 5th deadline. The meeting also included planning for future training sessions and a discussion of the ACRA charter.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
