‘BU is a city within a city’

1. On BU’s importance to the  economy: “Boston University is among the top 15 largest employers in Massachusetts. We employ 8,000 people, including 2,400 faculty on our Charles River campus and nearly 1,200 faculty on our Medical Campus in the South End. Our combined number of students, faculty and staff would put us in the top 10 percent of Massachusetts cities and towns ... Literally, Boston University is a city within a city.”
2. On BU as a center of research: “One feature of BU that is sometimes not fully appreciated is the magnitude of our research enterprise ... With over $300 million of sponsored research performed on our campuses and almost $90 million awarded to our medical school faculty based in Boston Medical Center, we are among the top 10 percent of research institutions in the country, the third largest by far in Massachusetts behind our two sister institutions in Cambridge.”  
3. On talent retention: “Of equal importance is the opportunity for the region to use the brainpower of these institutions, and their graduates, to power the economic engine of Boston and New England ... I propose that it ought to be our collective goal, a goal shared by universities and the business community, to keep as many of these students, once they graduate, as we can in New England in order to help fuel our economic growth.”  
4. On the life science industry in Greater Boston: “... It is our emphasis on life science that distinguishes the large institutions in Boston. Without a doubt, Boston is one of the leading life and health science research centers in the world. Our collective position has been built, for the most part, by each institution ... investing in faculty, facilities, and programs. Going forward, I believe, our collective goal must be to sustain and grow this cluster.”