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...Some BU faculty and administrators are worried about what the controversy means for the image of the university...
...While BU continues its search for a new president, current Dean of the BU School of Medicine and renowned cardiologist Aram V. Chobanian will assume duties as interim president. Chobanian has been a faculty member at the BU Medical School for 40 years and Dean of the Medical School for 15 years. According to Christopher Barreca, chair of the Board of Trustees, “the Board has full confidence in [Chobanian’s] ability as a leader, a teacher and a bridge builder...
...Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of current BU President John Silber, who has also been the chancellor of BU for the past seven years and a member of the Board of the Trustees since 1971. The search for a new president partly stemmed from Silber’s desire to retire...
...Silber had abusive power. He made the Board of Trustees too big and too compliant,” a BU faculty member said on condition of anonymity. “It is one of Silber’s legacies that we still have to deal with...
Silber originally pushed Goldin as a top candidate during the summer search process in what some members of the BU community have said was a rushed process. All the trustees had only met once with Goldin before his appointment, according to the Boston Globe...