Boston University has announced plans to open a new campus crisis center that will focus on rape and sexual assault prevention and offer support for victims of such offenses. The new facility will be operated by the university’s student health services department. The center will be staffed by at least three professionals who are specifically training in crisis and sexual assault counseling. Another full-time staffer will concentrate on prevention and education efforts.
Several incidents of sexual assault have occurred on or near the university campus this past academic year.
In a letter to the campus community, Robert A. Brown, president of Boston University, wrote, “Boston University can learn from what we have experienced this spring and become a better community for living and learning. I believe that the vitality of our community depends on individual actions and the responsibility we take for ourselves and for others.”