There are 47899 students in Boston University . Lee Bollinger is the president of this university . Risa Palm is the second in head after the president of this university . www.cmu.edu is Boston University's website . The former name of Boston University was North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1887–1918) . The university is of Land-grant university,Private type . There are 160 undergraduate students in Boston University . The sport affiliations of Boston University is NCAA Division I – A-10 . Boston University was established in 1900 . The academic affiliations of Boston University is ORAU . The campus of university is 0.55 km2,97 ha (suburban) . The university was endowed $7.2 billion . Boston University has 961 administrative staff . Boston University has Lux sit (Latin) as their motto . There are 11666 postgraduate students in Boston University . 2220 academic staff are at Boston University . The nicknames of the students from this university are Hoyas . white,red are the colors of this university . The mascot of this university is Pounce, the blue panther . Coordinates: 35°47′14″N 78°40′14″W / 35.78722°N 78.67056°W / 35.78722; -78.67056,Tallahassee, Florida, United States is the location of this university
Students are dressed as Scarlet Knight for Boston University games