BU has spent millions of dollars on the dorm situation in the past 5-6 years, including: Renovation of Harper/Wyckoff (that may have been slightly more than 6 years ago), renovation of all restrooms in U-hall and Williams, renovation and addition to the Williams cafeteria, a brand new addition and renovation to the Geisert cafeteria, Phase I of II of the Heitz Hall project is complete with Phase II being completed over winter break, spring break, and next summer. Also planned for next summer and likely coming out for bidding shortly is the renovation of every restroom in Geisert. I doubt we see any new dorms constructed for BU anywhere in the near future. One problem is land and the other is cost-benefit. The only way we see a new dorm is if we see a huge increase in attendance. If you don't believe me, look at the amount of money they just dumped into Heitz to modernize the building. That was a building that really could have been demolished and rebuilt, yet they decided to gut and renovate. Although I will say that the structure of that building is impressive and it has withstood the test of time. All it needed was some updating

. Also, the student center is not THAT old, but I agree it would be nice to have it renovated or added on to as it just doesn't have a ton of usable space as-is.
As far as the Business/Engineering Convergence Center project is concerned, I completely agree with you. As a graduate from the engineering department, I can tell you first hand that it is ridiculous how out of date the building(s) are. Although I understand that the design for that project is underway, it couldn't come soon enough!