Joshua Boger is best known for launching one of the Boston area’s biggest biotechs, Vertex Pharmaceuticals. But for the thousands of students who attend Wesleyan University every year, his name will become associated with something else: a brick building on College Row.

The building’s former name: the prosaic 41 Wyllys Ave. The new name? Boger Hall.

Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth says Boger and his wife, Amy, were the biggest donors to Wesleyan’s This is Why campaign, which has raised more than $420 million for the school. The Bogers, Roth says, donated $20 million to the cause.

Boger became the Middletown, Conn., school’s board chairman in 2009, after stepping down from the CEO’s job at Vertex. (He has since joined Alkeus Pharmaceuticals as its executive chairman.)

“He was the guy who asked the really out-of-the-box questions and floated ideas to just make people think about issues,’’ Roth says.

Initially, Roth says, there were discussions about turning the building, once home to Wesleyan’s squash courts, into a teaching museum. But Roth says the finances didn’t work out so the career center, art history department, and the College of Letters were moved there instead — all three needed better offices than what they previously had.

The formal dedication is scheduled to take place in May, during the school’s reunion and commencement celebrations. Roth says Boger, who graduated from the school in 1973, never asked to name the building after him. But Roth decided Boger deserved the honor — and told him at Wesleyan’s November board meeting after checking with Donna Morea, who will replace Boger as board chair this summer.

“Amy and Josh have been very generous,’’ Roth says, “and they’ve inspired other people to be very generous.’’ — JON CHESTO

A new TV chief at America’s Test Kitchen

Unlike many of the other people at America’s Test Kitchen, Mary Mullaney has a background in TV, not in food.

Sure, she’s got a mean meatball recipe that her grandmother taught her. More importantly for her new job: She says she’s the first TV executive to join the Brookline-based media business with a long career at outside production companies.

Mullaney came on board as an executive producer in December to manage the firm’s TV shows — “America’s Test Kitchen’’ and “Cook’s Country’’ — as well as its other video productions. She arrived at a pivotal point for the company, with founder and TV show host Christopher Kimball on the way out. Kimball will appear in the 2016 seasons of both public broadcasting shows, but that’s because those seasons have already been shot.

Figuring out who’s going to host the shows for the 2017 season is another story, something Mullaney and her boss, chief creative officer Jack Bishop, expect to tackle shortly. It’s not clear yet whether that role will go to one person or to multiple hosts. The 2017 shows will be shot later this year.

“We’re taking a very measured and careful approach to make the best choice for the brand,’’ Mullaney says.

During her first three months there, she says she’s been impressed by the culinary talent in the building — and the breadth of tastings available for all employees. One day, it might be fettuccine. The next, apple pie.

That’s a bit of a change from her other TV gigs, which included a seven-year stint at Powderhouse Productions in Somerville. Most recently, she was taking the Acela down to New York every week to work at a production business there. For someone who lives in Weymouth, the drive to Brookline every day sure beats the trek to Brooklyn.

“If it takes me 45 minutes, I think, ‘No problem,’’’ Mullaney says of her new commute. “It wasn’t 4.5 hours, so I’m not complaining.’’ — JON CHESTO

Panera buys majority stake in Tatte

Tatte Bakery & Cafe, the go-to breakfast and lunch spot for Brookline hipsters and Kendall Square tech workers jonesing for strong coffee and nutty pastries, is getting a new owner: Panera Bread Co.

The St. Louis baked goods and sandwich chain has bought a majority stake, just over 50 percent, in Tatte, Panera announced on Wednesday.

So will the nationwide chain, known for fare such as broccoli and cheddar soup and chicken salad sandwiches, change the local bakery, where pistachio croissants, mezze plates, and short-rib grilled cheese sandwiches are more the norm?

Both Panera and Tatte’s founder, Tzurit Or, say no.

Tatte will continue to operate as an independent company, Panera said.

Or was born in a kibbutz in Israel and was a film producer before launching Tatte in 2007. She said the bakery is very personal to her, and while she wants to expand the business, keeping its character is key.

Or got her start by selling baked goods at farmers’ markets. Tatte now has five locations and she plans to grow further in the Boston area and eventually nationwide.

Panera’s investment will help Tatte expand and provide support for the company on issues such as worker benefits and accounting, Or said.

The price was not disclosed.

Panera “understands the business. They don’t want to touch Tatte; they love the brand,’’ Or said. — DEIRDRE FERNANDES

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