Ngo 2005, the university hired Indira Samarasekera as its 12th president, embarking on an ambitious plan to establish itself as one of the world’s top public research universities . These plans were hampered by the 2008 economic downturn, and by late March 2008, the university’s endowment had shrunk by more than $100 million, cishe 14 per cent of its value .
In 2005, Jaamacada kiraystay Indira Samarasekera sida ay madaxweynaha 12-kii, bilaabin qorshe cusub oo lagu laftiisa dhiso sida mid ka mid ah jaamacadaha ugu sareeya cilmi dadweynaha dunida ee. Qorshayaashaasi ayaa caqabad ku ah 2008 u dhac dhaqaalaha, iyo dabayaaqadii March 2008, hibeynta jaamacadda ayaa waxaa xajmi ka badan $100 million, ku dhowaad 14 boqolkiiba miraheeda.