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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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CFA grad student missing in New York City

CFA grad student missing in New York City

Weihua Li September 26, 2016

Zachery Camhi, a graduate student in the Boston University College of Fine Arts, has been missing in New York City for eight days, university officials confirmed. BU spokesperson Colin Riley said the...

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BU to stop investments in select fossil fuels, trustees decide

Weihua Li September 20, 2016

Boston University will do its best to avoid investing in companies that extract coal and tar sands, President Robert Brown announced in a letter to the BU community Tuesday. The decision came after...

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BU reaches deal to “reimagine” Kenmore Square buildings

Weihua Li August 12, 2016

Boston University reached a deal with Related Beal, a local real estate developer, to enter nine buildings in Kenmore Square into a long-term ground lease, university officials announced Friday. The...

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Campus News 101: What’s going on at BU

Weihua Li June 7, 2016

The 2015-16 Boston University school year was one marked by voices. Different groups on BU’s campus, may it be adjunct professors, BU Police Department officers, Student Government, cultural student...

Samson Donick was arraigned and held on $10,000 cash bail Wednesday. PHOTO BY MIT ATHLETICS

Former MIT basketball player pleads not guilty to raping BU student

Weihua Li May 11, 2016

A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology basketball player pled not guilty Wednesday to charges that he raped a female Boston University student last October while she was asleep in her dorm...

BUPD asks public to help identify individual who placed neo-Nazi poster

BUPD asks public to help identify individual who placed neo-Nazi poster

Weihua Li May 5, 2016

Boston University released a surveillance video Thursday morning of an individual placing a racist poster on the window of a popular campus building, and officials are now asking for the public’s...

A study published Monday on the Nature Climate Change website was co-authored by BU College of Arts and Sciences Professor Ranga Myneni, and it found that carbon dioxide emissions can increase plant growth and make a “greener” earth. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Greener” earth shows long-term ecological implications, study finds

Brianne Garrett April 29, 2016

Carbon dioxide emission can accelerate the growth of plants and make the earth “greener,” but that effect will not last long or compensate for the damage of the greenhouse effect, according to...

A contract agreement was reached for BU adjunct faculty Thursday after the final series of negotiation sessions concluded Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct faculty, administration come to three-year contract settlement

Weihua Li April 29, 2016

The Boston University adjunct faculty members and the administration agreed on a three-year tentative contract settlement early Thursday morning, 14 months after adjunct faculty unionized with the...

The results of a survey released Monday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources found that craft workers working at higher education institutions are some of the highest-paid staff members. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Non-exempt staffs in universities in the Northeast experience better pay, study says

Sadiah Thompson April 27, 2016

Hourly paid non-exempt staff in higher education institutions in the Northeast receive higher salaries than those in other parts of the United States, with skilled craft staff earning a $7,000 lead...

BU students express a greater connection to the Boston community through Boston Marathon traditions and the “Boston Strong” slogan. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students merge with city spirit for 2016 marathon, reflect “Boston Strong”

Sekar Krisnauli April 19, 2016

Katie Teixeira, a Boston University student, joined hundreds of other BU students in Kenmore Square to watch runners of the 2016 Boston Marathon pass through parts of campus toward the finish line...

Boston residents were inspired by the perseverance of the participants of the 120th Boston Marathon on Monday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Marathon unifies residents and spectators

Olivia Quintana April 19, 2016

[mediagrid cat="30611"] Residents from across Massachusetts and beyond gathered in the City of Boston Monday to watch as approximately 30,000 runners participated in the 2016 Boston Marathon. For...

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BU reaches fundraising goal of $1 billion

Weihua Li April 14, 2016

Boston University has raised $1 billion and surpassed its previous fundraising goal one year early, BU spokesperson Colin Riley confirmed Thursday morning. The Campaign for BU, launched in September...

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