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New student group BU Students Against Mass Incarceration launched this month with the goal of teaching the student body about BU’s participation in the prison system. COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA

New student organization calls for BU to divest from private prison system

Sofia Saric April 26, 2019
Boston University Students Against Mass Incarceration, a new student-run private prison divestment campaign, launched this month with the goal of educating the student body about BU’s participation in the prison industrial complex.
The University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra cancels the scheduled performance of horn soloist Erik Ruske, a professor at the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts, who was accused of sexually harassing two students. PHOTO BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

UMW Philharmonic Orchestra drops CFA professor from concert lineup

Ellie French April 28, 2017

Boston University College of Fine Arts professor Eric Ruske was pulled from a concert lineup at the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra, according to UMW spokesperson Hilary Kanter. Ruske...

Divest BU hosts the Campus Climate Walkout and Divestment Forum at the George Sherman Union on Jan. 23. PHOTO BY CAROLINE SHEEHAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Divest BU continues to demand action from Board of Trustees

Allie Miller April 26, 2017

Divest BU members will announce a new boycott campaign protesting Boston University’s investments in the fossil fuel industry on Friday at the BU Beach, following a defeated campaign to meet with...

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Over one-third of accepted students turn down top choice universities because of cost, study says

Allie Miller March 28, 2017

A recent economic study found that 40 percent of accepted students who decided not to go to their top choice universities cited reasons related to cost. The survey was released by Royall and Company,...

Boston University faculty and local officials gather at a meeting on March 6 to discuss the construction of the BU Medical Campus’ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. PHOTO JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUMC’s biosafety lab to be deliberated on in coming weeks

Allie Miller March 16, 2017

Deliberation over the planned Biosafety Level 4 research at Boston University Medical Campus’ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories continued at the Boston Biosafety Committee’s public...

Boston University has been searching for a new chief for the BU Police Department since Tom Robbins stepped down in September. PHOTO BY ANNALYN KUMAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU to select new police chief soon

Allie Miller March 2, 2017

After several months of searching, a committee at Boston University will select a new chief for BU Police Department next week, members of the search committee said. Peter Fielder, the vice president...

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Study finds colleges may not be the greatest equalizer

Allie Miller February 23, 2017

Getting a college degree may no longer be a source of economic mobility, according to a new study conducted by two City University of New York scholars. The study shows that after graduation, students...

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