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Boston University’s Minority Connection Initiative releases a document Sunday evening, which contains the names of minority professors to encourage students to register for their classes. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU group releases list of minority professors

Blau Ramos April 6, 2017

Boston University student group Minority Connection Initiative recently released a directory of classes taught by minority professors at the university. The goal is to provide minority students with...

OUTVETS, which was recently denied a spot in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, will now lead the annual procession after organizers reversed their decision. PHOTO COURTESY MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM

OUTVETS to march in South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Blau Ramos March 16, 2017

OUTVETS, a Boston-based organization of gay veterans, will now be allowed to march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade after the reversal of a decision by the Allied War Veterans Council...

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BU graduate school alumni participate in Peace Corps

Blau Ramos March 2, 2017

Boston University ranked fourth among graduate schools on the Peace Corps’ 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list on Tuesday. This was the first time in seven years that the...

For the past two weeks, Divest BU has sent two members to Boston University President Robert Brown’s office every day, hoping to meet with him and discuss divesting endowment funds from fossil fuels. PHOTO BY COLE SCHONEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU lobbies President Brown for weeks

Blau Ramos February 15, 2017

Since Jan. 31, Divest BU has been sending two of its members to Boston University President Robert Brown’s  office every day  in an attempt to have a face-to-face meeting with him. They have documented...

The Boston Women's Workforce Council aims to address the wage gap and close it. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

Boston Women’s Workforce Council works to close wage gap

Blau Ramos January 18, 2017

By Blau Ramos and Sabrina Schnur The Boston Women’s Workforce Council, created by Mayor Martin Walsh in order to close the gender wage gap in the city, will continue its work by hosting a membership...

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Halloween 2016 proved rather peaceful, BUPD says

Blau Ramos November 3, 2016

Last weekend, while students dressed up as Donald Trump, Ken Bone and dinosaurs in the spirit of Halloween, another topic was being addressed behind the scenes — safety. In preparation for Halloween...

A Boston University School of Public Health study finds consistent inequalities in the air pollution across Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU receives grants to study alcoholism, HIV/AIDS

Blau Ramos October 16, 2016

Boston University and other major research universities received a $12.3 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to research the link between alcoholism and HIV or...

Beginning spring 2017, students will be able to choose up to eight credits as pass/fail courses. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New pass/fail course policy takes effect in 2017, encourages students to explore interests

Blau Ramos October 4, 2016

For Boston University students who wish to explore courses outside of their major, starting Jan. 1, 2017, a new university policy will allow them to elect up to eight credits of academic coursework...

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