The Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences was evacuated after reports of an unknown, non-hazardous substance were reported Tuesday morning.
Residents of 726 Commonwealth Ave. said they could barely hear the fire alarms in their dormitory after a small fire on Oct. 11 which disrupted asbestos building material.
City officials deliberated a public health and safety ordinance for hotels on Sept. 26 after workers went on strike at four additional Boston hotels in the third wave of citywide strikes in the past month.
