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GALLERY: BU Graduate Workers Union submits union authorization cards, hold block party with Ayanna Pressley on COM lawn

Ziyu (Julian) Zhu October 25, 2022
BUGWU celebrated submitting their union authorization cards and interrupted a Board of Trustees meeting on Oct. 18.
renaming Myles Standish Hall

President Robert Brown rejects Myles Standish Hall name change petition

Daily Free Press Staff March 31, 2022
Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag and Travis Franks' petition to change Myles Standish Hall to Wituwamat Memorial Hall was rejected.
mhc funding request presentation during boston university student government meeting

StuGov confirms new chairs, funding for Mental Health Committee website

Anna Vidergar April 13, 2021
New Senate and ROC chairs were confirmed, while the MHC and Department of Events received funding.
Letter to the Editor: Pushing for a clean energy future

Letter to the Editor: Pushing for a clean energy future

Editors April 5, 2018
Last Wednesday, more than 30 student activists from seven campuses around the state joined Environment Massachusetts and MASSPIRG students to advocate for a 100 percent renewable energy future. Students met with over 20 legislators at the State House to support legislation that would set a goal of 100 percent renewable energy for Massachusetts.

Final Climate Action Plan approved by BU’s Board of Trustees

Daily Free Press Staff December 11, 2017

The Boston University Board of Trustees approved a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as well as increase weather resilient infrastructure university-wide on Thursday. The final version of the Climate...

Dan Collins, Senate chair for Boston University Student Government, speaks at the SG Senate meeting on April 11 about SG President Jake Brewer’s proposal to create a Board of Trustees Oversight Committee. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Board of Trustees meetings could include BU students

Breanne Kovatch April 27, 2017

A student could potentially attend Boston University Board of Trustees’ meetings next year thanks to a proposal put forth by BU Student Government earlier this month. The proposal would allow...

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EDITORIAL: Boston University’s tuition hike hurts underprivileged students

Editors March 14, 2016

Boston University President Robert Brown announced an overall 3.4 percent increase in the cost of tuition for the 2016-17 academic year in an email sent to BU students on Friday. This includes a 3.7 percent...

KEULER: Divestment — well-intended but ineffective

KEULER: Divestment — well-intended but ineffective

Andrew Keuler April 10, 2015

Although elections for positions on Boston University’s 2015 Student Government Executive Board closed this past Monday, one ballot question will likely remain in the university discourse for quite some...

SG considers proposal to divest BU funds from gun producers

Daily Free Press Admin April 2, 2014

Two student representatives from the Boston University Board of Trustees advisory committee consulted the BU Student Government Senate at their Monday meeting about diverting BU investments from civilian...

Tuition to rise 3.7 percent for 2014-15 school year

Daily Free Press Admin March 18, 2014

Boston University’s tuition and room and board rates have increased by 3.7 percent for the 2014-15 academic year, an escalation below the national average for four-year private research universities. BU...

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