Field Production Service — which provides professional-grade film equipment to students enrolled in eligible COM courses — has strengthened its equipment rental regulations this semester due to limited equipment and staff, Chair of Film and Television Department Paul Schneider said. Stricter regulations mean that students are unable to circumvent FPS’s for-class-use-only policy to rent equipment for out-of-class projects as they had done in previous semesters.

COM students have had fewer opportunities and less time to use rental equipment — such as cameras and microphones — from FPS this Fall.

Stricter enforcement of equipment rental policy means students are having a harder time finding equipment for their independent projects.

This year's College of Communication students are the first to experience the pros and cons of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy now in effect at COM.

Starting in September, the Boston University College of Communication will be switching to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy, which will involve getting rid of most of the computer labs in COM.

Boston University’s College of Communication began reconstructing WTBU, its student-run radio station, and nearby classrooms on Monday, after a fire damaged the area last spring. The reconstruction...