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The Daily Free Press

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The Boston University Graduate Workers Union protests outside the George Sherman Union on Boston University’s campus Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. They later marched to WBUR, where members of the BU Board of Trustees were present.
PHOTO BY CRYSTAL YORMICK

‘No work, no inauguration’: BUGWU protests before BU presidential inauguration

Crystal Yormick September 25, 2024
BUGWU picketed outside of WBUR CitySpace in protest of the recent retaliations against graduate workers.
The Boston University Office of the Provost. Departing President Robert Brown will appoint an interim provost over the summer while the search for a permanent replacement for Jean Morrison continues. SOPHIE PARK/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University welcomes new administration leadership

Sydney Topf June 2, 2023
Boston University has new administrative leadership going into the 2023-2024 academic year, following the appointment, retirement and stepping down of top university administrators.
President Brown

Robert A. Brown: The legacy of Boston University’s 10th president

Ava Gordon October 20, 2022
University faculty and Student Government officials discussed Boston University president Robert Brown's legacy.
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.
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
OP-ED: The moral argument for BU to divest its fossil fuel holdings

OP-ED: The moral argument for BU to divest its fossil fuel holdings

Editors April 25, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing recently announced...

OP-ED: BU Board of Trustees should vote in favor of ACSRI recommendation of fossil fuel divestment

OP-ED: BU Board of Trustees should vote in favor of ACSRI recommendation of fossil fuel divestment

Editors April 20, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. On Wednesday, the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) [publicly]...

Boston University is one of 218 colleges that signed the “American Campuses on Climate Pledge” Thursday. PHOTO BY RACHEL MCLEAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

President Brown announces lowest tuition increase in 20 years

Sekar Krisnauli March 11, 2016

The overall tuition for the 2016-17 academic year will see an increase of 3.4 percent, Boston University President Robert Brown announced Friday in an email to the BU community. This is the lowest...

Students protest outside of Boston University President Robert Brown's office following the announcement of the closure the African Presidential Center. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Campus news coverage preview

J.D. Capelouto June 10, 2015

The 2014-15 Boston University school year was one marked by intense inquiry. Following a year of significant change, student and faculty brought their voices to the forefront, assessed BU as a whole and,...

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, speaks during a forum with the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing Tuesday at the Trustee Center Ballroom. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACSRI forum speaker examines broad implications of climate change

Keri McAlpine April 29, 2015

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, spoke Tuesday night about climate change at a forum hosted by the Board of Trustees’...

Urban revitalization specialist Majora Carter speaks at “Home(town) Security: A Talk About Urban Revitalization and Sustainability” in the George Sherman Union Thursday, the second panel hosted by the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Urban revitalization specialist talks about community projects, development

Keri McAlpine April 24, 2015

Majora Carter, an urban revitalization specialist and Peabody Award-winning public radio host, spoke at Boston University Thursday as part of the community forums hosted by the BU Board of Trustees’...

Bill McKibben, author of "The End of Nature" and "Eaarth," speaks to attendees of the forum on climate action Tuesday evening at Boston University's Life Science and Engineering Building. PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU hosts speakers advocating for climate change policy reform

Keri McAlpine April 15, 2015

Boston University student group Divest BU hosted Bill McKibben, one of the leading activists for environmental justice, and two other speakers from his organization 350.org, Ferrial Adam of South Africa...

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