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Director of Communications for Enrolled Students Alexandra Bellerose speaks at a BU Student Government meeting on Oct. 21. StuGov addressed three funding requests and featured BU President Melissa Gilliam as a guest speaker during its meeting on Monday. JOHN DOWNES/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

StuGov approves two funding requests, denies another, invites guest speaker President Gilliam

Amil Coutinho Amado November 6, 2024
Boston University Student Government approves two funding requests, denied one funding request and spoke with BU President Melissa Gilliam at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 4.
information tent for prospective students outside the college of communication at boston university

BU sets up temporary informational tents for prospective students touring campus

Tanisha Bhat April 21, 2021
The tents are staffed by representatives to answer questions about BU and provide assistance.
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EDITORIAL: MBTA consolidations pose disruptions, but are a first step in improving the city’s public transport

Editors February 16, 2021
Though the MBTA must address issues that disproportionately put certain residents and communities at a disadvantage, its plans to consolidate West Campus stations can at least improve BU transportation and bridge the ability gap.
Shots are extracted from Pfizer vials at the Samuel Adams Bar at Fenway. LILY KEPNER/DFP STAFF

PREVIEW: Fenway Park to become second mass vaccination site in Massachusetts

Lily Kepner January 30, 2021
At Fenway Park, you can’t order any souvenirs, popcorn or peanuts. But you can get a shot from the bar. This Monday, Boston's beloved ballpark will officially open as the second mass vaccination site in the state, after a "soft launch" Friday.
A person self-administers a COVID-19 test at a swab station in the Agganis Arena lobby. The lobby is one of four testing sites on the Charles River Campus for asymptomatic test takers. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students find campus COVID-19 testing quick, comfortable

Aditya Jain September 7, 2020
Between mask-wearing, social distancing and Learn from Anywhere classrooms, this is a semester of firsts at Boston University. Students said positive experiences have made it easy for them to keep up with these testing requirements.
Simmons College in Boston. Some former Wheelock students are transitioning to Simmons rather than Boston University, but will be living on BU’s campus. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock social work undergrads to attend Simmons College, live at BU

Kiran Galani April 25, 2018
As a result of the scheduled June 1 merger between Boston University and Wheelock College, more than 100 current Wheelock students will be moving to the Charles River Campus. Some of these students, those looking to complete a Bachelor of Social Work degree, will become Simmons College students despite living on BU’s campus.
During the fiscal year 2014, 15 of 19 Boston colleges and universities enrolled in the voluntary Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax, or PILOT, program failed to meet their suggested payment amount. GRAPHIC BY OLIVIA DENG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU falls short of PILOT payment, still contributes most of all other educational institutions

Olivia Deng November 6, 2014

During fiscal year 2014, 15 of the 19 colleges and universities in Boston did not pay their suggested amounts agreed upon as part of a program of voluntary contributions in lieu of taxes, known as the...

BU committee to tackle responsible investment issues

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2013

A new Boston University committee that meets for the first time this week will allow students and faculty members to voice suggestions about the university’s investment decisions, officials said. BU’s...

BU campuses to see increased number of security cameras

Daily Free Press Admin September 30, 2013

In response to a string of crime near campus during the 2012-13 academic year, Boston University President Robert Brown has called for an increased concentration of security cameras across BU’s Charles...

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