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Boston University men's basketball team wearing social justice shirts before a game

COM, Alumni Association hosts sports anti-racism discussion

Sydney Walsh February 26, 2021
The Boston University College of Communication hosted “Sports and the Work of Antiracism" on Wednesday. The discussion featured BU women's basketball coach Marisa Moseley, ESPN senior vice president and editor-in-chief of “The Undefeated” and BU alumnus, Kevin Merida and BU lecturer A. Sherrod Blakely.
Kenneth Freeman, dean of the Boston University Questrom School of Business; Martin Nisenholtz, former chief digital officer of The New York Times; and Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the Times, speak at the Dean’s Speaker Series in the Questrom Auditorium Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former New York Times journalists talk reform in news industry

Kalina Newman April 12, 2016

The decline of print journalism and the rise of digitalization in the news industry is an inevitable trend, said Martin Nisenholtz, a former senior vice president of digital operations at The New...

TENTINDO: Without WTBU, Boston University's heartbeat gone

TENTINDO: Without WTBU, Boston University’s heartbeat gone

Will Tentindo March 29, 2016

A fire in the College of Communication this past Friday sent five people to the hospital for smoke inhalation, caused $500,000 worth of damage and forced WTBU to stop broadcasting. Our radio station’s...

BU adjunct professors organizing vote to unionize

Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2014

As part of a national movement to end the alleged injustices of adjunct professors, members of the Boston University adjunct faculty are working to unionize. “The adjunct professors are doing this...

COM considers cutting CO201 for more specific intro courses

Daily Free Press Admin April 23, 2014

Boston University College of Communication officials are contemplating the creation of specialized required writing courses in lieu of CO201, or Introduction to Communication Writing, that would allow...

International students voice concerns at forum

Daily Free Press Admin April 14, 2014

The Boston University ad hoc Committee on International Student Experiences and Institutional Impact held a town hall meeting Friday to address issues and concerns of university students, faculty and...

COM unveils new Center for Mobile Communication Studies at reception

Daily Free Press Admin April 9, 2014

The Boston University College of Communication Division of Emerging Media Studies hosted a reception to celebrate the launch of the new Center for Mobile Communication Studies Wednesday night at the...

COM to offer online orientation for Chinese grad students

Daily Free Press Admin March 26, 2014

Boston University’s College of Communication announced Monday that it will launch an online program this summer to assist Chinese graduate students with their assimilation into the university, the city...

Authors present book about Obama Administration’s use of social media

Daily Free Press Admin February 23, 2014

As social media use become increasingly prevalent in contemporary politics, Boston University hosted a book launch Thursday exploring media’s influence on the Obama Administration. Co-authored by...

BU writing centers grapple with influx of ESL students

Daily Free Press Admin February 13, 2014

Writing centers across Boston University’s campus have seen a hike in the amount of English-as-a-second-language students utilizing their resources. Approximately 75 percent of the students who visit...

Some COM students feel pressure to buy cameras for class

Daily Free Press Admin October 17, 2013

Although Boston University’s College of Communication professors cannot officially require their students to buy digital single-lens reflex cameras for their Visual Journalism classes, some students...

Former COM prof. found guilty of manslaughter

Daily Free Press Admin September 19, 2013

Former Boston University professor Robert Zelnick was found guilty Tuesday of vehicular homicide in a case involving the death of a motorcyclist dating back to 2011. Plymouth Country Assistant District...

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