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BU community discusses impact of socioeconomic status on STEM pursuits

Divya Sood April 21, 2021
At a BU event, topics ranged from financial literacy and loans to first-gen students and income.
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BU Parents United fundraises for memorial benches to honor custodians who died from COVID-19

Emily Stevenson April 20, 2021
The organizers hope to place the benches on the BU Beach to commemorate the two men.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Burning Out: The way Boston University is using the student-run F— It Won’t Cut It campaign is seriously questionable

Yvonne Tang April 12, 2021
will BU take responsibility for FIWCI allegations or continue to use the “student-run” label to its advantage?
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BU conducts diversity survey to seek input from staff

Anna Vidergar March 26, 2021
BU launched the survey to seek guidance from employees on diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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Online learning poses new challenges, advantages for faculty with disabilities, those in the Deaf community

Emily Stevenson March 22, 2021
Those with disabilities and in the Deaf community had more flexibility, restraints with pandemic.
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BU mourns custodians’ deaths in the wake of COVID-19

Nick Kolev March 11, 2021
When Boston University custodians Juber Lopez and José Ferreira died in January due to complications from COVID-19, it was a loss for the whole BU community.
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BU faculty form AAUP chapter, demand better representation

Juncheng Quan March 5, 2021
Boston University Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Star announced the creation of an American Association of University Professors chapter on campus in a tweet Saturday.
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EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

From Danielsen to Nickerson: a Spring preview of campus coverage

Nick Kolev January 21, 2021
Spring 2021 promises to be an exciting and unpredictable semester for Boston University. As BU goes forward with its Learn from Anywhere model, it remains to be seen how the University will adapt to vastly different circumstances from the Fall.
The @bubadeats Instagram page. The account allows Boston University students to send in photos of dining hall meals that did not meet their expectations. ILLUSTRATION BY THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students create Instagram page dedicated to reforming dining hall food

Lily Kepner December 23, 2020
A BU freshman created @bubadeats on Instagram to express frustrations with the quality, quantity and taste of BU’s dining hall food.
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