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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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A student walks into the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in April. Boston University announced that it would not accept applications for multiple doctoral degree programs for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the 2025-26 academic year. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Graduate students express ‘shock,’ ‘outrage’ over doctoral program cancellations

Karyna Cheung November 25, 2024
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will not be accepting applications for the 2025-26 academic year for multiple doctoral programs
A protester with a sign supporting the Boston University Graduate Workers strike at a rally on March 25. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Stan Sclaroff emailed faculty recommending the use of artificial intelligence to assist with classes while graduate teaching assistants are on strike. BRENDA GONZALEZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU community reacts to CAS dean suggestion to replace striking graduate teaching assistants with AI tools

Samantha Genzer April 5, 2024
As a result of the BUGWU strike, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences suggested the use of generative AI tools to replace striking graduate students in an email sent to colleague's this week. Students, professors and graduate workers express discontent with the idea.
Letter to the Editor: Faculty letter to President Brown regarding BU professor's denied tenure

Letter to the Editor: Faculty letter to President Brown regarding BU professor’s denied tenure

Guest Writer May 1, 2023
The signers of the letter respectfully ask that the Daily Free Press make the letter available to its readers. They do so because of the gravity of the injustice committed as well as because of the potential negative effects for BU’s reputation that would result from a finding in favor of Assistant Professor Lopes de Barros by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
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