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person exiting 808 testing site

Additional appointment times became available at 808 Commonwealth Ave. following early closure of Agganis Arena testing site

Madhri Yehiya September 19, 2021
Platt and Elmore noted students should only test once a week and show up on time for appointments.
students in line for COVID testing

Agganis Arena to close for COVID-19 testing, faculty and staff will continue unobserved testing

Anna Vidergar September 9, 2021
Charles River campus students note the inconvenience and difficulty of finding available tests.
EDITORIAL: BU should fix what’s broken before building new science center

EDITORIAL: BU should fix what’s broken before building new science center

Editors September 30, 2018

In yet another move to expand room for the sciences on campus, Boston University has proposed building a 19-story tower at the heart of campus housing a data sciences center.   Gary Nicksa, senior...

President Brown in his office on Silber Way. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

President Robert Brown discusses BU’s efforts toward growth and development

Andres Picon May 3, 2018
Over the course of the last year, the Boston University community has taken steps to transform the institution’s physical and academic landscapes. In a period of time marked by a marred political climate, natural disasters and acts of terrorism that have caused contempt and frustration, the university administration has begun to implement new initiatives that will bring people and ideas together.
James Sullivan has been promoted to vice president of government and community affairs. The current vice president, Robert Donohue, is retiring on May 1. PHOTO COURTESY JACKIE RICCIARDI

University names new vice president of government and community affairs

JenRacoosin April 24, 2018
Boston University Assistant Vice President of Government and Community Affairs Jake Sullivan has been promoted to vice president of the same office. He will replace current Vice President Robert Donahue, who is retiring after 32 years at BU.

Campus crime logs: 3/29

Sophia Brown March 28, 2018
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 22–24.
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ann Cudd at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering about public health Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Elizabeth Warren praises BU, discusses opioid crisis during campus visit

Noor Adatia December 10, 2017

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren lauded Boston University as an institution that “honors science and truth and fact,” at an appearance on campus Monday afternoon. BU invited Warren for a conversation...

João Vale de Almeida, the European Union ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at Boston University Thursday evening. PHOTO BY ELIZA SHAW/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EU ambassador to UN discusses multilateral diplomacy

Haley Lerner December 1, 2017
European Union ambassador to the United Nations João Vale de Almeida spoke about political issues regarding multiculturalism and diplomacy at Boston University’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Thursday evening.
Nick Pinheiro speaks at the first Developer Circles from Facebook event in Boston, Connect, Learn, Code, Wednesday night at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. PHOTO BY MADDIE LEONE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU alumni bring Facebook Developer Circles to the BU community

Erin Edwards September 28, 2017

Software architect and BU alumnus Nick Pinheiro introduced Facebook’s Developer Circles — a community-oriented program open to local developers — to the Boston community on Wednesday night. About...

Michèle Lamont, Harvard University's director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, speaks at “Addressing the Recognition Gap: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality” at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY JACKIE O’BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Harvard professor discusses global stigma and discrimination

Andres Picon September 18, 2017

The Boston University Center for the Study of Europe hosted a presentation on Monday afternoon in which Michèle Lamont, a Harvard University professor of sociology, discussed issues with stigma and...

The new Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering building is named after alumnus Rajen Kilachand after he donates $115 million to Boston University. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community optimistic about Kilachand donation

Noor Adatia September 17, 2017

The new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering opened this past Thursday at Boston University with $15 million from Kilachand’s donation covering the cost of the building,...

Brooklyn artist Carson Fox speaks about her piece “Blue-Green Brainbow” at the Photonics Center Thursday afternoon. Boston University commissioned Fox to install her piece in the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Artist introduces commissioned work in CILSE

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

A drab white wall would have dominated the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, had the Blue-Green Brainbow, a 230-cubed-foot three-dimensional wall...

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