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A banner in the Boston University Diversity and Inclusion office. According to a campaign video last year, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from universities. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump education agenda to target DEI, affecting Boston-area universities

Megan Amato December 6, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reform higher education are sparking concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion at Boston-area universities.
People walk through the hallways of the College of Arts and Sciences. A new public speaking class in CAS is scheduled to become available for the Spring 2024 semester. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

College of Arts and Sciences develops new public speaking courses

Kayla Baltazar October 30, 2023
CAS is launching new public speaking courses for Spring 2024, which students can now register for at their respective registration times, but are still undergoing the approval process for the BU Hub.
Boston University Academy English teacher Jennifer Formichelli, pictured above, was fatally struck by a school bus in Mattapan Oct. 26. BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY

OBITUARY: Remembering BU Academy teacher Jennifer Formichelli

Tanisha Bhat November 3, 2021
Formichelli was a BU alum who previously taught in the CAS Core Curriculum before joining BUA.
Boston University Greek rock painted with the “F— It Won’t Cut It” logo

Students encouraged to let out frustrations on anniversary of pandemic

Vanessa Bartlett March 14, 2021
After Boston University first announced the closure of campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, students are expressing their anger and frustration over the time that has been lost to the coronavirus.
Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
Boston University’s African American Studies Program building in Brookline. AFAM is expanding its program by offering more courses starting in the Spring. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

African American Studies expands course offerings starting Spring 2021

Ellie Yeo December 1, 2020
In response to rising student demand for humanities courses on Black studies and systemic racism, the BU's AFAM will expand its course offerings beginning in the Spring 2021 semester. 
Boston University’s Disability and Access Services is handling students’ requests for learning accommodations virtually and allowing for more flexibility given the new challenges virtual learning may pose. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DFP FILE

BU continues to make learning accommodations available online

Jahnavi Sodhi April 9, 2020
BU President Robert Brown announced all classes and examinations for the rest of the Spring semester will be held remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic in an email to the BU community March 17. As a result, the university is also handling all requests for learning accommodations virtually.
BU’s Questrom School of Business. Questrom announced via email that they will be adjusting their Core class schedule in the fall of 2019. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP STAFF

Questrom to adjust Core class schedule

Alex LaSalvia March 26, 2019
BU's Questrom School of Business announced in an email to its students last week it is adjusting its Core class schedule next semester.
Nancy Feldman, Brittany Younan, Ashley Waters, Darcy Gould and Sarah Maietta speak at a panel titled “Sound Mind, Sound Body” Thursday night. LILY BETTS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Sound Mind, Sound Body’ covers parallels between athletic, academic performance

Lily Betts November 16, 2018
Six figures from the Boston University Department of Athletics joined the “Sound Mind, Sound Body” panel Thursday night to discuss academic productivity among student athletes and how these skills can be translated across the general student body.
The BU Student Curriculum Committee holds its first open forum meeting of the semester Tuesday evening in CAS. PHOTO BY RHIANNON JESELONIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Student Curriculum Committee forum discusses general education program

Abigail Freeman October 5, 2016

The Student Curriculum Committee, an independent student group focused on increasing student awareness and active participation in academics and administration at Boston University, held an open-forum...

KEULER: In education, quality comes first

KEULER: In education, quality comes first

Andrew Keuler April 2, 2015

When faced with the breadth and depth of issues confronting our education system — which can broadly be split into the categories of access, cost and quality — it may seem inappropriate to discuss...

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