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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

BU research impacted by Trump climate rollbacks, organizations carry on

Emma Mullay March 6, 2025
While President Donald Trump has enacted mass rollbacks on climate policy at the federal level, Boston University’s climate research programs and sustainability groups have continued to educate and advocate.
Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment. The professor held an individual demonstration at Marsh Plaza Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post Tuesday threatening the expulsion or imprisonment of university community members who commit “illegal protests.” PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

BU professor, alum stand against Trump statements on protesting, federal funding cuts

Phoebe Miller March 5, 2025
Boston University Professor Nathan Phillips stood at the base of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at Marsh Plaza Wednesday morning holding a cardboard sign protesting the Trump administration.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor, Josephine Kalbfleisch | DFP Photographer, Lauren Albano | Campus Co-Editor

Musk Foundation donations to BU rocketry club launch debate

Lauren Albano February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
The Boston University Initiative on Cities and Institute for Sustainable Energy held a virtual panel Tuesday to discuss the research behind equitable climate action plans in cities throughout the United States. COURTESY OF BU INITIATIVE ON CITIES

Experts talked justice, its role in climate planning at ISE event

Emily Pauls December 8, 2021
"Justice in Urban Climate Plans: How and Where Cities Are Integrating Equity and Climate" was hosted on Zoom this Tuesday.
Nathan Phillips is a professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor Nathan Phillips lends aid to homeowners affected by Merrimack Valley gas leak

Martha Merrow November 15, 2018
When the Merrimack Valley suffered a massive gas explosion in September, Boston University professor Nathan Phillips didn’t hesitate to step in and help.
Students participate in a walkout in support of tour guides on Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tour guides meet with admissions to discuss pay

Sophia Brown May 4, 2018
Representatives from Tour Guides of Boston University met with admissions representatives Friday as part of an ongoing campaign to secure pay for student admissions ambassadors.
A member of the Boston University Graduate Student Union speaks at a rally against sexual assault following allegations against BU professor David Marchant. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU concludes professor sexually harassed female research students in Antarctica

Alana Levene November 19, 2017

By Elise Takahama and Alana Levene Boston University’s Office of Equal Opportunity concluded that geology professor David Marchant — who has been accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment...

Nathan Phillips, a professor in Boston University's Department of Earth and Environment, sits in Marsh Plaza in support of racial, gender and religious equality Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professor hosts series of post-election rallies

Abigail Freeman November 29, 2016

With signs reading “Respect the Constitution” and “Speak Up Speak Out to Discrimination,” Boston University professor Nathan Phillips sat in front of the Free at Last sculpture in Marsh Plaza...

Jonathan Buonocore, a member of the Climate, Energy, and Health team at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, speaks about coal deposits and energy Monday at "The Road to 100 Percent” event at the Old South Church in Boston. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Now is the time for us to be bold,” panelist says during Environment Massachusetts discussion

Andres Picon November 15, 2016

The Old South Church in Boston was filled with a crowd of approximately 50 as Environment Massachusetts hosted a panel Monday night to discuss the importance of renewable energy and the urgency of...

Boston University students Emelia Chamberlain and Natalie Robinson (CAS '18) are leaving Oct. 28 for Antarctica, where they will be studying and researching with David Marchant, a BU earth and environment professor, and Andrew Christ, a BU doctoral student. PHOTO COURTESY EMELIA CHAMBERLAIN

Undergrads to travel to Antarctica for first time in research program 

Maisie Guzi October 22, 2015

Two Boston University students will be the first undergraduates to participate in the BU Research Education and Communication of Science program’s fieldwork program in Antarctica. Emelia Chamberlain...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Path to Fossil Fuel Divestment for Universities

Editors February 17, 2015

Should university endowments divest from fossil fuels? A public discussion of this question has included some university presidents issuing statements that they would not, that investments should not...

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