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A letter from Boston University President Melissa Gilliam, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gloria Waters and Vice President and Associate Provost Ad Interim for Research Thomas Bifano confirming BU’s commitment to research amid the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. The funding cuts are temporarily halted due to lawsuits from three universities, but research departments will have to find a way to cut costs if the policy is implemented. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU, local universities react to NIH research grant funding cuts

Liam Dunne February 19, 2025
Universities and researchers react to research grant funding cuts by the NIH.
A Trump-Vance sign in Brookline, Massachusetts. While President-elect Donald Trump plans to make changes to reproductive, healthcare, education and immigration policies, Boston’s policies maintain protections. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How do Trump’s second term policies measure up to Massachusetts?

Emma Mullay November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump made many large-scale promises on policies concerning key voter issues both during his campaign and since his reelection — here’s how they shape up in Boston and Massachusetts.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: An international student’s trip back to Ithaca

Antonia Lehnert September 23, 2021
Reflecting on Odysseus's story of homecoming got me thinking about how my life has changed when I began studying abroad.
Femitwist: Yes on 3, no to bigotry

Femitwist: Yes on 3, no to bigotry

Michal Shvimer November 6, 2018

Sometimes, progressivism feels like a bargaining game with convenience. Political issues often come with their own set of politics. Socioeconomic consequences, legal logistics and partisan ploys convolute...

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EDITORIAL: Legislating against transgender people’s existence won’t change that they exist

Editors October 22, 2018

People who have spent their lives fighting against gender labels imposed on them at birth may now have these restrictions legally imposed upon them. The Department of Health and Human Services is attempting...

Small businesses get extension for ACA in Massachusetts

Daily Free Press Admin April 27, 2014

An extension made by the federal government will give small businesses in Massachusetts an extra year to comply with the rating factors that determine health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care...

Report suggests revisions to rules for human subject research

Daily Free Press Admin January 15, 2014

The National Research Council released a report on Thursday outlining a set of revisions to regulations in place regarding the use of human subjects for scientific research at institutions such as Boston...

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