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Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House. The results of the divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement by BU’s student government. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU SJP referendum results nullified, future divestment efforts uncertain

Truman Dickerson February 14, 2025
The results of a campus-wide divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement from Boston University Student Government.
Students Demand Action website home page. With the anniversary of the Parkland shooting this Friday, February 14th, the debated issues of gun reform and gun violence among BU political groups are prominent. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Florida students observe Parkland shooting anniversary, BU groups continue gun reform advocacy

Daniela Ginsburg February 14, 2025
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and faculty.
Members of Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine speak at the BU Student Government meeting on Monday. StuGov members passed a bill for the university to disclose investments in companies involved in Middle Eastern conflicts. PHOTO BY HANNAH BAPTISTE

StuGov passes referendum bill calling University to disclose investments, BU Students for Israel criticizes in open letter

Hannah Baptiste February 4, 2025
The Boston University Student Government passed a referendum bill Monday allowing students to vote on three questions regarding University disclosure, divestment and reinvestment of funds to companies involved in Middle Eastern conflicts.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

OP-ED: We invite BU to join us in the fight against gun violence

Guest Writer January 28, 2024
Inspired by the recent op-ed published by March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill, leaders of Students Demand Action at BU invite students to join the fight against gun violence, too.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu divests funds away from fossil fuels

Mayor Wu signs ordinance to divest fossils fuels in Boston

Emilia Wisniewski December 2, 2021
Mayor Michelle Wu divested City funds away from fossil fuel and other industries in an ordinance.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Steps taken by BU administration to divest do not go far enough to warrant a full-out celebration

Editors November 1, 2021
BU administration's plan to divest is too vague and non-transparent to warrant a full-out celebration, and we demand better.
A student puts an empty water bottle into a recycling receptacle in front of the George Sherman Union

Green Campus tour boasts University’s sustainability initiatives

Sophie Nye October 26, 2021
BU's Green Campus Tour allowed parents and students to learn about what the University is doing to lead the transition to a carbon-free city and a more sustainable, zero-waste future on campus.
divestBU rally

BU divests from fossil fuels, activists react

Claire Law September 30, 2021
BU divests from fossil fuels, which is "a very small fraction of our endowment," President Brown wrote in an email to all students.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
Jewish-Israeli activist Rudy Rochman discussed identity, activism, anti-semitism and conflict at a virtual event hosted by Boston University Students for Israel on Sunday. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR ISRAEL

Jewish-Israeli activist talks identity, antisemitism, conflict

Isabel Plower September 16, 2020
Jewish-Israeli commentator Rudy Rochman is no stranger to tackling tough conversations online. While he usually posts his perspectives online, he expanded to Zoom for a virtual event Sunday with Boston University Students for Israel.
Divest BU members Anna Baggett (left) and Bolaji Olagbegi (right), both juniors in CAS, speak at a teach-in on environmental justice Sunday afternoon. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU holds teach-in to discuss environmental justice

Andy Vo December 2, 2018

Divest BU hosted a teach-in Sunday at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences to emphasize the importance of environmental justice and promote awareness of the world’s excessive carbon...

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