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Language of the Month Japanese film "Kikujiro"

Boston University’s Language of the Month Film Discussion celebrate Japanese culture with presentation on film ‘Kikujiro’

Casey Choung December 3, 2021
Language of the Month Film Discussion at Boston University talked “Kikujiro.”
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. BU has released its “Learn from Anywhere” plan for the Fall semester that would allow students the flexibility to learn in-person, digitally or experience a combination of both, if the plan goes into effect. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU introduces potential learning, public health plans for Fall

Chloe Liu June 1, 2020
Aside from allowing students to choose between returning to campus and staying home, BU also plans to offer frequent coronavirus testing.
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. Boston University is suspending contributions to its employees’ retirement plans for fiscal year 2021 due to expenses incurred as a result of the coronavirus. RODRIGO DE LA PLAZA/ DFP FILE

BU suspends contributions toward employee retirement

Inyeong Kim May 21, 2020
BU is suspending contributions to employees' retirement plans as a result of budget shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Jess and her coworker Katerina Chew embrace outside the Earl's entrance in the Prudential Center after a closing shift on Apr. 11, 2019, at around 3:20 a.m. Jess said that most of the people she socializes with are her coworkers, that a "traumatizing aspect" of going through difficult times together "forms bonds." CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP STAFF

BU students working long hours off-campus face anxiety, stress

Chloe Grinberg May 2, 2019

When Jessica Frith is awake until 5 a.m., an experience college students know well, she isn’t cramming for a test or getting back from a night out. She’s at home in bed watching Netflix to “decompress”...

The Yawkey Center for Student Services at BU. Some are advocating to rename nearby Yawkey Way in light of its namesake’s history of racism.  PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Concerns raised over Yawkey Center’s name as decision to rename Yawkey Way looms

Mike Reddy March 22, 2018
Efforts to rename Yawkey Way, a street along the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park, have raised questions at Boston University about whether the Yawkey Center for Student Services should also be renamed.
In conjunction with the Educational Resource Center, the Boston University College of Communication hosts a workshop for international students on how to avoid plagiarism. PHOTO BY ABBY FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ERC hosts anti-plagiarism seminar, helps international students bridge culture gap

Jordan Kimmel September 28, 2016

The Educational Resource Center hosted an anti-plagiarism workshop Tuesday evening to familiarize international students and transfer students with Boston University’s academic integrity policy. Approximately...

Monday the 2015 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange released Massachusetts ranked fourth highest state for hosting 55,447 international students. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI

Increase in foreign students lead to academic adjustment programs

Brianne Garrett November 20, 2015

The number of international students in the U.S. experienced a 10 percent increase over the past year, according to the 2015 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange released Monday. In...

Stacy Ulrich, director of the Office of Student Programs and Leadership at Boston University, and Matt Lengen, program manager in OSPL, dress up in anticipation for BU’s first Midnight Breakfast planned for Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY OF STACY ULRICH

BU Midnight Breakfast serves up fun-filled study break for students

Felipe Belfort Marques December 10, 2014

We’ve all heard of breakfast for dinner. But on Wednesday night, Boston University will be serving the morning meal just a little bit later at the Midnight Breakfast, held by the College of Arts and...

BU Cheat Sheet

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

Though Boston University’s linear campus stretching along Commonwealth Avenue might be unconventional, the location boasts all of the aspects of a typical university’s stomping grounds. Affectionately...

The Man. The Myth. The Legend: A look back on a decade as Dean of Students

Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2013

Setting up microphones and fixing lights as an intern in the George Sherman Union, Kenneth Elmore never expected to be sitting in his own office at Boston University 28 years later celebrating 10 years...

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