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Following the announcement at American University in early September and at Cornell University on Oct. 8 that trigger warnings will not be allowed in classrooms, many have questioned what will happen at Boston University. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU to update ventilation systems in some buildings as part of COVID-19 preparations

Julia Ermi August 5, 2020
In another move to address COVID-19 concerns on BU’s campus, BU Facilities Management and Operations Staff is working to improve mechanical heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems — referred to as HVAC — in the 120 buildings on campus that have them. 
Boston University students walking along Commonwealth Avenue. Some students said they have struggled to get to class on the other side of campus on time within the 15-minute passing period scheduled between classes. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students express struggle to make cross-campus commutes with 15-minute pass period

Daily Free Press Staff March 6, 2019

By: Elsa Scott and Ann Zhang It takes about 30 minutes to walk the length of Boston University’s Charles River campus, spanning from Kenmore Square to Packard’s Corner. The MBTA Green Line and...

Professors speak Boston University staff and students Tuesday night at the Yawkey Center for Student Services regarding the impact of the current administration on science. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panel of scientists discuss Trump’s impact on education

Jordan Kimmel April 18, 2017

Nearly 50 students and faculty gathered at the Yawkey Center for Student Services Tuesday night for a discussion about how Donald Trump’s presidency will affect science in terms of education, climate,...

Joseph Venuti, an aviation meteorologist at MIT’s Lincoln Lab, speaks about educating children on the principles of climate change and weather forecasting. PHOTO COURTESY JOSEPH VENUTI

Venuti educates youth about weather, climate change

Roshni Kotwani March 16, 2017

A dramatic breakup? Always raining. Protagonist reaches his goal? Always sunny. Innocent child at night, alone and at home? Always storming. Be it movies or books, the arts have emphasized a growing...

Three panelists discuss the pros and cons of divesting from fossil fuels at a public forum in the George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium in late February. The BU community’s efforts were rewarded Friday by the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fossil fuel divestment advocates see results in ACSRI’s recommendation

Grace Li April 22, 2016

Many Boston University students as well as faculty and staff members have been active advocates for BU to divest from fossil fuels over the recent years. Advocacy efforts led the Advisory Committee...

The National Association of Scholars released a comprehensive analysis of the fossil fuel divestment effort Tuesday. Boston University’s divestment effort is “Divest BU.” PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DFP FILE PHOTO

Report researches college divestment, criticizes movement

Grace Li November 13, 2015

Collegiate divestment programs are inherently “designed to fail," a report by the National Association of Scholars released Tuesday argued. Rachelle Peterson, director of research projects at NAS...

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, speaks during a forum with the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing Tuesday at the Trustee Center Ballroom. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACSRI forum speaker examines broad implications of climate change

Keri McAlpine April 29, 2015

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, spoke Tuesday night about climate change at a forum hosted by the Board of Trustees’...

Miller-Urey experiment redux: Researchers seek origins of life in safer recreation of 1953 study

Daily Free Press Admin January 27, 2014

Put yourself in a world with a harsh, dark, fiery atmosphere. There is no one in sight. Clouds of smoke, chains of lightning and streams of lava cascade across this hellish landscape. The air is hard to...

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