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Fraudulent Emails

BU students and administrators comment on recent email scams

Ella Nigro February 16, 2023
Boston University Police Department sent an alert to the BU community on Monday, Feb. 13 about recent fraudulent emails targeted at students and faculty. BUPD’s email alert outlined what makes an email suspicious and provided advice about how to spot a fraudulent email.
sign for "10 Buick Street" next to set of stairs that people are walking up

BU Sustainability to launch composting pilot program in select residences

Anna Rubenstein February 14, 2023
14 Buswell St., the Medical School residence and on floors one through six in 10 Buick St., will receive composting bins as part of a pilot program under Boston University’s Zero Waste Plan.
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BUTV10 transitions with new faculty advisors after Christopher Cavalieri’s departure

Daily Free Press Staff February 5, 2023
Adam Boyajy and Tina McDuffie completed their first semester as the new faculty advisors for BUTV10, following Christopher Cavalleri’s departure due to allegations.
Boston University’s Student Village II dormitory. Due to high demand for on-campus housing, students have been placed in StuVi-II and Hotel Commonwealth at Kenmore Sq. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/DFP FILE

Increase in new on-campus residents results in irregular housing assignments for new students

Matthew Eadie January 23, 2023
Nearly 100 incoming students have been temporarily assigned in Hotel Commonwealth while others were assigned to 33 Harry Agganis Way despite BU Housing's policy.
Pipes under a sink. Study abroad students in Dublin, Ireland through BU Global Programs reported “green” water in their residence hall, followed by 90 hours without hot water and a day without running water. CLARE ONG/DFP STAFF

Study abroad students in Dublin report ‘green’ water at residence hall

Talia Lissauer April 7, 2022
“It's not a poison or chemical problem. It's just a normal water treatment," said BU Study Abroad's director.
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EDITORIAL: Returning to in-person classes may invite new anxieties, but will undoubtedly help stabilize our lives

Editors April 29, 2021

If you’re on campus at Boston University and witnessing the city’s slow transition into spring — barring unpredictable Boston weather — the news of in-person classes and Commencement has arrived...

screenshots tab on iphone photos gallery

Screenshots: the weeds of the camera roll

Katherine Wright April 28, 2021
I let my camera roll run wild, and now it’s a chaotic mess of endless screenshots.
A message left by protesters in East Campus at Sunday night's sexual assault protest LILY KEPNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus Survivors holds sexual assault protest, demands University listen

Lily Kepner February 8, 2021
Nearly a month after BU junior Prisha Kumar’s second open letter condemning the University’s treatment of sexual assault was released to the public — after an initial letter written in June — Kumar and the other co-founders of the @campus.surviors Instagram account organized an on-campus protest, demanding a response from the administration.
In a virtual panel Monday, speakers from the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard Thurman Center and School of Law discussed the impact of the U.S. Capitol riots on American government and democracy. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts panel after U.S. Capitol attacks, discusses crisis from multiple angles

Yiran Yu January 13, 2021
Seven BU panelists from the departments of political science, women’s, gender and sexuality studies and the law school gathered for a virtual panel Monday night to discuss the attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6.
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: Pandemic strengthens link between us and our phones

Hannah Bohn November 2, 2020
People do not often think about the outbreak’s influence on our connection with technology, specifically with our phones. Our relationship with phones has deepened and intensified. In a world where physical engagement is compromised, virtual activity is the alternative.
Boston University’s Questrom School of Business closed out its “Wed@Hariri Meet Our Fellows” series with a presentation by Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Sanaz Mobasseri Wednesday. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Hariri Institute fellow presents research on emotions, gender in workplace

Lily Kepner February 4, 2020
Sanaz Mobassari, professor in the Questrom School of Business, presented her research findings Wednesday on how people react to emotion in the workplace, using emotion as a lens to see the gender gap in the workplace.
Many students have responded to the survey detailing negative encounters with security guards when entering their dorm building. SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former Warren Towers RA releases survey, alleges misconduct of BU security guards

Alex LaSalvia June 13, 2019
On May 31, a recently-graduated Warren Towers resident assistant sent out an email addressed to President Brown detailing alleged harassment of students by certain Warren Towers security guards.
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