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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The reception desk at The Boston University Center for Career Development. Tuesday, President Trump’s first full day in office, he signed an executive order which aims to halt Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices in various federal, corporate and higher education institutions, including BU. ZIBBY ENGLISH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student leaders fear decreased minority enrollment, employment opportunities after Trump DEI rollback

Nicole Abrams January 31, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 21 to curb diversity, equity and inclusion practices in higher education institutions, signaling negative impacts for Boston University students.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Giving Day is NOT giving

Editors April 12, 2023
It's difficult to wrap one’s head around the simultaneous existence of a three-billion — billion, with a “b!” — endowment, and our annual Giving Day. 
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Boston University 2022 Report highlights financial progress, research initiatives and competitive admission

Jennifer Small January 24, 2023
The 2022 Boston University Financial Report credited FY2022’s success to the swift resumption of residential learning, teaching and research after the pandemic as well as budgeting, planning and disciplined financial management.
Boston University annual report 2021

BU ends 2021 fiscal year on high note, but employees still struck by cost-cutting measures

Seamus Webster February 18, 2022
BU froze retirement contributions and salary increases, as its total assets grew to $8.3 billion.
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.
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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.
Fair Admission: Episode 8 - Price Tag

Fair Admission: Episode 8 – Price Tag

Edward Sturm April 15, 2021

After the acceptance letter arrives, questions of access persist. Paying for college is one of the most difficult (and contentious) barriers to higher education. Our exploration of a college’s...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Cornel West proves that professors should share political beliefs mindfully, but remain vocal in their advocacy

Editors March 10, 2021
As the shapers of young minds, professors are the pillars of our society. We cannot demand social progress and activism from future generations without first supporting the educators who are paving the path for us.
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.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The University should allow more flexibility with student housing contracts

Editors November 3, 2020
Offering the chance to cancel housing contracts will give students a better peace of mind and more control over their living situations, rather than forcing them to choose between two less-than-ideal options.
New student group BU Students Against Mass Incarceration launched this month with the goal of teaching the student body about BU’s participation in the prison system. COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA

New student organization calls for BU to divest from private prison system

Sofia Saric April 26, 2019
Boston University Students Against Mass Incarceration, a new student-run private prison divestment campaign, launched this month with the goal of educating the student body about BU’s participation in the prison industrial complex.
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