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President Melissa Gilliam gives her inaugural address. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Melissa Gilliam inaugurated as BU’s 11th president, protestors at ceremony

Crystal Yormick September 27, 2024
Melissa Gilliam has officially been inaugurated as Boston University's 11th President.
Myles Standish Hall. The residence hall, formerly named after a military leader of the Plymouth Colony from the 1600s who fatally ambushed leaders of the Massachusett Tribe, will be renamed to its address, 610 Beacon Street. XIAOYA SHAO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Myles Standish Hall renamed to 610 Beacon Street

Sydney Topf June 2, 2024
After years of activism on campus, the dormitory Myles Standish Hall will be renamed to its address, 610 Beacon St.
lecture hall in the college of arts and sciences at boston university

BU AAUP recognized by national organization, begins reaching out to administration

Rin Velasco April 14, 2021
National recognition provides credibility as well as legal aid if the organization needs it.
Empty classroom in the questrom school of business

BU faculty form AAUP chapter, demand better representation

Juncheng Quan March 5, 2021
Boston University Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Star announced the creation of an American Association of University Professors chapter on campus in a tweet Saturday.
OP-ED: The issue of the University line

OP-ED: The issue of the University line

Editors December 6, 2020
I’m not giving up on this or any other initiative my fellow senators and I are pursuing. On precedent alone, the University has respected and gone through with Senate-driven initiatives. Now more than ever, when a quarter of the student population put us in office, the University is all the more obligated to negotiate with us.
East to West: August 17, 2020

East to West: August 17, 2020

Justin Tang August 17, 2020

It’s Monday! Today, we’re covering the possibility that BU faculty will not be told if students test positive for COVID-19, last Thursday’s protest on Commonwealth Avenue regarding BU’s reopening...

Will faculty be told if a student tests positive for COVID-19? BU says it's still not sure.

Will faculty be told if a student tests positive for COVID-19? BU says it’s still not sure.

Daily Free Press Staff August 14, 2020
Instructors who attended a Faculty Council meeting Tuesday said President Robert Brown made it clear faculty would not be informed when a student in one of their classes tests positive for COVID-19. But Boston University stated Friday the policy is ultimately not yet final.
Here’s why BU plans not to notify faculty when students test positive for COVID-19

Here’s why BU plans not to notify faculty when students test positive for COVID-19

Chloe Liu August 13, 2020
NOTICE: We published this article Thursday evening. We removed it temporarily to confirm more sources before publishing.
Crystal Williams is named Boston University’s first associate provost for diversity and inclusion. PHOTO COURTESY CRYSTAL WILLIAMS

BU appoints first-ever associate provost for diversity and inclusion

Rickie Houston October 22, 2017

Renowned poet and former Bates College english professor Crystal Williams started as Boston University’s first-ever associate provost for diversity and inclusion last Monday. Williams will be in...

Beginning spring 2017, students will be able to choose up to eight credits as pass/fail courses. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New pass/fail course policy takes effect in 2017, encourages students to explore interests

Blau Ramos October 4, 2016

For Boston University students who wish to explore courses outside of their major, starting Jan. 1, 2017, a new university policy will allow them to elect up to eight credits of academic coursework...

The BU Board of Trustees has elected six new members, including new chair Kenneth J. Feld (SMG ’70). PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Board of Trustees welcomes new chair, six new members

Till Kaeslin September 29, 2016

The Boston University Board of Trustees welcomed six new members and a new board chair this school year to fill the vacant positions left by those who had finished their terms. Kenneth Feld, a 1970...

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