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The new Student Employment Office portal. SEO changed the payroll system for Boston University students in June. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New SEO payroll system draws mixed opinions from students, supervisors

Eli Pekelny September 20, 2024
The new payroll system implemented by Boston University Student Employment Office is causing various reactions from student employees and supervisors.
Marciano Commons on Bay State Road. According to the campus life edition of Back2BU, dining spaces at Boston University will limit capacities and mandate face coverings. MIKE DESOCIO/ DFP FILE

This is what campus life will look like this Fall

Melissa Ellin June 23, 2020
Traditional campus life may be nearly unrecognizable this Fall, with social distancing infused into all aspects of university activity. BU administration also holds the right to shut campus down again.
The sustainability@BU phone app, created to encourage environmentally conscious practices across campus through fun competitions and games. CHIKA OKOYE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

sustainability@BU app encourages friendly competition while building environmentally conscious habits

Sarah Readdean December 5, 2019
The sustainability@BU app was created in August 2016 for the BU community to log and develop new sustainable habits in a fun and competitive way.
Splash, an annual event on Nickerson Field, lets students learn about all the clubs and organizations available at BU. MIKE DESOCIO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Campus events to look forward to this fall

Nyah Jordan June 13, 2019
New to campus? Here are some activities and events to check out at the beginning of the new semester.
Mayor Martin Walsh announces the #MeetBoston challenge, which encourages college students to experience Boston life through using social media. One of the #MeetBoston challenges is to eat at one of Boston’s food trucks. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

#MeetBoston challenge encourages students to leave campus and explore Boston

Sophia Brown September 6, 2017

Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the start of the #MeetBoston Challenge, an initiative aimed at getting first-year students attending Boston-area colleges and universities to explore the city...

The Boston University Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center collaborates with the BU Arts Initiative to create an exhibition to showcase how student artist responses to sexual assault, allyship and prevention. The exhibit will remain open at BU Arts Initiative's office from April 3 through April 12. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SARP teams up with BU Arts Initiative, raises awareness with art

Amanda Kaufman April 6, 2017

In celebration of Sexual Assault Awareness Week at Boston University and National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center collaborated with the BU Arts Initiative...

GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU graduate school alumni participate in Peace Corps

Blau Ramos March 2, 2017

Boston University ranked fourth among graduate schools on the Peace Corps’ 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list on Tuesday. This was the first time in seven years that the...

The incoming Class of 2020 gathered inside Agganis Arena for the Matriculation Ceremony Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU welcomes Class of 2020 at Matriculation Ceremony, leaders encourage involvement

Maddie Domenichella September 6, 2016

Dressed in scarlet and white, Boston University’s Class of 2020 followed the BU Marching Band down Commonwealth Avenue and toward Agganis Arena Sunday afternoon. Once there, the approximately 3,700...

Joining Hands is a program within the Boston University Community Service Center that helps students connect with elders and people with disabilities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL MCLEAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CSC’s Joining Hands reaches out to people with disabilities

Elise Takahama December 2, 2015

Many individuals make what activist groups consider the mistake of agreeing with seemingly harmless assumptions about those living with disabilities. Part of that comes from an unbalanced media portrayal,...

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