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33 Harry Agganis Way. The housing process for the next academic year opened earlier this month. HUI-EN LIN/DFP FILE

Everything to know about BU housing for the 2024-2025 academic year

Madyline Swearing February 28, 2024
Earlier this month, applications to reserve on-campus housing at Boston University opened for the 2024-2025 academic year. Here's everything you need to know.
Petition created by Boston University student Alex P. after the University did not allow them to change their legal sex to “X” in BU records. Other transgender and nonbinary BU students have also experienced difficulties with University sex identification rules. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender, nonbinary students report difficulty changing legal sex — Part 2

Emily Stevenson August 31, 2021
Student Information System update to come in Fall 2023 will allow more flexibility.
Warren Towers Entrance

Transgender students share frustrations with BU Housing, dorm bathrooms

Anna Vidergar June 18, 2021
Unavailability of gender-neutral housing and bathrooms for incoming freshmen is a repeated concern.
Students discuss the implications of gender neutral housing on campus during a town hall event hosted by the Boston University Student Government Thursday night. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG town hall meeting addresses gender-neutral housing

Alima Soré November 11, 2016

The Boston University Student Government held a town hall meeting with approximately 20 students Thursday night to gauge student interests and complaints regarding gender-neutral housing on campus. The...

Roommates Kayla Pichichero (SHA ’16), Mollie Wasser (SMG ’16), Amir Feinberg (CAS ’16) and Brock Meyer (CAS '15) spend time together in their gender-neutral Student Village apartment. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Housing offers gender-neutral option on large scale, draws mixed response

Drew Schwartz September 11, 2014

As Amir Feinberg walked into his housing selection appointment in April, he looked to his expectant roommates – two of whom were females – with concern. After researching his options, scouring Boston...

For gender-neutral housing, years of effort bring immense rewards

Daily Free Press Admin March 19, 2014

For years, the Boston University student body has been collaborating with Student Government, the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism and other groups to advocate for gender-neutral housing on...

More students expected to use gender-neutral housing next semester

Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2013

Boston University student Maya Inozemtseva said having the option of gender-neutral housing made for a more pleasant experience this semester, as her boyfriend Daniel Smith was able to move into her dorm...

2 sophomores are first to take advantage of BU’s new gender-neutral housing

Daily Free Press Admin November 5, 2013

Maya Inozemtseva, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, and Daniel Smith, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, are the first Boston University students to take advantage...

Allocations Board to fund CGSA fall conference

Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

Boston University’s Allocations Board awarded funding to the Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism Monday to host a conference, geared toward college students, for women’s and gender centers...

Gender-neutral housing available for first time

Daily Free Press Admin September 2, 2013

After Boston University officials announced in August that gender-neutral housing will now be available, students across campus expressed excitement for the BU community but also voiced concern that...

University Council approves gender-neutral housing

Daily Free Press Admin August 13, 2013

Gender-neutral housing, starting during the fall 2013 semester, will officially be an option for Boston University students, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. After several years of discussion between...

Gender-neutral housing proposed to University Council

Daily Free Press Admin May 2, 2013

After a semester of deliberations, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore has submitted an official gender-neutral housing proposal to the University Council on behalf of a subcommittee tasked with addressing...

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