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2025-2026 Student Government’s announcement dinner Sunday. In a record-breaking turnout, BridgeToBU was elected to serve as the 2025-2026 StuGov Executive Board. PHOTO BY CAMILLE BUGAYONG

‘A vessel to make change’ comes as BridgeToBU wins StuGov election

Sam Mandala April 9, 2025
BridgeToBU secures leadership of the 2025-2026 Student Government Executive Board in record turnout election.
Students hold up signs, urging Boston University to designate itself as a sanctuary campus, during a walkout Thursday afternoon at Marsh Plaza. Prior to the walkout, speculation spread regarding an armed Homeland Security officer’s presence near BU Questrom School of Business and the School of Law building. JOSIE KALBFLEISCH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Homeland Security officer spotted at BU, student groups hold walkout for a sanctuary campus

Samantha Genzer April 4, 2025
Reports of a United States Department of Homeland Security officer on Boston University’s campus Thursday afternoon, which coincided with a planned student-led walkout calling for BU to designate itself as a sanctuary campus, intensified concerns over Immigration and Customs Enforcement on campus.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include trespassing, vandalism and defacement of BU property. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: March 23-29

Alina Fairlie March 31, 2025
This week's crime logs include theft of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering and an intoxicated party.
A worker serves food in a Boston University dining hall. Boston University, the Islamic Society of BU and University Chaplains worked together to provide meals and on-campus prayer spaces for students during Ramadan. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Building community and bringing people together’: Ramadan at BU

Brie Foster March 4, 2025
Ramadan began Saturday, and Boston University is working with organizations on campus to ensure Muslim students can observe the religious holiday.
A picture of the Boston University Student Activities Office with signs taped to the doors posted to the BU Students for Justice in Palestine Instagram account. Following this post, BU SJP announced it would be holding an emergency rally Wednesday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

SJP placed on probation by SAO for referendum posters

Truman Dickerson March 3, 2025
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine was placed on probation by the Student Activities Office Monday for violating the University’s Publications and Publicity Policy.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Google search results for Super Bowl LIX. The Philadelphia Eagles won 40-22 against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students host, attend Super Bowl watch parties around campus

Avery Fox February 10, 2025
Students attend Super Bowl LIX watch parties around campus, surprised by low turnout.
President Melissa Gilliam gives her inaugural address on Sept. 27. The Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted a celebration Saturday at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Hall in partnership with the City of Boston to honor the legacy of Boston University alum Martin Luther King Jr with Gilliam as a keynote speaker. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU, Bostonians celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day event themed around overcoming darkness

Isabelle Zhang January 27, 2025
BU Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Hall, hosted by The Howard Thurman Center and the City of Boston.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include breaking and entering, elevator entrapment and larceny. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Oct. 27-Nov. 1

Mary Goetz November 5, 2024
This week's crime logs include an elevator entrapment, a chemical event and a suspicious person.
A smoking manhole behind Marsh Chapel. An underground pipe leak is causing steam to release through manholes behind Marsh Chapel. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Smoking manholes outside GSU caused by failed pipe, construction continues

Julia Hendler October 2, 2024
A leak caused by an underground pipe failure is causing significant steam release through manholes outside of Boston University’s George Sherman Union.
The Boston University Graduate Workers Union protests outside the George Sherman Union on Boston University’s campus Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. They later marched to WBUR, where members of the BU Board of Trustees were present.
PHOTO BY CRYSTAL YORMICK

‘No work, no inauguration’: BUGWU protests before BU presidential inauguration

Crystal Yormick September 25, 2024
BUGWU picketed outside of WBUR CitySpace in protest of the recent retaliations against graduate workers.
The emergency contraception vending machine in the basement of the George Sherman Union. A student-led initiative organized the installation of a Plan B vending machine at Boston University Medical Campus. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New Plan B vending machine installed at BU Medical Campus

Samantha Genzer September 11, 2024
A Plan B vending machine was installed at the Boston University Medical Campus.
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