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President Robert Brown sent email with COVID-19 updates for spring semester in light of Omicron

BU announces new testing, isolation requirements for Spring semester as COVID-19 cases hit all-time high

Daily Free Press Staff January 6, 2022
Undergraduates will be tested twice a week and the isolation period has been reduced from 10 to 5 days.
Garden tomatoes

BU Gastronomy hosts event about food sovereignty, racial justice and environmentalism

Rachel Do April 22, 2021
The weekend event included Zoom presentations, but also a scavenger hunt and other outdoor activities.
Roman Tragedy and Comedy theatrical masks. Students in Boston University's Roman in Translation class performed Plautus' “The Menaechmi” virtually Tuesday. COURTESY OF CAROLE RADDATO VIA FLICKR

BU students bring ancient play to life with modern, BU-centric comedy

Colin Boyd April 5, 2021
BU students adapted Plautus’ “Menaechmi” into a modern, BU-centric “ridiculous” night of comedy.
Person walks by the BU seal in MArsh plaza

Ph.D. applications increase as departments face budget cuts

Olga Benacerraf March 4, 2021
Despite an uptick in Ph.D. applications for the Fall semester, some Boston University departments will be accepting fewer students due to budget cuts.
Boston’s Logan Airport came in 16th in airport satisfaction in a new ranking by J.D. Power, a marketing research company. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU to heavily restrict Fall travel and visitors

Jane Avery July 31, 2020
BU announced in a memo Friday it will prohibit all University-sponsored domestic and international travel for students, staff and faculty — but some parties may be eligible for situational exemptions.
Boston University’s School of Law. In an effort to diversify its applicant pool, BU’s graduate schools are participating in a movement entitled “Ban the Box,” which removes the criminal history question from the schools’ applications. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP FILE

BU grad schools remove criminal history question from application

Inyeong Kim July 25, 2020
Applicants to BU’s graduate programs will now no longer need to disclose their criminal history.
Graduates wear decorated caps during Boston University's All-University Commencement Ceremony for the graduating class of 2016. Boston University’s incoming and graduating students both say they feel uncertain about their future amidst the coronavirus outbreak. ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/ DFP FILE

Classes of 2020 and 2024 say senioritis is different in quarantine

Sarah Readdean April 29, 2020
BU's incoming freshmen and graduating seniors reflect on uncertainties as they approach a new stage in life amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Founders Aja Atwood and Andres Chamorro of Trella Technologies, this year’s winner of Innovate@BU’s annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition. COURTESY OF AJA ATWOOD

Indoor farming technology wins 2019 Cannabis Startup Competition

Emanne Khan November 11, 2019
The company behind a new horizontal indoor farming technology developed by a graduate of the College of Engineering won innovate@BU’s third annual Cannabis Startup Competition Thursday.
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies began accepting applications for the Global Innovation Impact Seed Grants on Friday. COLE SCHONEMAN/ DFP FILE

Applications open for Global Innovation Impact Seed Grant

Mehek Kapoor October 31, 2019
Students pursuing global studies with ideas for innovative solutions to global policy issues can now apply for a grant to pursue their idea through the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Innovate@BU BUild Lab.
The results of the Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault, which Boston University conducted last spring, were released on Tuesday, finding that 11.8 percent of BU students have experienced nonconsensual sexual contact during their time on campus. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

Survey finds 11.8 percent of BU students have experienced nonconsensual sexual contact

Alex LaSalvia October 15, 2019
More than 11 percent of BU students say they have experienced nonconsensual sexual contact while attending BU, according to an AAU report.

Grad. students see fewer fin. aid opportunities

Daily Free Press Admin February 21, 2013

While a variety of both merit-based and need-based financial aid options exist for undergraduate students, Boston University’s graduate student financial aid is entirely merit-based, which is a means...

Students weigh benefits of combined degree experience

Daily Free Press Admin November 8, 2012

Jamie Lim, a Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior, said he applied to the Modular Medical Integrated Curriculum in his sophomore year because he liked the idea...

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