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The Daily Free Press

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Although Boston University has services such as the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center, the university did not receive one of the 27 grants to combat sexual assault from the Department of Justice. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Despite campus efforts, BU not recipient of federal sexual assault prevention grant

Hannah Libby September 8, 2015

The Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women announced Wednesday that it will award 27 grants totaling $8.5 million to colleges around the country in order to enhance programs to reduce...

Sam Vaghar, executive director and co-founder of the Millennium Campus Network, speaks during the “First Annual Global Development Symposium: The University & Student's Role in Global Humanitarian Efforts” Monday at the Boston University Photonics Center. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student groups host first global development consortium symposium

Hannah Libby April 28, 2015

Students from the Global Development Consortium hosted Boston University’s first GDC Symposium Monday featuring undergraduate groups, professors and non-governmental organizations. GDC is a network...

Attendees enter Marsh Chapel Sunday for a memorial service for Daryl Carr, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student who died in February. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Memorial service remembers Ph.D student Daryl Carr

Hannah Libby April 20, 2015

Boston University students and faculty gathered Sunday afternoon at Marsh Chapel to memorialize Daryl Carr, a student pursuing a sociology doctoral degree in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...

Since the statewide food waste ban implemented by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection began in October, waste disposal and composting efforts have improved. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CARLY-ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Statewide waste ban shows improvement in sustainability efforts

Hannah Libby April 16, 2015

Disposal and composting efforts at Massachusetts businesses, facilities and institutions have improved since Massachusetts enacted the country’s first statewide food waste ban on Oct. 1, 2014, said...

A report released Thursday by Lumina Foundation found that there has been progress to increase postsecondary education, but rates are not sufficient enough to meet United States' economic demands in the future. GRAPHIC BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Lumina report addresses college achievement gap, calls for reform

Hannah Libby April 14, 2015

Although more students are earning college degrees, there is still a nationwide achievement gap that leaves the United States’ workforce demands unmet, a Thursday report by the Lumina Foundation found. The...

Boston University Athletics held a lottery for discounted tickets for BU students to attend the Frozen Four games, beginning Thursday. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Athletics, students differ on Frozen Four hockey ticket lottery

Hannah Libby April 9, 2015

As the Boston University men’s hockey team prepares to play in its first NCAA semifinals in six years, students from across the university are fighting to secure themselves a seat throughout BU’s...

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