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BU faculty express hopes, doubts on return to in-person classes

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 29, 2021
Professors described their hopes for a return to normality, admitted some changes may be permanent.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Learn from Anywhere — a year in review

Editors April 28, 2021
We shouldn’t absolve the University of its responsibility, but we also shouldn’t demonize LfA.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We need more ‘Wellness Days’ to keep students motivated and mentally healthy

Editors February 1, 2021
If BU wants to make sure its students are staying safe and healthy, it must take into consideration our mental health and provide us with significant breaks that are comparable to, or even more supportive, than our absent Spring Recess.
Administrators of Boston University’s Classroom Moderator program plan to address management and communication issues within the department this semester. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Classroom moderators see continued communication, organization issues

Emily Stevenson January 28, 2021
Boston University is working to improve its classroom moderator programming with a new app that will resolve issues with communication and organization. However, students and faculty say it is too early to deem it a success.
Boston University hosted the second installment in this Fall’s “Remote and Hybrid Teaching and Learning Lightning Talks,” allowing professors to share their experiences under the University’s hybrid learning model. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professors share experiences with LfA environment, voice positive outcomes

Madeline Humphrey December 10, 2020

While college campuses would normally be bustling during the fall, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything from the way students communicate to the way they learn. At Boston University, that’s no...

With the COVID-19 pandemic upending the lives of many, the mental health of students takes a hit. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DFP FILE

COVID-19 affects stress levels among students

Daily Free Press Staff September 24, 2020
Students are not getting the expected college experience, but the result of an increasingly dystopian world. Amid the pandemic, students' academic performance and general well-being are threatened.
A sign on the door of Warren Towers showing ways that students can limit the spread of COVID-19. Professors at Boston University have criticized the University for not extending the flexibility of its Learn From Anywhere model to BU staff. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors share experiences, openly critique LfA system

Cameron Morsberger September 2, 2020
Through the Learn from Anywhere model, students are given a choice to attend class virtually or on campus, but most professors do not have this option.
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