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Research professor Jessica Stern of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University is among a team that was awarded a grant from the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. COURTESY OF PARDEE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES

Pardee professor to advise team which was awarded NATO grant

Jenna Manto December 5, 2018

A research team that includes Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies research professor Jessica Stern has received a grant from NATO to conduct two research projects aimed at countering terrorist...

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Masked individuals with suspected Nazi affiliations disrupt anarchist book fair

Jenna Manto November 27, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKf72Tug88g Five people began chanting slogans associated with Nazis at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair Sunday. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDENT Masked individuals...

The Boston University Police Department alerted students Thursday about a pattern of fraud over the phone, predominantly targeting the Asian student population over the last month. ILLUSTRATION BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUPD alerts students of phone fraud scheme

Jenna Manto November 16, 2018

A phone fraud scheme has been targeting Boston University’s Asian students, according to an alert from the Boston University Police Department sent Thursday. BUPD has identified three separate...

Boston University service workers rally Tuesday ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline to negotiate their contracts with the school. A tentative agreement was struck hours after the deadline, averting a strike. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU service workers and administration reach contract agreement, avoid strike

Haley Lerner November 1, 2018
Boston University building service workers reached a tentative contract agreement with the university Thursday.
Boston University School of Public Health professor Sarah Lipson was the lead author of a new study that revealed significant disparities in mental health treatment across race and ethnicity. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH LIPSON

College students of color face disparities in mental health treatment

Daily Free Press Staff September 21, 2018
Significant disparities exist in mental health treatment for minority and non-minority college students, according to the annual Healthy Minds study by Boston University School of Public Health researcher Sarah Ketchen Lipson and her colleagues.
Professors Xue Han (left) and Kamal Sen (right) from Boston University’s College of Engineering won a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the study of the “cocktail party effect.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ENG professors receive grant to study “cocktail party effect”

Jenna Manto September 20, 2018
An award of almost $1 million from the National Science Foundation was recently granted to Boston University College of Engineering professors Kamal Sen and Xue Han to study the cocktail party effect and eventually map out circuits in the brain that contribute to it.
Boston University's Center for Career Development will be rolling out a new resume reviewing program, VMock. PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU introduces resume review platform VMock

Jenna Manto September 7, 2018
Have you ever wanted to improve your resume but were unsure where to begin, or, didn’t have the time?
Stan Sclaroff, a computer science professor, was tapped as the interim dean of Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences following the departure of former Dean Ann Cudd. PHOTO COURTESY OF CYDNEY SCOTT/ BOSTON UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY

Stan Sclaroff named interim CAS dean

Jenna Manto September 6, 2018
Boston University computer science professor Stan Sclaroff has been selected as interim dean for the BU College of Arts and Sciences, replacing former Dean Ann Cudd, who has accepted a new position as provost at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bay State dining hall's after-hours restaurant, formerly known as Late Night Kitchen, saw reconstruction over the summer and is now open as Bay State Underground. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New dining establishment Bay State Underground opens in East Campus

Jenna Manto September 3, 2018
With bright signs directing students down the stairwells, Bay State Underground has taken over the space that used to belong to Late Night Kitchen and Rize at 100 Bay State Road with a fresh new look in one combined area.
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a scholar of racial and gender inequality, has been tapped to head the BU School of Law. Formerly a Chancellor’s Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, she cites BU School of Law’s "history of access and diversity” as a deciding factor in her choice to become dean. PHOTO COURTESY OF ONWUACHI-WILLIG.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig named new dean of LAW

Daily Free Press Staff May 28, 2018
Angela Onwuachi-Willig has been named the new dean of Boston University’s School of Law. Onwuachi-Willig is coming to BU from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was the Chancellor’s Professor of Law.
A BU student was approached by an unidentified male near Kenmore Square Thursday around 9 a.m. and was pressured to withdraw money from a Citizens Bank ATM. PHOTO BY CASEY NULPH/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU student pressured into withdrawing money from ATM for unidentified male

Jenna Manto May 24, 2018
A Boston University student was approached and pressured by an unidentified male to withdraw money for him at a Citizens Bank ATM on Commonwealth Avenue near Kenmore Square Thursday around 9 a.m., according to the Boston University Police Department.
School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea. Galea is one of 37 experts spearheading a consortium to research gun violence. PHOTO COURTESY DAN AGUIRRE/BOSTON UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY

SPH gun violence experts join effort to support related research

Jenna Manto April 29, 2018
Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea and SPH professor Michael Siegel have been selected to join 36 other researchers in spearheading a consortium to research gun violence in an effort to affect policymakers’ decisions.
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