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Sustainability@BU hosted a Twitter dialogue Friday afternoon to encourage students to consider the future of sustainability and connect with leaders in the field. PHOTO BY ABBY FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Twitter dialogue encourages better understanding on sustainability efforts post COP21

Joseph Martorana April 25, 2016

Sustainability@BU hosted a #CleanEnergyU Earth Day dialogue via Twitter Friday and encouraged students and other Twitter users to participate and share their visions, ideas and commitments for a more...

At the third New England Regional Gun Violence Meeting Wednesday, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, along with Boston Police Department Commissioner William Evans, announced that heightened measures will be taken to fight gun violence. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh partners with Arms With Ethics to curb gun violence

Joseph Martorana April 10, 2016

In an effort to curb gun violence and the flow of illegal firearms into New England, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced a partnership with Arms With Ethics...

Members of the American Association of University Professors’ Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the Committee on Women in the Academic Profession released a combined report Thursday that provided an updated analysis of Title IX. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On-campus Title IX enforcement leads to suppressed academic freedom, report argues

Joseph Martorana March 27, 2016

Title IX enforcement and interpretation on college campuses can result in a lack of faculty members’ academic freedom essential to teaching and research, according to a report released Thursday by...

BU adjunct professors held a rally outside of the Tsai Performance Center. Their table was decorated with 260 balloons to symbolize the number of courses they would have to teach in a year to equate to President Brown’s $1.3 million salary. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Adjuncts hold peaceful rally for awareness, better treatment

Weihua Li March 24, 2016

Boston University adjunct professors rallied Wednesday in front of the Tsai Performance Center to raise awareness of their current working conditions before other members of the faculty headed inside...

Faith Nussbaum, assistant director in the Undergraduate Program Office in the Questrom School of Business, receives one of the first BU Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards given at the third Annual Academic Advising Symposium on Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY ANNALYN KUMAR/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two faculty members honored with first Academic Advising Awards

Joseph Martorana February 29, 2016

Two members of the faculty were awarded the inaugural Boston University Academic Advising Awards on Friday. Paul Lipton, director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and Faith Nussbaum,...

Students at BU share their thoughts on the demonstrations in support of Chinese New York Police Department officer Peter Liang, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian earlier this year. ILLUSTRATION BY ADRIANA DIAZ/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students express mixed reaction in the wake of former NYPD officer’s conviction

Joseph Martorana February 26, 2016

A protest was held in the Boston Common Saturday in reaction to the Feb. 11 conviction of Peter Liang, a former New York Police Department Officer who was charged with second-degree manslaughter. Several...

BU alumnus Phil Libin speaks with WBUR reporter Curt Nickisch about his billion-dollar app, Evernote. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Evernote co-founder emphasizes passion in “Entrepreneurship Conversation”

Joseph Martorana February 17, 2016

  Evernote co-founder and Executive Chairman Phil Libin shared some of his entrepreneurial experiences Tuesday with approximately 200 members of the Boston University community at the Questrom...

According to a report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released earlier this month, colleges and universities may benefit from providing more data that promotes the importance of high education. ILLUSTRATION BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students need more data to determine college’s worth, report argues

Joseph Martorana February 7, 2016

Higher education is “data rich, but information poor” and should obtain and share more information that allows students to understand a college education’s worth and better guide students to...

Terriers Connect aims to provide BU students and faculty with resources and training on how to respond to someone contemplating suicide. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SHS’s new program trains community member identify mental illness

Joseph Martorana January 27, 2016

As a response to rising mental health cases across the nation, Boston University Student Health Services introduced a new training program for students and faculty to identify students struggling with...

The Baker-Polito administration, the Commonwealth’s four medical schools and the Massachusetts Medical Society announced Monday a set of medical education core standards focused on preventing and managing opioid misuse. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Medical school program to train students to treat drug abuse

Joseph Martorana November 13, 2015

  In a continued effort to combat the nation’s opioid crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced a medical school program that will train students on how to...

The Office of the Child Advocate released a report detailing the involvement of state agencies and community providers during Bella Bond's life. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

OCA report on Bella Bond outlines improvements for handing cases

Joseph Martorana November 2, 2015

The Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate released its final report Wednesday on the Department of Children and Families’ handling of the case of 2-year-old Bella Bond, stating that the DCF failed...

Massachusetts state leaders have developed a plan to increase the amount of locally produced food and envision a “robust food system in Massachusetts.” PHOTO COURTESY OLIVIA NADEL

Plan seeks to improve locally grown food system in Massachusetts

Joseph Martorana October 28, 2015

Several Massachusetts organizations have co-authored a draft plan that aims to bolster the state’s locally grown food system, providing more jobs and more easily accessible and nutritious food for Massachusetts...

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