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Campus Crime Logs: March 22 – 28

Bailey Scott March 29, 2023
The following crime logs were taken from the Boston University Police Department’s from March 22-28.
BU President Robert Brown

President Brown reflects on the return to in-person and more with The Daily Free Press

Madhri Yehiya December 8, 2021
Brown shared aspirations and responded to concerns surrounding BUPD, campus sexual assault and more.
students in line for COVID testing

Agganis Arena to close for COVID-19 testing, faculty and staff will continue unobserved testing

Anna Vidergar September 9, 2021
Charles River campus students note the inconvenience and difficulty of finding available tests.
student exits warren towers

Students share experiences living inside buildings not renovated since mid-’90s

Tanisha Bhat April 29, 2021
Students from Warren, Kilachand, South Campus and Bay State Road described their living conditions.
Boston University’s West Campus. BU administration wrote in an email Sunday the Charles River Campus would close Monday because of an incoming snowstorm. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Charles River Campus closed due to snow, classes continue online

Vanessa Bartlett February 1, 2021
The Charles River Campus was closed Monday and all classes were held remotely due to an expected 12-18 inches of snow, according to a University email announcing the campus closure.
East to West: Nov. 30, 2020

East to West: Nov. 30, 2020

Justin Tang November 30, 2020

Today on East to West, we cover the Kilachand Honors College’s fight for student representation, a black out on Upper Bay State Road, issues with BU’s classroom moderator program, and more. FEATURING:...

A Boston Terrier-themed pumpkin submission to Kilachand Honors College’s pumpkin decorating contest by a group of Boston University sophomores in KHC. COURTESY OF MAX BROWN, EMMA KRAUS, OLIVIA HARE, CAROLINE FERNANDEZ AND SARA STRASSEL

Painting pumpkins and building community: BU groups use pumpkins for outreach

James Paleologopoulos November 1, 2020
While many traditional Halloween events were out of the question this year, some organizations are using the season’s popular orange squash to interact with the student body through contests and more.
A person walks past a Green Line train departing Saint Paul Street station. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

How best to get around campus

Allison Pirog June 12, 2020
Many incoming Boston University students dream of taking in all the views campus has to offer — the city skyline, brownstones on the tree-lined Bay State Road and sailboats on the Charles River.
Author Zadie Smith speaks during a BU book club breakfast held at BU on Monday. Smith was on campus to talk about her novel “Swing Time.” PHOTO BY ALLEGRA PEELOR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Zadie Smith talks ‘Swing Time,’ creative process during book club breakfast

Lillian Ilsley-Greene March 28, 2018

Zadie Smith entered the room and took her seat, unnoticed. Tuesday morning, the Colloquium Room of Boston University’s Photonics Center filled slowly with students and professors. Attendees gathered...

Oxford University Press President Niko Pfund speaks at Kilachand Hall Thursday afternoon about being successful at a young age. PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Oxford Press president shares life advice

Rickie Houston November 17, 2017

Oxford University Press President Niko Pfund delivered a presentation on professional success Thursday evening at Kilachand Hall, revealing career tips he said he wished he would have known when he...

The new Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering building is named after alumnus Rajen Kilachand after he donates $115 million to Boston University. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community optimistic about Kilachand donation

Noor Adatia September 17, 2017

The new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering opened this past Thursday at Boston University with $15 million from Kilachand’s donation covering the cost of the building,...

Boston University Board of Trustees Chair Kenneth Feld, philanthropist Rajen Kilachand, Boston University President Robert Brown and Mayor Martin Walsh at the graAnd opening of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Thursday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh, Brown introduce Kilachand-funded science donation

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

Boston University trustee Rajen Kilachand joined President Robert Brown and other university officials to introduce the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering to a crowd...

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