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Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
Boston University students taking the Ancient Worlds course in the College of Arts and Sciences this semester were able to study pieces from the Museum of Fine Arts through virtual, student-created museum tours. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students explore ‘ancient worlds’ through virtual museum tour

Ashley Soebroto December 10, 2020
Boston University students enrolled in Ancient Worlds have developed virtual tours featuring artwork from the MFA as well as other museums around the world.
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...

The Boston University Arts Initiative collaborated with BU Gaming Club on Friday to host a Minecraft block party DJed by DJ Zander in a virtual replica of the Tsai Performance Center. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU arts, gaming join forces to host Minecraft block party

Molly Farrar December 9, 2020
BU student, "DJ Zander," performed in the Tsai Performance Center on Friday, but the event wasn’t held in a building. Instead, he played in a Minecraft replica of the auditorium.
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EDITORIAL: Boston University should abandon hybrid learning, keep dorms open

Editors December 7, 2020
This desire to hold on to the promise of “hybrid” learning should not compromise our education, and most certainly not our health.
The Boston University community expressed dissatisfaction with the University’s Learn from Anywhere model in an informal survey conducted by the BU PhD Student Coalition. GRAPH BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY PHD STUDENT COALITION

Student-conducted survey shows majority of 71 respondents dissatisfied with LfA

Madhri Yehiya November 6, 2020
BU community members who participated in a September survey — which reached 79 respondents — expressed an overall dissatisfaction with the LfA model.
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