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From left to right: Khadija Noor, external relations director, Yasmin Morais, executive director, and Albert Jimenez, content/communications director created an app, RefEd, to educate refugee children in secondary school. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALBERT JIMENEZ

BU students develop app to educate refugee children

Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 16, 2018
A team of students from Boston University have created an Android app to help educate displaced children.  
Several fraternities, including many at Boston University, will no longer be able to keep hard liquor in their chapter houses, according to a decision by the North American Interfraternity Conference. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

National fraternity conference institutes hard liquor ban

Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 13, 2018
The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) has banned all alcohol above 15 percent alcohol by volume from chapter houses and events.
Boston University added a dining hall to the Fenway Campus, a move that is meant to cater to students who attend classes at the newly-acquired Wheelock College. PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New dining hall opens at Fenway Campus

Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 7, 2018
Boston University Dining Services opened the Campus Center Dining Room this week, the first BU dining hall on what was formerly the Wheelock College campus.
Boston University's Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism (CGSA) submitted a proposal to the BU's administration in February pushing for gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gender-inclusive bathrooms to be constructed in the GSU

Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 6, 2018
An independent architecture firm specializing in installing gender-inclusive bathrooms in pre-existing spaces will break ground on Boston University’s first, specifically gender-inclusive bathroom in October.
BU Hub's inaugural slate of projects includes courses focused on contemporary education of the Jim Crow era, the promotion of Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and the ramifications of the consolidation of health care providers. PHOTO BY MEGHANA PATNANA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

First round of Cross-College Challenge projects come to BU

Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 4, 2018
This week, the Cross-College Challenge (XCC) course, part of the BU Hub curriculum, begins on Boston University’s campus.
Susan Fournier will take over as the new dean of Boston University's Questrom School of Business, making her the first woman to hold this position. A professor at the school for the past 13 years, she is also a leading expert in the field of brand marketing, PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN WATKINS.

Professor Susan Fournier named first female Questrom dean

JenRacoosin August 11, 2018
Marketing professor Susan Fournier has been appointed dean of the Questrom School of Business after Dean Kenneth Freeman announced in November that he would step down from the position.
Lance Nakano and Anna Saad of the BU Racing Club during a club meeting. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Funding allocation policies leave engineering clubs struggling for money

Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 1, 2018
Boston University’s Student Government voted in April to restructure the student-run Allocations Board of the Student Activities Office, but the changes that were implemented did not change the fact that certain types of student groups cannot receive funding on account of the nature of their activities.
Student Government meets on Monday evening. SG elected a new senate chair, Andrew Chiao, for next year. PHOTO BY LILY ILSLEY-GREENE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG elects Andrew Chiao as Senate chair

Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 1, 2018
Boston University’s Student Government met for the last time this academic year on Monday night, electing Andrew Chiao, a sophomore senator in the College of Arts and Sciences, as next year’s Senate chair.
Student Government meets on Monday evening. The meeting covered a range of topics including putting on a "Denim Day," which is a sexual assault awareness campaign. PHOTO BY SHAUN ROBINSON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student Government passes amendment to check Cabinet spending

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 23, 2018
Boston University’s Student Government met Monday night to hear updates from the 16,000 Strong Committee and vote on an amendment to next year’s constitution.
Students and staff represent BU community in Boston Marathon

Students and staff represent BU community in Boston Marathon

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 16, 2018
Students and staff represent BU community in Boston Marathon
An SG meeting is held Monday night. SG discussed a number of issues including how to improve the Student Government Senate. PHOTO BY LILY ILSLEY-GREENE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG establishes committee to improve internal operations

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 10, 2018
The Boston University Student Government created a new Senate committee and voted on a recommendation to restructure Allocations Board funding at its meeting Monday night.
A student walks by a dorm on Wheelock's campus. April 1 was the deadline by which Wheelock students had to commit to transitioning to BU. PHOTO BY HANNAH ROGERS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Over 100 students to move from Fenway Campus to Charles River Campus

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 4, 2018
As the merger between Wheelock College and Boston University approaches, BU has been making preparations to accommodate the estimated 650 students transitioning from Wheelock to BU in the fall.
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