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People enter the Boston Public Schools headquarters in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury. SEAN YOUNG/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Potential BPS closures hope to solve inequity, lead to further questions

George Lehman February 25, 2024
Boston Public Schools could undergo a series of school closures in an effort to provide higher quality education for more of its students across the city, which has led to many questions and gained few answers since. 
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Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
Due to Boston University’s reduced 2021 fiscal year budget, the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development has had to eliminate 80 staff and faculty positions. LUWA YIN/ DFP FILE

Wheelock takes brunt of BU layoffs

Chloe Liu July 25, 2020
BU's Wheelock has eliminated eight staff positions, eight full-time faculty positions and 64 part-time faculty positions for the upcoming semester, as indicated in a memo sent from Wheelock’s Office of the Dean on Monday. 
President Brown in his office on Silber Way. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

President Robert Brown discusses BU’s efforts toward growth and development

Andres Picon May 3, 2018
Over the course of the last year, the Boston University community has taken steps to transform the institution’s physical and academic landscapes. In a period of time marked by a marred political climate, natural disasters and acts of terrorism that have caused contempt and frustration, the university administration has begun to implement new initiatives that will bring people and ideas together.
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.
Students pass Wheelock College. BU will soon begin doing individual advising for Wheelock students who are transitioning to BU. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Individual advising underway for transitioning Wheelock students

Samantha Day March 27, 2018
Starting in the fall of 2018, Wheelock College students will transition into the Boston University community as part of a merger announced in in October. In order to make the transition process go smoothly, BU and Wheelock faculty members are providing specialized academic advising to transitioning Wheelock students.
The Earl Center at Wheelock College. It was announced on Thursday that the BU-Wheelock merger will cause more than 100 layoffs. PHOTO BY YAOCHI FU/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Merger will result in more than 100 Wheelock layoffs

Haley Lerner March 19, 2018
The upcoming merger between Boston University and Wheelock College will result in more than 100 Wheelock faculty members being laid off. The decision to lay off some Wheelock faculty is a result of the economic struggles Wheelock is expecting, as well as an effort to reduce costs by avoiding redundancy in faculty positions.
Wheelock President David Chard. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wheelock President David Chard discusses merger

Andres Picon February 22, 2018
With less than four months to go before Wheelock College officially merges with Boston University, many students have questions and concerns about the implications of the transition and what the two schools are doing behind the scenes throughout the process.

BU set to welcome and help transitioning Wheelock students

Daniela Rivera January 23, 2018

Wheelock College students planning to transition to Boston University in the merger between the two schools will attend Wheelock Transition Information Day this Saturday to learn about life at BU and the...

Student Government President SaraAnn Kurkul speaks at a meeting on Oct. 23. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Morrison, Elmore field questions about BU-Wheelock merger at last SG meeting of the semester

Isabel Owens December 12, 2017

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and University Provost Jean Morrison attended Boston University Student Government’s last meeting of the semester Monday night to address concerns about the university’s...

Student Government meets Monday night at  the Photonics Center. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG endorses BU Bold climate plan, other campus initiatives

Isabel Owens November 21, 2017

Boston University’s Student Government voted to endorse BU Bold, a version of the Climate Action Plan that urges BU to adopt 100 percent renewable energy, among a slew of other initiatives at its...

JOHNSTON: Innovation is key

JOHNSTON: Innovation is key

Andrew Johnston October 25, 2016

While most of America is focusing on choosing either which meme they thought was the funniest of the day, or which demonic figurehead they want to sit in the White House next year, AT&T -- along with...

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