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Students present their project during Tech for Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon. This event is a two-day-long competition where students present projects that provide a solution to one of four issues: climate change, equality, election involvement or healthcare. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Second annual Tech For Change Hackathon sparks technological innovation, solutions at CDS

Truman Dickerson February 20, 2024
This weekend, BU hosted Tech For Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon, a two-day competition in which students from across the country use technology to develop solutions for national challenges.
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. Boston University is suspending contributions to its employees’ retirement plans for fiscal year 2021 due to expenses incurred as a result of the coronavirus. RODRIGO DE LA PLAZA/ DFP FILE

BU suspends contributions toward employee retirement

Inyeong Kim May 21, 2020
BU is suspending contributions to employees' retirement plans as a result of budget shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.
The first student-faculty forum of the academic year was held in the Jacob Sleeper Auditorium on Tuesday night. The panel, made up of professors from the College of Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the New York Times’ 1619 Project. EMILY HARDY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students and faculty discuss The New York Times 1619 Project

Alyssa Figueroa September 25, 2019
Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center hosted its first student-faculty forum of the 2019-2020 academic year Tuesday with a panel on the New York Times 1619 Project. 

Journalist Ofeibea Quist-Arcton speaks about importance of representing African women voices

Sophie Wiener October 16, 2018
Award-winning journalist and Ghanaian native Ofeibea Quist-Arcton headed to Harvard University as the most recent speaker in a series of lectures highlighting issues facing women in developing countries Thursday.
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