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Boston University faculty are allowed to ask students to present their green-colored badge that indicates compliance with safety requirements before entering class, but some professors are relying on the honor system instead. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In-person classes vary in requiring proof of compliance at door

Daily Free Press Staff September 16, 2020
BU’s COVID-19 testing and attestation enforcement policy allows faculty to request all students show a green-colored badge indicating compliance with safety requirements before entering class. Some professors teaching in-person classes have been relying on the honor system instead.
Josee Matela, a senior in the College of Communication, is the creator of The First-Gen Graduates of 2020, a digital yearbook profiling first-generation graduating seniors inspired by her own experiences as a first-generation college student. COURTESY JOSEE MATELA

BU first-gen student shares her motivation to succeed, shares other graduates’ stories online

Angela Yang April 28, 2020
COM senior Josee Matela created The First-Gen Graduates of 2020, a digital yearbook sharing the stories of others who broke barriers to triumph in the world of higher education.
The film rights to former Boston Globe Spotlight reporter Dick Lehr's novel, "Trell" were acquired last month. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNE KREITER

BU professor Dick Lehr’s novel heads to the big screen

Johnathan D. Kindall September 6, 2018

Students of journalism professor Dick Lehr watch him lecture and instruct peers each time they attend class, but they don’t always see the professor’s personal projects. Lehr published a young...

Boston University develops a pilot program for online class evaluations. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

End-of-semester course evaluations go digital

Sarika Ram December 10, 2017

The Boston University provost-appointed Task Force on Evaluating Teaching initiated an expanded pilot program for online course evaluations — in lieu of paper evaluations — in several BU schools...

Mitchell Zuckoff, a New York times bestselling author and journalism professor at Boston University, led a discussion on his experience writing "13 Hours," Saturday morning in the George Sherman Union. PHOTO COURTESY MITCHELL ZUCKOFF

Journalism professor talks “behind the scenes” of “13 hours in Benghazi”

Abigail Freeman October 23, 2016

As this year’s Family and Friends Weekend unfolded over the weekend, approximately 120 Boston University students and their loved ones listened to Mitchell Zuckoff, a journalism professor at the College...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a February campaign stop in Boston. Clinton has raised millions of dollars more in donations from Massachusetts supporters than Republican candidate Donald Trump. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN /DFP FILE PHOTO

Clinton leads Trump in Mass. presidential campaigning

Dave Sebastian September 26, 2016

All candidates who ran or are running in the 2016 presidential election have raised a total of over $25 million in Massachusetts up until the end of August, with $13 million going to Democratic nominee...

The College of Communication has partnered with The New York Times to provide free Times digital access to for all COM students, faculty and staff. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COM provides free Times digital access to students, moves away from print

Sophia Eppolito September 26, 2016

Starting this fall, the Boston University College of Communication will provide free digital access of The New York Times to COM students, faculty, staff and anyone who takes classes in COM, the college...

John Krasinski plays Jack Silva in "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi." PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: Michael Bay strives for authenticity in “13 Hours”

Joe Incollingo January 15, 2016

The truth surrounding a controversial entity sits trapped behind iron walls of unbreachable public conceptions. Benghazi and Michael Bay are more similar than you’d think. The first is political shorthand...

“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” based off Boston University College of Communication professor Mitchell Zuckoff’s book, is slated to premiere Jan. 15, 2016. PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

“13 Hours” to bring six men’s heroism in Benghazi to big screen

Michaela Johnston December 15, 2015

For 13 harrowing hours from the night of Sept. 11, 2012 to the morning of Sept. 12, six security operators within the CIA’s Global Response Staff defended the United States’ Special Mission Compound...

Gay Talese will speak at The Power of Narrative journalism conference hosted by Boston University’s College of Communication from April 1-3, 2016. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

COM to welcome Gay Talese as headliner of 2016 Narrative Conference

Katie DiClemente December 7, 2015

Groundbreaking narrative journalist Gay Talese will be appearing as a special guest at the annual Power of Narrative Conference, Boston University’s College of Communication announced Wednesday. The...

Professor Mitchell Zuckoff named the first Sumner N. Redstone Professor of Narrative Studies, announced March 6 in BU Today. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COM professor named first Sumner N. Professor of Narrative Studies

Mina Corpuz March 9, 2015

Mitchell Zuckoff, a New York Times bestseller, veteran journalist and a professor in Boston University’s College of Communication, was named the first Sumner N. Redstone Professor of Narrative Studies...

David Carr talks about the future of media at panel at Boston University Oct. 20. PHOTO BY SARAH FISHER/DFP FILE PHOTO

David Carr, BU professor, New York Times columnist, dies at 58

Mina Corpuz February 13, 2015

David Carr, a columnist at The New York Times who covered business, culture and government in his Media Equation column and a professor in Boston University’s College of Communication, died Thursday...

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