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BU student’s rapist apologizes, avoids jail time

Daily Free Press Staff April 10, 2018
A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology student previously convicted of aggravated rape pleaded guilty to reduced charges Tuesday. He will not serve time in jail.
The lobby in BU's School of Law. A recent study by Kaplan Test Prep shows that over 30 percent of pre-law students say the results of the 2016 election impacted their decision to apply to law school. PHOTO BY DENGFENG YANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

2016 presidential election influenced students’ decisions to study law

Mugdha Gurram March 22, 2018
A recent study by education company Kaplan Test Prep has found that more students were encouraged to apply to law schools as a result of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Boston University’s School of Law has seen a spike in the number of applicants in recent years and a greater demonstrated interest in the field of immigration law since the election.
A new chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, a co-ed law fraternity, is coming to BU. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Student works to introduce first law fraternity at BU

Mugdha Gurram February 21, 2018
Questrom School of Business freshman Jiabi Cai will be bringing a new chapter of the co-ed law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta to campus this fall, making it the first law fraternity at Boston University.

Hack4Impact aims to use technology skills for social impact

Mugdha Gurram February 14, 2018

Boston University students Elizabeth Slade and Smeet Patel are introducing a BU chapter of the nonprofit, technology-based organization Hack4Impact this spring. The goal, Slade said, is to use computer...

BU remains unresponsive to concerns over absence of first-floor CAS men’s restroom

Mugdha Gurram February 7, 2018

Privatization of restrooms on the first floor of Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences has some people concerned about a lack of student accessibility, particularly for those with physical...

Maura Healey joins fight to protect net neutrality

Mugdha Gurram January 22, 2018

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined 22 other state attorneys general Tuesday in a multi-state lawsuit to review the repeal of net neutrality protections, citing the repeal as being “illegal,”...

New CFA theater holds housewarming

Mugdha Gurram December 10, 2017

Boston University unveiled the new Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center in a housewarming on Thursday evening. The new theater will replace the old BU Theatre on...

Boston City Council meets Monday afternoon to discuss upcoming projects including a memorial for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. PHOTO BY KENSHIN OKUBO/ DFP FILE PHOTO

City council discusses memorial for Boston Marathon bombing victims

Mugdha Gurram November 28, 2017

  The Boston City Council met Monday to discuss the allotment of over $1 million from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund for seven projects dedicated to new designs within the city. An ordinance...

Boston University Police Department Chief Kelly Nee is appointed to Gov. Charlie Baker’s hate crimes task force. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUPD chief appointed to governor’s hate crime task force

Mugdha Gurram November 10, 2017

Amid increasing instances of hate crimes in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker recently reinstated a hate crimes task force, appointing Boston University Police Department Chief Kelly Nee to the unit. The...

Occupational therapy professor Jessica Kramer is awarded $50,000 in funding to research mental health research priorities of young adults with disabilities. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DFP FILE PHOTO

Sargent professor uses $50,000 for mental health research

Mugdha Gurram October 27, 2017

Jessica Kramer, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences professor will use the $50,000 in funding she received earlier this month to identify research priorities regarding mental health...

School of Law Dean Maureen O'Rourke will step down from her position after 14 years. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

School of Law dean to step down at end of year

Alana Levene October 24, 2017

Boston University School of Law Dean Maureen O’Rourke will step down from her post at the end of the 2017-18 academic year after 14 years of leading the law school. O’Rourke — who joined the...

Thirty-five percent of U.S. college admissions officers report looking at applicants’ social media accounts. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Study shows college admissions evaluate applicant’s social media

Mugdha Gurram October 20, 2017

The college admissions cycle is in full swing, and many high school seniors are cleaning up their Twitter feeds and changing their Facebook names on the uncertain premise that admissions officers are...

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