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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor, Josephine Kalbfleisch | DFP Photographer, Lauren Albano | Campus Co-Editor

Musk Foundation donations to BU rocketry club launch debate

Lauren Albano February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
On May 15, Boston University released the first phase of its plan to reopen in the Fall. Phase one provides resources and information to help ensure a safe return to on-campus work for select faculty and staff. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU releases phase one of its reopening plan for Fall

Shannon Damiano May 19, 2020
As colleges across the nation are shrouded in uncertainty over how to proceed in the Fall, BU is among those that have demonstrated a commitment to returning its students to campus.
The National Science Foundation awarded Boston University, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the University of Pittsburgh a joint grant Tuesday to study climate change and invasive plant effects for a three-year research project. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU researchers study potential loss of wildflower population due to climate change

Maggie Choy February 9, 2020
Woodland flowers may be the latest victim of climate change in the eastern United States.
Boston University was ranked ninth on the Consortium of Social Science Associations’ 2020 list, which ranks colleges and universities based on how much funding they are gifted for social science research. PHOTO BY VIOLET GIDDINGS/ DFP FILE

Boston University makes top ten in COSSA rankings

Matthew Sensabaugh February 2, 2020
BU earned a top ten spot in the 2020 rankings of colleges and universities by the Consortium of Social Science Associations. BU came in ninth out of more than 500 institutions considered in the ranking, which allocates positions based on the funding gifted to research and development in the social sciences.
As cities like Boston continue to grow across the world, researchers need to find new solutions to urban climate challenges. COURTESY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU researchers study urban climate change

Minali Prasad February 1, 2019
Faculty from across Boston University joined together in October 2018 to share their findings on urban climates as part of a new research program, called the Urban Climate Initiative.
The entrance to Boston University’s Department of History. Since 2008, the number of students awarded a history degree has experienced a sharp drop off, declining by more than any other major. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

History major facing steep declines, new report shows

Susannah Sudborough November 30, 2018

Of all the major academic disciplines, history saw the steepest decline in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the 2016-2017 academic year, according to the 2018 American Historical Association...

Marchant Glacier renamed in light of professor’s sexual harassment

Haley Lerner September 20, 2018
Marchant Glacier in Antarctica, originally named for Boston University Earth and environment professor David Marchant, has been renamed in wake of findings that Marchant sexually harassed students.
Professors Xue Han (left) and Kamal Sen (right) from Boston University’s College of Engineering won a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the study of the “cocktail party effect.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ENG professors receive grant to study “cocktail party effect”

Jenna Manto September 20, 2018
An award of almost $1 million from the National Science Foundation was recently granted to Boston University College of Engineering professors Kamal Sen and Xue Han to study the cocktail party effect and eventually map out circuits in the brain that contribute to it.
Optimus Ride, a self-driving car company, released a report that addressed physical obstacles autonomous cars face in the city. The report focused on the issue of snow removal. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

Snow banks, infrastructure issues interfere with self-driving vehicles, report says

Hannah Schoenbaum April 25, 2018
Optimus Ride, a Boston-based self-driving vehicle startup, released a quarterly report that identified inefficient snow removal as an obstacle to self-driving cars in the city.

NASA to launch BU student-designed satellite in April

Lillian Ilsley-Greene January 30, 2018

Rocket manufacturing company SpaceX announced that its new giant rocket, Falcon Heavy, will launch next week — but it won’t be the only launch happening in the next few months. A micro-satellite built...

Boston University students march to protest climate change at a DivestBU rally on Nov. 15. PHOTO BY MAISIE MANSFIELD-GREENWALD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Scientists censor term ‘climate change’ to save public funding

Rachel Kelly December 10, 2017

Scientists are increasingly omitting the term “climate change” in public grant proposals to avoid funding cuts from the Trump administration, according to a recent NPR analysis — a trend some...

Students rally on Oct. 11 following allegations against Earth and environment professor David Marchant. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Congressional committee investigates BU researcher accused of sexual misconduct

Elise Takahama October 27, 2017

By Elise Takahama, Caroline Smith and Solange Hackshaw The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has started a bipartisan investigation Thursday on the sexual harassment allegations...

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