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A letter from Boston University President Melissa Gilliam, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gloria Waters and Vice President and Associate Provost Ad Interim for Research Thomas Bifano confirming BU’s commitment to research amid the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. The funding cuts are temporarily halted due to lawsuits from three universities, but research departments will have to find a way to cut costs if the policy is implemented. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU, local universities react to NIH research grant funding cuts

Liam Dunne February 19, 2025
Universities and researchers react to research grant funding cuts by the NIH.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Regaining US popularity around the world

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol February 24, 2021
I want to point out that recent events under the Trump administration have negatively changed the world’s perception of this country. However, I believe in second chances, and I think the United States can regain its popularity around the world.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

2021 Breakdown: Manchin is the biggest roadblock for Democrats

Gabriella Aponte February 12, 2021
Instead of fighting with Democrats who want to help his constituents, Manchin should thank the party and the broader left for allowing him to call himself a Democrat and a great bipartisan figure.
Boston University’s Network of Enlightened Women chapter serves as a space for conservative college-aged women to connect and feel empowered. COURTESY OF NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN

Young, diverse women share collective voice in current Republican Party

Daily Free Press Staff November 4, 2020

By Alex Ross (contributor) There is more to the Boston University chapter of Network of Enlightened Women than the name implies. While they’re an all-college-aged group focused on female empowerment,...

Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
In a virtual webinar hosted by Boston University’s School of Public Health, the founder and CEO of Day Health Strategies discussed inequities in health care. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Health care expert says US is in ‘embarrassing situation,’ needs better coverage

Kyla Denisevich October 22, 2020
The United States is one of the only developed countries without universal health care, and expert Rosemarie Day has some solutions for that growing issue.
Young conservatives disillusioned with the current state of the Republican Party founded gen z gop as a refuge for Republican college students who want to vote President Donald Trump out of office. COURTESY OF GEN Z GOP

‘Politically homeless’ young conservatives seek to build Republican Party of the future

Angela Yang October 15, 2020
Conservative college students disillusioned with today’s partisan polarization are banding together to push for reform in the Republican Party and vote President Trump out of office.
Boston University’s School of Law. In an effort to diversify its applicant pool, BU’s graduate schools are participating in a movement entitled “Ban the Box,” which removes the criminal history question from the schools’ applications. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP FILE

BU grad schools remove criminal history question from application

Inyeong Kim July 25, 2020
Applicants to BU’s graduate programs will now no longer need to disclose their criminal history.
Samantha Power, a former U.S. Permanent Representative of the United Nations, shown at an event at the UN Office in Geneva in 2010, spoke at WBUR City Space Friday about her new book, “The Education of an Idealist.” COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Samantha Power discusses the importance of dignity, action at WBUR CitySpace

Lily Kepner December 10, 2019
Samantha Power discussed her new book, “The Education of an Idealist,” an autobiography published in September depicting Power’s journey from growing up as an Irish-American immigrant to becoming a United Nations ambassador at the WBUR CitySpace Friday.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, in February 2017. DeVos’ proposed change to the Title IX law would make colleges less responsible for investigating complaints of sexual assault. COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU community responds to proposed campus sexual assault policy changes

Lauren Ashe November 19, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a proposed federal policy Friday that would change how colleges handle sexual misconduct, providing greater protection to those accused. The proposed policy...

Boston’s District 4 police station in the South End. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Police Commissioner William Gross announced the creation of the Bureau of Community Engagement at the Boston Police Department. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Walsh announces new BPD Bureau of Community Engagement

Austin Cozzone September 26, 2018
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Police Commissioner William Gross announced Monday the establishment of a new bureau — the Bureau of Community Engagement — within the Boston Police Department.
Boston University’s Graduate Student Union, which organized the Oct. 12 rally against sexual assault, is not recognized by BU. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Graduate student unions face increasing opposition

Vivian Situ November 15, 2017

Despite modest progress achieved under the Obama administration, graduate student unions, including those at Boston University, are losing hope as they push for recognition and contracts. Last year,...

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