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An antisemitic sticker with Nazi signage that says “Stop Funding Israeli Terrorism” stuck on a lamppost at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way. Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” according to a March 10 press release from the DOE Office for Civil Rights. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

Sana Muneer March 14, 2025
Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.”
The Boston University LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center. BU students are concerned the school will change its sexual misconduct policy following the Trump administration’s announcement that its 2020 Title IX ruling would be reinstated. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student leaders react to Trump administration’s returns to 2020 Title IX ruling

Nicole Abrams February 12, 2025
Student leaders give their opinion's on the Trump administrations changes to Title IX, and what it could mean for BU.
A person writes the names and ages of Palestinians who were killed in Gaza during the Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine event on Oct. 7. Pro-Palestinian and pro-Isreali student groups from multiple Boston schools have filed civil complaints and lawsuits against their respective schools for discrimination. BARRETT WALSH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston universities facing discrimination lawsuits from pro-Israel, pro-Palestine students

Leia Green October 21, 2024
The number of civil complaints and lawsuits filed against college administrations in Boston have spiked this year, raising concerns surrounding the jeopardization of free speech on campuses.
PHOTO BY RACHEL MCLEAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

EDITORIAL: Sexual assault and race: the issue that needs to be addressed

Editors September 12, 2017

When Brock Turner gained national notoriety in 2016 for one of the most high-profile sexual assaults in history, it more or less sealed the deal on how we imagine the stereotypical rapist: a rich, white...

Members of the American Association of University Professors’ Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the Committee on Women in the Academic Profession released a combined report Thursday that provided an updated analysis of Title IX. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On-campus Title IX enforcement leads to suppressed academic freedom, report argues

Joseph Martorana March 27, 2016

Title IX enforcement and interpretation on college campuses can result in a lack of faculty members’ academic freedom essential to teaching and research, according to a report released Thursday by...

On Wednesday, 72 women’s and civil-rights groups sent a letter to the U.S. Education Department urging for more regulation on anonymous social media applications, such as Yik Yak, to prevent student harassment. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students notice issue of anonymous online bullying within campus community

Sydney Foy October 29, 2015

Title IX and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are meant to protect students from discriminatory environments that can be created on college campuses. While these structures generally exist institutionally,...

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