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One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Stacy Mattingly (left) and Selma Asotić (right). Asotić visited Boston University’s Pardee School on Thursday for a reading of “Reci vatra,” her first poetry book, which explores the concept of home. COURTESY OF CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPE

Not ‘the poet you expect me to be’: Bilingual poet Selma Asotić explores tensions among home, language, identity

Anna Albrecht April 7, 2024
Poet Selma Asotić visited the Pardee School of Global Studies for a reading and discussion of her debut poetry collection that emerged from a cross-cultural life between Bosnia and the United States.
Shakespeare plays in Mugar Library’s fiction section. Boston University Libraries administration are looking to change how students view libraries and make them a place where they can connect and find a community. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University libraries shift stereotypes, create ‘third place’ for students

Eliza Lamont March 20, 2024
Boston University Libraries are looking to change how students view the library and prove that they are not a purely academic space, Kristina Bush, BU’s library experience manager said. Supporting students’ wellbeing and curiosity entails facilitating access to research tools, scholarly experts and citation guides, Bush said. The libraries strive to create a “holistic student experience” that connects students’ academic life with recreational life, she said.
Skater at BU beach

Dropping in to a community: The tight-knit skate culture of BU

Jonathan Leonidas April 7, 2023
“We’re really connected,” said Manny Cordoba, a BU skater and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. “We all talk together and we hang out a lot because we go to skate on all the same spots basically in the city.”
Warren Towers

BU submits $1 billion Institutional Master Plan for renovation and development plans for the following decade

Kwot Anwey November 9, 2022
Boston University Board of Trustees submitted the 2023-2033 Institutional Master Plan which outlined renovation projects.
David Guzman singing

BU professors present Latin music at Marsh Chapel

Julie Raporte October 1, 2021
Tenor David Guzman and pianist Douglas Sumi performed art songs on Wednesday night.
BU student government office

StuGov confirms new positions, announces goals for Fall semester

Anna Vidergar September 21, 2021
New committee chairs outline plans to improve outreach and involvement in StuGov.
students' bill of rights slide in a boston university student government meeting

StuGov continues amendment debate, discusses technological issues, proposal to condense constitution

Anna Vidergar March 23, 2021
Topics included campus technology, condensing the constitution and adding a definition of college.
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam spoke at a virtual panel hosted by Boston University’s Alumni and Friends on Tuesday about the impacts of climate change. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SPH, Pardee deans hold ‘fireside chat’ on climate change

Anuj Sawhney November 16, 2020
This year is projected to be the warmest or second-warmest year on record. Climate change is expected to affect all areas of the globe, and in some manners, it already has.
At Boston University’s Monday Student Government meeting, students discussed updates to the Cabinet and appointed two new representatives to the Boston Intercollegiate Government. ANNA VIDERGAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov meets with Student Activities director, confirms BIG representatives

Anna Vidergar November 10, 2020
BU StuGov spoke with SAO Director John Battaglino and heard Cabinet updates on events such as the upcoming Sustainable Business Week. StuGov also confirmed two representatives for the Boston Intercollegiate Government during its meeting Monday.
The Campus Survivors Instagram page created by Boston University students allows anonymous survivors of sexual violence to share their stories and spread awareness. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU undergrads give voice to sexual assault survivors via social media

Melissa Ellin May 17, 2020
A group of BU students is aiming to raise sexual violence awareness through @Campus.Survivors, an Instagram account that shares anonymous sexual violence experiences among college students. 
Casey DiCocco and Kaija Schilde, an associate professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies, speak Jan. 31 at the Ask Me Anything Series hosted by Boston University’s Student Government. COURTESY OF BEVERLY YANG

‘AMA’ panel discusses careers in politics, public policy

Mae Tonge February 5, 2019
Academic Ask Me Anything Series hosted BU alumnae who shared anecdotes from their own college experiences, and how they helped reach their current positions.
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