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BU records 143 COVID-19 cases, highest single-day rise since January

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 15, 2022
The BA.2 variant accounts for 80% of cases. The University is not planning to reinstate its previous mask mandate.
Overenrollment

After record-breaking number of applications, BU plans to avoid third semester of overenrollment

Seamus Webster March 2, 2022
The University is actively working to ensure it does not exceed its target enrollment size, an admissions rep
BU students wearing masks on campus

BU’s positivity rate drops below one percent for first time this year

Daily Free Press Staff February 11, 2022
The decline in cases comes one week after BU's transition to unobserved testing.
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BU students stage walk-out, demonstration to protest current COVID-19 policies

Talia Lissauer January 26, 2022
Organizers demanded classes be taught remotely until the positivity rate drops below 1%, among other things.
COVID-19 open letter, students want hybrid learning option

SPH students call for hybrid learning options in petition, open letter amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Phil London January 24, 2022
Students called into question BU's decision to remain fully in-person, decrease quarantine period
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Learn from Anywhere — a year in review

Editors April 28, 2021
We shouldn’t absolve the University of its responsibility, but we also shouldn’t demonize LfA.
isolation housing at 575 commonwealth avenue

BU community has mixed experiences with COVID-19 rule enforcement

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 25, 2021
Students noted inconsistent enforcement of many COVID-19 restrictions in place since the Fall.
Massachusetts lifted an order Monday that required restaurants to close at 9:30 p.m., allowing establishments to resume their previous hours of operation. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Restaurants reopen for late-night dining

Taylor Brokesh January 28, 2021
Gov. Charlie Baker lifted a November order mandating restaurants to close between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., allowing local businesses to return to late-night service.
A member of the Boston Teachers Union speaks at a press conference on Sept. 18. Boston Public Schools must remain open for in-person teaching despite opposition from the BTU due to a Wednesday Superior Court ruling. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Judge rules Boston Public Schools must remain open, despite teachers union’s objections

Nick Kolev October 19, 2020
BTU had filed an injunction earlier this month, requesting that teachers be allowed to teach remotely while the City’s positivity rate remains above 4 percent.
A COVID-19 test nasal swab wrapped in its packaging. ANGELA YANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COVID-19-positive student describes experience in isolation housing

Belle He August 30, 2020
Boston University currently holds around 20 students in designated isolation housing, which is reserved for those on campus who have tested positive for COVID-19. And this sophomore is among them.
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