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Protestors hold signs in support of the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers Union. Wellesley College’s non-tenure track faculty have been on strike since March 27 because the union and college administration could not agree on a contract. PHOTO BY ELI PEKELNY

‘I’m ashamed to go here’: Wellesley non-tenure faculty strike continues, students voice support

Samantha Genzer April 1, 2025

As Wellesley College’s non-tenure track faculty strike entered its fifth day Monday, students and faculty gathered near the town’s Central Street, holding signs in support of the Wellesley Organized...

Liza Berdykulova | Senior Graphic Artist

The classic holdover: A spring break away from home

Ananya Swaroop March 4, 2025
Maybe I’ll wake up without an alarm, make a good breakfast, take a relaxing bath and tick off things from my spring break bucket list. Of course, there will be moments where I’ll wish I was home, but I’ll remind myself that I’ll be okay. And above all, I’ll take it one day at a time. 
Quality Contracting vans parked outside of Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development building. A leak occurred in the fifth floor bathroom of Wheelock on Thursday and forced professors to relocate their Friday classes. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Flooding on Wheelock fifth floor causes class relocations, continued disruptions

Emma Clement December 9, 2024
A leak in the fifth-floor bathroom resulted in flooding on all floors of the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development building Thursday, causing Friday classes to be relocated.
Ketanji Brown Jackson

BU School of Law students react to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking at 2023 Commencement

Kenny Daniels March 2, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will be delivering the convocation address at this year’s commencement ceremony of Boston University School of Law.
Portrait of Associate Professor Meghan Irons

Journalism professor Meghan Irons teaches students the importance of amplifying unheard voices

Kara Mihm February 3, 2023
Irons wrote for the Boston Globe for over 20 years before joining the BU journalism department
Students in front of scene

Rafik B. Hariri Building evacuated after suspicious package reported to BUPD

Taylor Brokesh September 26, 2022
Boston University Rafik B. Hariri Building was evacuated Monday afternoon due a suspicious package investigated by the BUPD and BPD.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: We report on sexual misconduct — who’s solving it?

Editors April 21, 2022
Every student journalist reaching out to sources, contacting Title IX experts and editing late into the evening is a physical reminder of the inadequacies of universities when it comes to sexual misconduct occurring on their campuses.
The BU Out List webpage

BU Out List gives LGBTQ+ faculty and staff visibility, connection

Molly Farrar June 30, 2021
The List hopes to create a community for queer faculty and staff and provide support for queer students.
marsh plaza at boston university

We did it

Michelle Tian April 26, 2021
I’m deliriously happy that we’ll be done with this semester in just six days. We did it.
Cameraman wearing a face covering

BU film students creatively work around production obstacles on-campus

Connor Allen April 23, 2021
COVID-19 protocols, such as masks and distancing, have reduced the accessibility of student productions.
jogger runs through the back bay fens in boston

Dredging aimed to preserve Back Bay Fens’ Muddy River

Samuele Petruccelli April 15, 2021
The project could have lasting impacts on the watershed’s flow, quality and biodiversity.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: Lived experience does not invalidate a journalist

Meredith Varner April 12, 2021
Do not further alienate female journalists because we have been victims of mistreatment and abuse.
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