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The Daily Free Press

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The Daily Free Press

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Biometric Morphowave Dining Hall

New MorphoWave scanning technology in BU dining halls sparks mixed reviews among faculty and students

Crystal Yormick September 7, 2023
Boston University Dining Services installed new scanners that use biometric technology.
The Boston University Student Government Office. StuGov heard cabinet updates, confirmed cabinet members and approved a proposal for a Winter Formal. 
BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

StuGov hears cabinet updates, confirms cabinet members, approves winter formal proposal

Anna Vidergar December 7, 2021
Senators three new cabinet directors and approved a proposal to hold a winter formal in February 2022.
Boston University Student Government Office

StuGov hears cabinet updates, endorses #BUHasAProblem demands

Anna Vidergar October 26, 2021
Senators held an unmoderated caucus once again, ending with a presentation on the protest's demands.
gmail inbox

Biology students receive email spam from testing software

Phoebe Chen October 5, 2021
Some students reported receiving close to 1,500 spam emails within three hours.
Shiney James, Boston University’s Director of Orientation, introduces thousands of students to Comm Ave every summer, but some of her student employees claim she verbally berated and demeaned them while working for her. ILLUSTRATION BY COLBI EDMONDS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Traumatic,’ ‘volatile’ and ‘torturous:’ BU students voice lasting impacts of working Orientation under Shiney James

Daily Free Press Staff October 4, 2021
Former employees allege mental and verbal abuse, as well as unprofessional, invasive questioning.
Officials speaking inside 10 Buick St. — StuVi-1 — Monday night. Several floors of the residence were evacuated for several hours after a fire on the east tower’s seventh floor set off sprinklers and fire alarms around 7:46 p.m. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fire at StuVi-1 sets off sprinklers, students evacuated for several hours

Daily Free Press Staff September 28, 2021
Residents of three affected apartments were not able to return for the night due to water damage.
STH exhibit items

Archival exhibit sheds light on disability representation at BU

Kendall Richards September 14, 2021
“Along the Road to Accessibility: BU Disability History Exhibition" features a virtual, in-person and self-guided walking tour.
Boston University President Robert Brown addresses the Matriculation crowd and welcomes the class of 2025. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Class of 2025 welcomed with in-person Matriculation ceremony

Rin Velasco September 2, 2021
Students, faculty and staff gathered for the largest in-person BU event in a year and a half.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s Student Health Services has taken on a number of new roles, such as carrying out large-scale coronavirus testing for faculty and students and conducting contact tracing. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students reflect on COVID-19 testing procedures on campus

Anuj Sawhney November 19, 2020
SHS transformed this Fall, but some students still worry about how safe BU really is
Lena Papadakis, a pre-medical senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, founded Preemie to Pre-Med, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting child life departments in New England hospitals. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sargent student’s childhood hospitalization leads her to launch nonprofit

Cameron Morsberger November 3, 2020
Lena Papadakis was born 32 weeks premature. But out of this distress, she is now giving back to the very programs that saved her life.
Boston University is hosting international hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett as a teacher and performer Monday through Friday.  ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International hip-hop dancer teaches BU students about dance culture, history

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

Activism usually comes in the form of words or protests, but for Amirah Sackett, activism is dance. Sackett is a Muslim American hip-hop dancer who tries to explore her identity through dance. Her...

Irene Davis speaks at an event on “Integrating Science into the Treatment of Runners” Friday afternoon. NATHAN LEDERMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sargent College speaker explores treatment of runners through shoes

Nathan Lederman November 15, 2018
Fitness blogs debate the ideal running shoe across the internet. Each design boasts a range of support, yet Irene Davis argues the best shoe has minimal support.
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