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The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include vandalism, elevator entrapment and larceny. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: March 16-22

Katherine Wu March 24, 2025
This weeks crime logs include attempted arson, shoplifting, and graffiti.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include an unknown person, a Code Red, and an alcohol violation. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Jan. 19–25

Julia Hendler January 27, 2025
This week's crime logs include a narcotic investigation, an alcohol violation and a public safety hazard.
Boston University Police headquarters. The crime logs include a person hit by a door, a mouse bite and a man on a bicycle with a spear-shaped stick. LILY HANSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Oct. 16 – Oct. 22

Kayla Baltazar October 30, 2023
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department’s crime logs from Oct. 16 – Oct. 22. The crime logs include a person hit by a door and a mouse bite.
BUPD headquarters. This week’s crime logs include a motor vehicle accident, a car alarm, an active fire at CFA, larceny, an intoxicated party, trespassing, and more. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: September 14-19

Xinyi Yang September 20, 2023
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department’s crime logs from Sept. 14-19.
Warren Towers

Students frustrated after BU housing lottery yields unexpected results

Maya Mitchell April 23, 2023
Boston University's housing lottery left many students frustrated due to the unexpectedly low housing availability.
West Campus Dining hall

Construction begins to expand West Campus dining hall, adding more seating and dining options

Maya Mitchell March 1, 2023
Boston University began construction in Claflin Hall on Jan. 23 to expand the Fresh Food Co. dining hall in West Campus and layout of the first floor.
photo of apartment buildings

As rent prices increase in Allston, students rush to make housing arrangements

Amanda Brynn Birbara February 14, 2023
At the peak of lease-signing season, students struggle to find affordable housing in the neighborhood that has been a popular choice for BU students for decades.
Casey Brown

Women’s soccer hires former player Casey Brown as second head coach in program history

Mark Fraenkel June 23, 2022
Casey Brown is returning to BU after a historical career on the women's soccer team as the second women's soccer head coach in program history. She fills the vacancy left by Nancy Feldman, who retired in early 2022.
Dorm bathroom conditions

BU students express concern over ‘dirty’ housing bathroom conditions

Walker Armstrong February 7, 2022
A BU spokesperson said the cost of improving dorm bathroom conditions could range in the millions.
Boston University student out in blizzard

Students brave blizzard for bathrooms as pipe leak leaves Rich Hall without water for 12 hours

Lauren Rowlands February 1, 2022
Emergency repairs were conducted over the course of the 12 hours the West Campus dorm had no water access.
A postcard of the 1948 Boston Braves baseball team. Boston Universty’s Nickerson Field contains bits and pieces of the former team’s stomping grounds, Braves Field. COURTESY OF BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

How the Boston Braves, now lost to history, once called BU’s Nickerson Field home

Mitch Fink November 1, 2021
The Atlanta Braves, who hold a 3-2 lead over the Houston Astros in the World Series, are connected to Boston University's campus through Nickerson Field.
Warren Towers Entrance

Transgender students share frustrations with BU Housing, dorm bathrooms

Anna Vidergar June 18, 2021
Unavailability of gender-neutral housing and bathrooms for incoming freshmen is a repeated concern.
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