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Zero waste, naturally lit and fossil fuel-free: a walkthrough of CCDS sustainability features

Amanda Brynn Birbara March 31, 2023
The CCDS is a large part of BU’s climate action plan, which aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Boston University’s School of Law hosted a three-day virtual conference last week for scholars to discuss marijuana laws in the United States and the future of marijuana. VIVIAN MYRON/ DFP FILE

BU Law invites scholars to discuss marijuana law in US, plans for future

Yiran Yu November 19, 2020

As a source of many heated debates, marijuana legalization has been a controversial yet compelling topic in both academia and the general public. Boston University School of Law hosted a three-day...

Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
Colin Schofield (left) from Edison Energy speaks at a panel hosted by the Boston University Energy Club on the school’s recent power purchase agreement with ENGIE. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Energy Club hosts panel to discuss Power Purchase Agreement

Joel Lau October 23, 2018
The Boston University Energy Club hosted a panel Tuesday to discuss the university’s recent landmark Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with French electric utility company ENGIE.

Climate Action Plan Task Force presents 5-point plan to alumni, current students

Sabrina Schnurr September 22, 2018
As part of Boston University’s Alumni Weekend, the BU Climate Action Plan Task Force gave an overview of its plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions on campus by 2040.
Boston University announced Tuesday that it will buy wind power starting in 2020, a step meant to get the school closer to its Climate Action Goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2040. PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR USER MICHAEL REHFELDT

BU enters agreement to purchase renewable wind energy

Kiran Galani September 18, 2018
Boston University has entered a contract with utility company Engie to buy renewable wind power in South Dakota for the next 15 years as part of BU’s Climate Action Plan.
Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Anna Stroinski March 11, 2018

On Feb. 22, teachers across West Virginia went on a nine-day strike. Schools were closed. Students stayed home. Twenty thousand teachers and 13,000 school service personnel marched with pickets, chants...

Freshman defenseman Kasper Kotkansalo will represent Finland at the World Juniors Championship. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Kasper Kotkansalo making strides in first season on men’s hockey team

Liam O’Brien December 6, 2017

Finland-native Kasper Kotkansalo has carved out a strong niche for himself as a member of one of the Hockey East conference’s most dangerous defensive lines in his first year at Boston University....

PHOTO BY MINA CORPUZ/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDIT: Considering Columbus

Editors October 14, 2014

A general elementary school education consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic and the unquestionable knowledge that Christopher Columbus discovered America. We were told that this Italian man working...

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