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First gen students newbury center

Inaugural first-generation reception connects staff, provides networking opportunities

Lincoln Son Currie September 29, 2022
First-generation faculty and staff at Boston University gathered at a reception Sept. 19.
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.
"In the Heights" cast members

Stars talk long-awaited ‘In the Heights’ blockbuster

Lily Kepner June 3, 2021
At the roundtable, the stars spoke about their personal connections to the characters and the film, and the universality of the story.
Plants of BU Instagram Account

New student-led Instagram account features plants and community

Molly Farrar May 16, 2021
@plants.of.bu shares plant tips, tricks and trivia while supporting the BIPOC and queer community.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Burning Out: The way Boston University is using the student-run F— It Won’t Cut It campaign is seriously questionable

Yvonne Tang April 12, 2021
will BU take responsibility for FIWCI allegations or continue to use the “student-run” label to its advantage?
zinneken's food truck on commonwealth avenue

Boston food trucks take to the streets after a difficult 2020

Daniel Kool April 6, 2021
Thirty vendors participated virtually in the City’s 2021 Food Truck Lottery in March.
GALLERY: Red Sox staff prepare Fenway Park for Opening Day

GALLERY: Red Sox staff prepare Fenway Park for Opening Day

Hannah Yoshinaga March 30, 2021

With fans set to return to Fenway Park for Opening Day Thursday, Boston Red Sox staff are getting the ballpark ready for its first crowds since 2019. In addition to traditional preparations, staff members...

East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

Justin Tang March 29, 2021

Content Warning. This episode contains mention of sexual assault. Jenga Building floods! Today on East to West, we cover a water main breaking on a BU construction site and its campus-wide effects,...

empty classroom in the college of arts and sciences

Online learning poses new challenges, advantages for faculty with disabilities, those in the Deaf community

Emily Stevenson March 22, 2021
Those with disabilities and in the Deaf community had more flexibility, restraints with pandemic.
facilities management truck at boston university

BU mourns custodians’ deaths in the wake of COVID-19

Nick Kolev March 11, 2021
When Boston University custodians Juber Lopez and José Ferreira died in January due to complications from COVID-19, it was a loss for the whole BU community.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Toxic work environments at student newspapers are a direct result of the journalism industry

Editors March 3, 2021
As a consequence of being more open and understanding of students’ workloads — and perhaps in the future, being able to pay them — school newspapers can outgrow the journalism industry by being more inclusive and equitable.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
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