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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.
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.
against the hounds of hell webinar hosted by the howard thurman center

Howard Thurman scholars discuss legacy, breadth of famous BU figure’s work

Ramsey Khalifeh March 11, 2021
Author Peter Eisenstadt joined Howard Thurman scholars at a virtual panel Monday to discuss his newly released biography “Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman," and the broad, significant legacy Thurman left behind.
Boston University Umoja at the 2019 Culture Cookout

Umoja through the years — a home for Black students at BU

Anne Jonas February 18, 2021
Umoja, Boston University’s Black Student Union chapter, was founded in 1967 as an organization and home for Black students on campus. More than 50 years later, Umoja has evolved into what is now an ever-growing umbrella organization that brings together other Black student groups at BU.
Boston University’s West Campus. BU administration wrote in an email Sunday the Charles River Campus would close Monday because of an incoming snowstorm. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Charles River Campus closed due to snow, classes continue online

Vanessa Bartlett February 1, 2021
The Charles River Campus was closed Monday and all classes were held remotely due to an expected 12-18 inches of snow, according to a University email announcing the campus closure.
The School of Theology appointed G. Sujin Pak as its new dean in January, making her Boston University’s first female Asian-American dean. JASMINE LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sujin Pak appointed School of Theology dean

Anne Jonas January 29, 2021
Pak brings with her a track record of inclusivity and social justice work. She joined BU from the Duke University Divinity School, where she received her Master’s of Theological Studies and served as an assistant professor and later as academic dean.
Boston University’s school of Theology hosted the webinar “The Queer Art of Reading and Resilience: Uplifting BIPOC Trans Life and Spirit” Thursday, which included six BIPOC transgender panelists. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

STH celebrates resilience of transgender communities

Julia Furnari November 6, 2020

LGBTQ individuals experience higher rates of violence and death than their heterosexual peers, and this reality can take a toll. To celebrate trans resilience and address topics such as transphobia...

Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate, recited poetry and excerpts from her memoir “Crazy Brave” at a virtual event hosted by the Boston University School of Theology on Sunday. COURTESY OF JOY HARJO

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo speaks on poetry and spirituality

Julia Furnari October 7, 2020

Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation, is the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The poet spoke to the Boston University School of Theology Sunday about the intersections of...

The Boston University student organization Seminarians for Solidarity with Palestine screened the documentary “The People and the Olive” at the School of Theology Monday, the first of four film screenings this semester. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Film screening highlights politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Cameron Morsberger January 29, 2020
Part of a four-part screening series, Seminarians for Solidarity with Palestine screened the 2012 documentary “The People and the Olive” at the School of Theology Monday.
Panelists during the “Moral Courage and Guns” event at BU on March 14. PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Theology hosts gun control discussion, encourages debate

Taylor Kocher March 21, 2018

At the Boston University School of Theology’s “Moral Courage and Guns” panel, moderator Andrew Kimble began by taking a brief survey. He asked first if anyone had ever been threatened by with...

Cornell William Brooks speaks at the “We Shall Not Be Moved” rally in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 14. The Boston University alumnus will teach a class at BU this semester. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Former NAACP activist joins BU faculty

Ghazal Randhawa September 4, 2017

American civil rights activist Cornell William Brooks will be joining Boston University’s faculty this semester as a visiting professor with a joint appointment between the School of Law and the...

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