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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Fulbright Scholar Gabriel Calistro. Thousands of students were left uncertain about receiving Fulbright scholarship funding after the Trump administration announced it would cut state department funding for abroad programs. COURTESY OF GABRIEL CALISTRO

Fulbright funding suspension raises uncertainty for scholars abroad

Sam Mandala March 21, 2025
Federal cuts to scholarships like the Fulbright Program have left students currently abroad and future grantees, uncertain.
Flags in the Questrom School of Business at boston university

Boston observes first Arab American Heritage Month

Molly Farrar April 14, 2021
The Boston City Council declared April Arab American Heritage Month during its April 7 meeting.
The International Students and Scholars Office at Boston University. For international students, uncertainty looms over how the University’s Fall 2020 Learn from Anywhere program will affect their visas. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

ISSO informs graduate student her visa may be jeopardized by remote learning in Fall

Allison Pirog June 4, 2020
With coronavirus travel restrictions in place around the world, many international students at BU are left wondering if they’ll be able to return to campus in the Fall and how, if at all, their student visas will be affected.
Boston University’s study abroad program at Fudan University in Shanghai, China has suspended courses indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak. COURTESY OF AN-JACK VIA PIXABAY

BU Shanghai study abroad programs suspended

Angela Yang January 30, 2020
Students enrolled in BU’s study abroad program at Fudan University in Shanghai received a notice Monday that their semester is postponed indefinitely in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak across China.
EDITORIAL: Cuba's removal from U.S. terrorism list significant but arbitrary

EDITORIAL: Cuba’s removal from U.S. terrorism list significant but arbitrary

Editors April 15, 2015

This past week has been one of great progress for U.S. President Barack Obama's administration. Having come out against LGBT conversion therapy on April 8, Obama has now turned over a new leaf in foreign...

EDIT: Restricted Education

EDIT: Restricted Education

Editors February 17, 2015

As the United States and other leading world powers formulate strategies to restrict Iran’s nuclear programs, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has taken it upon itself to contribute to solving...

Boston University Professor Joe Bergantino was detained by Russian authorities Thursday for lacking a proper visa. PHOTO COURTESY OF BU PHOTOGRAPHY

BU journalism professor detained in Russia to return early

Steve Friedman October 17, 2014

A Boston University journalism professor currently in Russia to teach was detained and released by Russian authorities Thursday after allegedly lacking appropriate visa credentials to teach while in...

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