Over six months after accusations against Shiney James were brought to light, Boston University has remained silent on the status of the former director of Orientation.
The University should do more to help low-income students, and it is worth exploring ideas and fighting for solutions. However, the BU Young Democratic Socialists' Free Laundry for All is not one worth pursuing.
BU is further committing itself to supporting first-generation students on campus through its Newbury Center, which is scheduled to open in January at 755 Commonwealth Avenue, University Provost Jean Morrison announced via email Tuesday.
When BU announced its LfA approach to the Fall semester — a hybrid model that saw some students return to campus and others study remotely — it told students who returned that they could opt out of in-person learning and choose to attend from afar at any time.
BU announced Thursday it is joining an amicus curiae brief in support of Harvard and MIT's lawsuit against the ICE for recent federal guidance that would cause remote-learning international students to lose their student visas.
BU hosted a “Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles” Wednesday to encourage campus-wide conversation about racism.
In not offering instructors the free choice of remote or in-person teaching, professors say BU did not address concerns over faculty who are high-risk for contracting COVID-19.
