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In a virtual panel Monday, speakers from the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard Thurman Center and School of Law discussed the impact of the U.S. Capitol riots on American government and democracy. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts panel after U.S. Capitol attacks, discusses crisis from multiple angles

Yiran Yu January 13, 2021
Seven BU panelists from the departments of political science, women’s, gender and sexuality studies and the law school gathered for a virtual panel Monday night to discuss the attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6.
The Howard Thurman Center hosted its final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 Thursday, offering participants the chance to discuss the impacts of systemic racism and ethnocentrism. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 tackles effects of systemic racism

Isabella Abraham December 4, 2020
The final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020, hosted by the Howard Thurman Center, focused on regeneration and healing from the effects of systemic racism.
Boston University students and staff gathered for a virtual event Tuesday evening to reflect on last week’s presidential election. JANE AVERY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors share insights on 2020 presidential election, political future

Jane Avery November 11, 2020
One week after Election Day and a few days after the announcement that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election, BU students, faculty and staff gathered virtually to reflect on the election Tuesday night.
Young conservatives disillusioned with the current state of the Republican Party founded gen z gop as a refuge for Republican college students who want to vote President Donald Trump out of office. COURTESY OF GEN Z GOP

‘Politically homeless’ young conservatives seek to build Republican Party of the future

Angela Yang October 15, 2020
Conservative college students disillusioned with today’s partisan polarization are banding together to push for reform in the Republican Party and vote President Trump out of office.
Boston University is in the process of reviewing changes to Title IX regulations on college campuses that were finalized by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on May 6. COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU to begin reviewing federal changes to how colleges handle sexual assault cases

Ellie Yeo May 11, 2020
Colleges across the U.S. must overhaul their procedures for managing allegations of sexual assault on campus by Aug. 14 or risk losing federal funding. New rules from the Education Department lay out a mandatory process, at the same time bolstering protections for the accused.
Boston University’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center website. President Robert Brown sent a letter Jan. 24 about why changes proposed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to Title IX would harm students. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

President Brown writes opposition letter to proposed Title IX changes

Sarah Iles January 29, 2019
BU President Robert Brown published a letter Thursday opposing proposed changes to federal Title IX regulations.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, in February 2017. DeVos’ proposed change to the Title IX law would make colleges less responsible for investigating complaints of sexual assault. COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU community responds to proposed campus sexual assault policy changes

Lauren Ashe November 19, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a proposed federal policy Friday that would change how colleges handle sexual misconduct, providing greater protection to those accused. The proposed policy...

Professors Virginia Sapiro, Denis Wu, Graham Wilson, Lauren Mattioli and College of Communication Dean Tom Fielder partake in a panel Tuesday evening reflecting on the 2018 midterm election. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU faculty, students reflect on midterm elections

Sophie Falkenheim November 14, 2018
BU students and faculty gathered Tuesday in the GSU to engage in discourse and reflection on the midterm elections.
Boston University student Sarah Horn is organizing Thursday’s Boston walkout of sexual assault survivors in solidarity with Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. COURTESY OF SARAH HORN

BU student organizes solidarity speakout

Daily Free Press Staff September 27, 2018
Under the organization of Boston University sophomore Sarah Horn, crowds will gather at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building Thursday to raise awareness for sexual assault survivors and support Christine Blasey Ford in her sexual assault allegation against prospective U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
From left to right: Professor Christopher Martell, professor Mary Collins, Howard Thurman Center Director Katherine Kennedy and professor Virginia Sapiro speak at a panel Tuesday evening at the Metcalf Ballroom. The panel, hosted by the Howard Thurman Center, explored drivers of civic action and voter turnout among youth. PHOTO BY MADDIE EPPERSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors talk political action among youth

Julia Chinigo September 26, 2018
Boston University professors and students alike gathered in the Metcalf Ballroom to discuss the question of young people in political action and celebrate National Voter Registration Day Tuesday night.

Massachusetts Senate overturns archaic laws concerning women’s health

Jordan Kimmel January 31, 2018

The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday opposing outdated statutes affecting a woman’s right to access contraceptives and abortion. It is now awaiting approval in the House of Representatives...

A man votes at the Allston Branch Library. PHOTO BY ISABELLA ARTEAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Voter turnout remains low, residents recognize importance of election

Haley Lerner November 8, 2017

Voter turnout for municipal elections in Boston Tuesday was much lower than the last mayoral election, with roughly 28 percent of approximately 392,188 registered voters casting their votes. In...

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