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BU Spark! in the Center for Computing and Data Sciences. CEO of Black Tech Pipeline Pariss Chandler emphasized the value of Black representation in the tech industry during Spark!’s DEI in Tech Speaker Series on March 22. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How the CEO of Black Tech Pipeline fosters inclusivity in tech

Akshun Gogia March 29, 2024
At a talk held on March 22 as part of Spark!’s DEI in Tech Speaker Series, Chandler discussed how she drew upon these experiences as her career progressed.
Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Wheelock addresses the Massachusetts state legislature bill requiring elementary schools to teach evidence-based reading curriculum by preparing education majors to teach children with varying literacy levels. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Wheelock and Greater Boston seek to improve childhood literacy through collaboration

Priyal Patel February 9, 2024
BU's Wheelock College will enhance its instruction to fit evolving literacy needs in schools, following evidence of a reading crisis in Massachusetts schools.
The BU Castle. The building was used as a set by the movies “21,” “Ghostbusters” (2016), and “Mr. Church.” FRANCHESCA VIAUD/ DFP FILE

BU on Screen: Five movies filmed on (or near) BU’s campus

Siena Griffin June 2, 2023
Over the years, filmmakers have chosen to use different parts of BU's campus as a set for a number of blockbuster movies, from the BU Castle to Fenway Campus.
The Pickering Library

Boston University’s Pickering Educational Resources Library showcases banned books

Henry Braun March 23, 2023
This past month Boston University’s Pickering Educational Resources Library, located in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development building, created a “freadom” shelf — a banned books display in response to a surge in book bans throughout the United States.
Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Students who had enrolled in the college in Fall 2020 but deferred a year were unaware that it had changed its degree program requirements and teacher licensing. BAILEY SHEN/ DFP FILE

Wheelock changes undergraduate degree, teacher licensing requirements

Tanisha Bhat December 9, 2021
Some freshmen reported being unaware of the changes until two days before course registration.
Officials speaking inside 10 Buick St. — StuVi-1 — Monday night. Several floors of the residence were evacuated for several hours after a fire on the east tower’s seventh floor set off sprinklers and fire alarms around 7:46 p.m. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fire at StuVi-1 sets off sprinklers, students evacuated for several hours

Daily Free Press Staff September 28, 2021
Residents of three affected apartments were not able to return for the night due to water damage.
Boston University Department of History Building

Students demand accountability after discovering history teaching fellow’s white nationalist writings

Jesús Marrero Suárez June 3, 2021
An online open letter and petition ask for a re-evaluation of grades impacted by Welton.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Summer Orientation should better promote social connection, ease new student jitters

Editors April 12, 2021
Orientation should be less focused on talking at you and more about connection and exploration.
wheelock school of education and human development at boston university

David Chard appointed as permanent dean of Wheelock

Tanisha Bhat April 2, 2021
Chard was appointed to the position after having served as interim dean since 2018.
Boston University hosted the second installment in this Fall’s “Remote and Hybrid Teaching and Learning Lightning Talks,” allowing professors to share their experiences under the University’s hybrid learning model. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professors share experiences with LfA environment, voice positive outcomes

Madeline Humphrey December 10, 2020

While college campuses would normally be bustling during the fall, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything from the way students communicate to the way they learn. At Boston University, that’s no...

Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development hosted a virtual panel on Thursday entitled, “Meeting the Moment: Teaching During Periods of Social Change,” in which Boston teachers and professors discussed the need for changing how the education system handles race. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston teachers, professors examine need for racial diversification in education system

Rachel Do October 18, 2020
In a time of great racial unrest, Boston educators gathered at Wheelock to discuss changes within their classrooms and among their students.
Due to Boston University’s reduced 2021 fiscal year budget, the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development has had to eliminate 80 staff and faculty positions. LUWA YIN/ DFP FILE

Wheelock takes brunt of BU layoffs

Chloe Liu July 25, 2020
BU's Wheelock has eliminated eight staff positions, eight full-time faculty positions and 64 part-time faculty positions for the upcoming semester, as indicated in a memo sent from Wheelock’s Office of the Dean on Monday. 
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