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Flags of countries around the world hang overhead in the check-in area of Terminal E in Boston’s Logan International Airport. The inaugural William R. Keylor Travel Fund awarded five Boston University students with grants to conduct research in the United States and abroad. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students receive grants to research abroad

Damian Walsh December 6, 2018

Five Boston University undergraduate students will pursue research in the United States and abroad with the help of grants from the inaugural William R. Keylor Undergraduate Travel Fund. The fund...

Distinguished professor William Keylor to retire in June

Mike Reddy February 1, 2018

William Keylor, a longtime Boston University professor of international relations and history, will be officially retiring from the university on June 30 after having taught for 46 years. Keylor, 73,...

Distinguished professor William Keylor to retire in June

Mike Reddy January 24, 2018

William Keylor, a longtime Boston University professor of international relations and history, will be officially retiring from the university on June 30 after having taught for 46 years. Keylor, 73,...

The Senate’s tax bill will reduce the deductibility of student loans. PHOTO BY BRIAN MCHALE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Republican tax plan unsettles university students

Anu Sawhney December 10, 2017

The U.S. Senate passed a bill for tax reform early Saturday morning aimed at inciting economic growth over the next decade. Although the Senate’s bill and the House of Representatives’ bill varied...

Boston University’s Graduate Student Union, which organized the Oct. 12 rally against sexual assault, is not recognized by BU. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Graduate student unions face increasing opposition

Vivian Situ November 15, 2017

Despite modest progress achieved under the Obama administration, graduate student unions, including those at Boston University, are losing hope as they push for recognition and contracts. Last year,...

The Boston Globe reports that more international students are choosing Canadian universities over American universities. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU pushes against national policy to maintain international population

JenRacoosin September 28, 2017

International students are increasingly choosing to attend Canadian universities over universities in the United States — a trend BU is working to combat. Home to roughly 1 million foreign students,...

A George Washington University study Tuesday titled “ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa” examined social media accounts and legal documents of Americans who have been recruited by the Islamic State group. PHOTO COURTESY ALATELE FR/FLICKR

ISIS sympathizers, recruits big on social media, report finds

Olivia Quintana December 4, 2015

Amid increased concern about the Islamic State group and terrorism worldwide, George Washington University’s Program on Extremism has found that social media plays a role in radicalizing and mobilizing...

Boston tech startup Objective Logistics founder Philip Beauregard created a fundraise.com page to raise funds for victims of the Paris attacks. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MADI GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston tech community launches fundraiser for Paris

Natasha Mascarenhas November 19, 2015

In response to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, two Boston technology entrepreneurs have stepped up to create an online fundraiser, inviting fellow Bostonians to show support for the Parisians...

Under the eye of the FBI

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

Writer and professor Asimov drawn into communist paranoia Among the anti-war protesters of Boston University in the 1960s, prolific science fiction writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov made a place for...

BU students critical of protests in Middle East against video

Daily Free Press Admin September 16, 2012

Some members of the Boston University community said they are concerned with recent violent protests at U.S. embassies in the Middle East. Protesters angered by a video slandering Islam stormed the U.S....

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