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Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment, and Alice Arena hold signs at Philips’ demonstration at Marsh Plaza March 5. Philips regularly uses his office window on the fourth floor of BU’s College of Arts and Sciences to display political messages to passersby along Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

‘Say his name’: BU faculty, graduate workers reflect on University responses to political speech

Lauren Albano March 30, 2025
With the recent executive crackdown on universities for pro-Palestine activism, the incident with Phillips’ signage sparked dialogue among BU faculty and students over administrative responses to free speech on campus.
Participants at the third annual Boston Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood hold up signs that read, “Personhood Now,” at the rally in Kenmore Square on Saturday. The rally began at the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue, and members continued marching through Boston University’s campus until they reached the Boston Common. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Men’s March against abortion meets counter protests along Commonwealth Avenue

Julia Hendler November 18, 2024
The third annual National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood took place Saturday morning and marched through Boston University’s campus.
Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.
A demonstrator raises their fist as they drive through the Boston University campus. Cyclists, pedestrians and drivers participated in Thursday’s Protest From Anywhere urging the University to allow staff to work from home, provide free personal protective equipment and give free testing to local residents. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community holds multimodal protest against campus reopening plan

Angela Yang August 13, 2020
Cars, pedestrians and bikers took to Commonwealth Avenue Thursday afternoon to rally against BU’s reopening plan. Those who weren’t present in person tuned into the multimodal event via Zoom.
Hillsong UNITED performs in 2005. The group is performing in Agganis Arena in July. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Band tied to controversial evangelical church to perform at Agganis

Sofia Saric March 28, 2019
Worship band Hillsong UNITED will perform at Agganis Arena July 1 while touring across the United States.
Zachary Bos, the editor of New England Review of Books, speaks during Pub Con at BU on Sunday morning. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts weekend conference for aspiring student writers, publishers

Armand Manoukian March 18, 2018
Boston University’s BookLab hosted this year’s Northeast Student PubCon, a student-led conference meant to advise aspiring writers and editors on the ins and outs of the publishing industry.
Panelists Zachary Bos, Heather Hughes and Hannah Larrabee introduce Trūbadour, a new poetry startup, at the Cambridge Innovation Center Friday night. PHOTO BY COLE SCHONEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Trūbadour startup attempts to bridge gap between poets, technology

Katie Camero March 2, 2017

An emerging poetry startup called Trūbadour is working to change the stereotypes and stigmas surrounding poetry as an archaic and inaccessible art, solving the many problems with poem submission,...

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