CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
- After an uptick in cases, a new COVID-19 Enforcement and Intervention Team will provide community
- Bok wrote that the influx of returning students could pose health threats to the Boston community
- In another move to address COVID-19 concerns on BU’s campus, BU Facilities Management and
- A memo sent to CAS department chairs asked professors to avoid references to the ongoing pandemic
CAMPUS NEWS
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WTBU cancels benefit concert the day-of, following Mass Bail Fund controversy
August 8, 2020BU’s student-run radio station WTBU decided Friday to cancel its benefit concert for the Massachusetts Bail Fund — scheduled [...] -
BU introduces license plate-reading technology for easier entry to parking garages
August 6, 2020After the technology goes live on Monday, cameras will allow those with permits to access garages, and people entering the [...] -
City Councilor urges BU and NEU to go remote, universities proceed with hybrid plans
August 6, 2020Bok wrote that the influx of returning students could pose health threats to the Boston community while the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
- BU to update ventilation systems in some buildings as part of COVID-19 preparations
- CAS professors asked to self-censor in communications with students
- Student organizations must hold most Fall meetings virtually
CITY NEWS
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Baker indefinitely postpones part two of Phase Three reopening
August 7, 2020After an uptick in cases, a new COVID-19 Enforcement and Intervention Team will provide community [...] -
Mass. House debates, allows continued police use of tear gas
July 30, 2020The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would've banned police use of [...] -
Mass. travel rule aims to protect local communities
July 30, 2020While a new quarantine mandate for travelers may cause inconvenience and upset the tourism [...]
- MBTA resumes front-door boarding and fare collection
- Suspension of evictions and foreclosures extended
- Move-in procedures muddled in light of Massachusetts quarantine order
FEATURES
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University calls on students to help plan campus life in Fall
July 25, 2020The LfA system plans to drastically change the way students and faculty interact with one another. However, The New Normal [...] -
Allyship training pushes BU community to address “whiteness” in queer spaces
July 9, 2020Often forgotten in historic LGBTQ+ moments are the Black and Brown voices within the community that spearheaded the fight. Modern [...] -
Sweeping cuts to Mass. public school staff complicate recovery of education
July 6, 2020Just more than 2,000 public school staff members in Massachusetts received layoff and non-renewal notices this spring as budgets [...]
- WBUR town hall discusses how pandemic, racial tensions may factor into presidential election
- BU Design Club forges into Fall semester
- Faculty, students spend day engaging in multi-faceted conversations on race
SPORTS
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Patriot League announces cancelation of fall sports
July 13, 2020BU Athletics teams will have to adapt to not being able to play in the fall with the Patriot League announcing the cancellation [...] -
Patrick Curry letter to Terrier Nation
July 1, 2020BU men's ice hockey captain Patrick Curry shares his farewell letter to the University [...] -
BU club sports teams reflect on uncertainties for Fall season
June 12, 2020Due to the coronavirus pandemic Boston University club sports, including baseball and women's soccer, have been put into [...]
- State of the Terriers: 2020-21
- Empty stands will provide unusual experience for all BU sports
- Ways to stay in shape while public gyms remain closed
OPINION
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OP-ED: A letter to Dean Bizup
August 11, 2020The attempts to censor faculty and their communication with students is not only misguided and deceptive, but is also actively [...] -
Canceled: The BUPD — Part 1
August 2, 2020Public safety is not automatically achieved by unleashing violence actors into the community. It is clear BUPD has failed to [...] -
OP-ED: Bringing Boston students back isn’t just logistically complicated, it’s irresponsible.
July 15, 2020The return of more than 300,000 college students to Boston from regions all around the globe, however, will threaten the progress [...]
- OP-ED: How to Be an Anti-Racist University
- OP-ED: Should Fourth of July be Canceled?
- EDITORIAL: NEU administration have duty to support student-run media, not tear own students down
GALLERIES
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GALLERY: Protesters Again Take to Streets Against Police Brutality
June 5, 2020Attendees gathered at the Soldiers Memorial monument to stand and chant before marching to the District E-13 police station for a [...] -
GALLERY: Aftermath of Sunday’s Protest in Boston
June 3, 2020Sunday night’s protest in Boston ended in rioting and looting, with many storefronts on Boylston and Newbury streets being [...] -
GALLERY: Sunday’s Black Lives Matter Protest in Boston
June 2, 2020On May 31, protesters filled the streets of Boston to demand justice for George Floyd and previous Black victims of police [...]
- GALLERY: How Friday’s march against police brutality escalated
- GALLERY: F-15 jets fly over hospitals in solidarity with health care workers
- GALLERY: The most memorable photos of the year
