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The Daily Free Press

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The North African Student Organization presents their funding request at the Boston University Student Government meeting March 24. StuGov members received an update about the Warren Towers renovation and approved funds for three student organizations. PHOTO BY ELIZABETH MEHLER

StuGov discusses Warren Towers renovation, approves 4 student group funding requests

By Elizabeth Mehler March 26, 2025
The Boston University Student Government received updates on the Warren Towers renovation project and approved funding requests from four student organizations during its Monday meeting.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include vandalism, elevator entrapment and larceny. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: March 16-22

By Katherine Wu March 24, 2025
This weeks crime logs include attempted arson, shoplifting, and graffiti.
Holi participants dance and throw colored powder during the annual Holi celebration hosted by Boston University’s Hindu Cultural Association Saturday at BU Beach. Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu celebration of unity and new beginnings. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston students gather for colorful Holi celebration at BU Beach

By Charlie Johnson March 23, 2025
Flocks of students stepped through the arches next to Marsh Chapel Saturday afternoon sporting white T-shirts and pink wristbands to participate in the annual Holi celebration at Boston University Beach.
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine members participating in a “study-in” at the Duan Family Center for Computing and Data Sciences Nov. 6. After the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil for his participation in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, national concern sparked over how President Donald Trump’s immigration policy could be used to target student activists. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Detention of Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil raises concerns over protest rights at BU

By Sangmin Song March 21, 2025
At Boston University, a hot spot for pro-Israel and pro-Palestine student activism, the events at Columbia have raised pressing questions around student protesters’ First Amendment protections and the response of University authorities to federal orders.
Fulbright Scholar Gabriel Calistro. Thousands of students were left uncertain about receiving Fulbright scholarship funding after the Trump administration announced it would cut state department funding for abroad programs. COURTESY OF GABRIEL CALISTRO

Fulbright funding suspension raises uncertainty for scholars abroad

By Sam Mandala March 21, 2025
Federal cuts to scholarships like the Fulbright Program have left students currently abroad and future grantees, uncertain.
Boston University student and Warren Towers resident Hiya Verma. Warren Tower residents are frustrated with the lack of communication and disruptions caused by ongoing renovations. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Constant disruption’: Warren Towers residents face unexpected challenges amid renovations

By Toby Moses March 21, 2025

Boston University students living in Warren A Tower returned from winter break to scaffolding scaling the building, loud construction noises and workers outside their windows. Warren Towers is undergoing...

A letter from the Office of the President announcing a new task force on convergent research and education. The task force, which is co-chaired by Kenneth Lutchen and Darrell Kotton, held its first meeting March 17. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU launches new task force on convergent research and education

By Olivia Ruzic March 19, 2025
Boston University President Melissa Gilliam announces new University task force focusing on interdisciplinary study and research
Boston University’s Academic Code of Conduct. BU considers claiming the work of artificial intelligence as one’s own without credit to be plagiarism but does not have an institutional policy about AI. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Professors, administration share views on AI usage on campus amid rapid industry growth

By Amil Coutinho Amado March 19, 2025
Boston University professors and administration weigh in on the role artificial intelligence should play in the classroom, as the generative AI industry booms.
An antisemitic sticker with Nazi signage that says “Stop Funding Israeli Terrorism” stuck on a lamppost at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way. Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” according to a March 10 press release from the DOE Office for Civil Rights. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

By Sana Muneer, Managing Co-Editor March 14, 2025
Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.”
The Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs. President Donald Trump designated English as the United States’s official language earlier this week, causing concern for some BU students and faculty. ANH HUYNH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump order declaring English as official US language prompts dialogue on role of language diversity

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor March 7, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 1 designating English as the official language of the United States. The order aims to create a unified society and streamline communication, but multilingual students and staff at Boston University are concerned about its potential implications.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

BU research impacted by Trump climate rollbacks, organizations carry on

By Emma Mullay March 6, 2025
While President Donald Trump has enacted mass rollbacks on climate policy at the federal level, Boston University’s climate research programs and sustainability groups have continued to educate and advocate.
Members of Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine at Marsh Plaza Wednesday. The rally, attended by approximately thirty people, began at Marsh Plaza and moved to the John & Kathryn Silber Administrative Center, where several BU police officers attempted to block participants from entering. JOSIE KALBFLEISCH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

SJP holds rally in front of administrative offices

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor March 5, 2025
"Emergency rally" held by Students for Justice in Palestine outside Boston University administrative offices Wednesday.
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