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Student Health Services programs website. SHS’s annual Sex in the Dark panel answered anonymous questions about sexual health and relationships. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU students no longer ‘in the dark’: Student Health Services creates a space for sex positivity on campus

By Sara Creato April 3, 2024
This year’s Sex in the Dark took place on Monday, in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists were made up of “sexperts,” who answered students’ anonymous questions about sexual health and relationships, according to the Student Health Services website.
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

By 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.
Visiting Assistant Professor Amber Vayo. Vayo is teaching a coveted seminar course on the politics of childbirth in the College of Arts and Sciences. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Intersection of politics, reproduction explored in new seminar course

By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor February 2, 2024
In a climate where reproductive freedom is a critical centerpiece of conversation, Amber Vayo, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is revealing the complexities of the politics of childbirth in a new seminar course.
PJ and Megan Lutz canvas for President Biden outside a polling center at the Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday. Biden supporters launched the successful write-in campaign as a result of the President's name not appearing on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. CLARE ONG/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For canvassers, New Hampshire primary bears deeper connection with democracy

By Siena Griffin and Macie Parker January 24, 2024
Canvassers from across the country headed to New Hampshire for this year’s first-in-the-nation primary to make a stand for their chosen candidates on Tuesday.
Participants lie on the floor at a die-in protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Gray area’: many Boston students demand more from administrations amid Israel-Hamas war

By Emily Wyrwa December 14, 2023
There are few events in recent history that need not be named by anything but its date. October 7 is one of them.
(From left) Suraj Nellore, Illiana Arroyo, Jason Wexler and Devin Hirsch display their $50 thousand prize won at the Business Sustainability Case Competition at the Questrom School of Business on Nov. 18. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE GREEN

BU students win $50,000 in Questrom sustainability competition

By Sophie Lewis November 30, 2023
Four Boston University students won the second annual Questrom School of Business $50K Sustainability Case Competition on Nov. 18.
GSU Food Service Manager James Whitehead Jr. celebrates 45 years with Boston University dining in October. Whitehead started at BU in the Warren dining hall as a dishwasher in 1978. PHOTO COURTESY OF LAUREL O’KEEFE

James Whitehead Jr. celebrates 45 years of achievement as food service manager at GSU

By Eli Pekelny November 30, 2023
This October, GSU food service manager James Whitehead Jr. celebrated 45 years of service with BU Dining. 
Fiona Whittington

COM alum Fiona Whittington promoted inclusion at BU, now sparks change for women in tech

By Mara Mellits, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2023
2024 Women of Impact Honoree and COM alum Fiona Whittington was not an average advertising student during her time at BU.
Attendees of PRLab’s PRoBono review the event’s agenda. The overnight communication marathon created deliverables for five nonprofit organizations. PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTORIA LUO

Sixteen hours in COM: BU PRLab holds overnight communication marathon PRoBono

By Sara Sugita November 5, 2023
This weekend PRLab hosted its annual overnight communication marathon, PRoBono, in which 88 student volunteers created PR campaigns for five nonprofit organizations.
A Federal Student Aid page detailing loan repayment.

As student loan payments resume, BU students suffer consequences

By Emily Wyrwa October 12, 2023
34% of Boston University undergraduates take out Federal Student Loans, according to an email from BU spokesperson Colin Riley, making the median debt after graduation is $23,750.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Former Commonwealth Avenue royalty: A look into BU’s past presidents over the years

By Daisy Levine October 10, 2023

In its nearly two centuries of existence, Boston University has had ten distinguishable presidents. The ten white men, composed of five Methodist ministers, two Johns and two Williams, all saw the University...

Incoming president-elect and Ohio State University executive vice president and provost Dr. Melissa Gilliam in 1 Silber Way

Introducing Melissa Gilliam: A life dedicated to education reaches new peak

By Eden Mor October 6, 2023
“I really grew up surrounded by art and artists," said Melissa Gilliam, BU's next president and first Black woman to take on the role.
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