By Sana Muneer, Managing Co-Editor
• March 4, 2024
This month, the BU Police Department adopted a wellness dog named Bean, who has paw-sitively captured students’ attention.
Bean is a three-month-old golden retriever from Golden Opportunities for Independence, a nonprofit organization in Walpole, Massachusetts which raises and trains puppies to be future service dogs.
BUPD holds free RAD self-defense classes throughout the academic school year for students, faculty and staff to teach them how to respond to physical aggression. With BU’s Charles River and Medical Campuses extending into Fenway, Kenmore, Allston and South End neighborhoods, self-defense is one strategy for students to protect themselves on an urban campus.
Grann, a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of best-selling books such as “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Wager” and “The Lost City of Z” spoke to BU students and faculty about his work alongside Debbie Danielpour, a film and television professor in the College of Communication.
Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will donate its revenue to the Home for Little Wanderers, an organization focused on supporting children who were abused, neglected or at risk by providing a wide range of services.
This weekend, BU hosted Tech For Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon, a two-day competition in which students from across the country use technology to develop solutions for national challenges.
BU celebrated the Year of the Dragon with the Chinese Student Association's Lunar New Year Gala, the Taiwanese Overseas Student Association's potluck, and the Chinese Program's Culture Fair.
CareYaya, a North Carolina healthcare startup founded in 2021, recently came to Boston to match families with caregivers in the community who are college students.
BU juniors Remi Chester and Prianna Sharan noticed the difficulty of making plans and finding friends as busy college students, so they developed Popple, a social networking platform that creates real-world connections.
The BU Cycle Kitchen does not only provide students and employees a space to learn to repair their bikes themselves — it also aims to foster community.
