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The Daily Free Press

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The Duo Mobile App. Boston University announced on Feb. 4 that they would no longer support text messaging or phone calls as a method of authentication , preventing students from logging onto their BU student portals. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students unable to access BU accounts after changes to Duo Mobile authentication

Alina Fairlie February 10, 2025
Changes to the Duo Mobile app authentication leads to student difficulties in accessing accounts.
The storage page on a BU Google account. Boston University will institute a storage quota of 15GB early next year. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU announces new Google and Microsoft data storage quotas for students and staff

George Lehman September 25, 2023
Boston University Information Services and Technology notified students Sept. 14 about a new data storage quota for all BU Google accounts starting early next year. In an email to BU students, BU IS&T wrote that “after a decade of free services,” Google is now “charging all higher education institutions for the amount of storage used.” BU’s existing Google storage is significantly over the maximum level that has been negotiated, according to BU IS&T.
students' bill of rights slide in a boston university student government meeting

StuGov continues amendment debate, discusses technological issues, proposal to condense constitution

Anna Vidergar March 23, 2021
Topics included campus technology, condensing the constitution and adding a definition of college.
the market in the george sherman union

Students experience outages on Grubhub’s Campus Dining

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 17, 2021
Grubhub Campus Dining at Boston University has suffered technical issues throughout the Spring semester, including an outage last week.
Boston University’s Student Information System. BU announced Thursday it will upgrade the SIS, including the Student Link and Faculty Link. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student Information System Renewal Program to revamp Student Link by end of 2023

Madhri Yehiya February 8, 2021
The Boston University Office of the Provost announced Thursday the Student Information System Renewal Program — which will make updates to the Student Link and Faculty Link — is starting now and will take the next three years to finish.

SG debates allocating CGSA senate seat

Daily Free Press Admin February 25, 2014

The Student Government Senate tabled a proposal at its Monday meeting to allocate an additional senate seat for the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism. SG Director of the Department of Recruitment...

BU Information Services & Technology takes precautions to protect employees from email scams

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2014

As online hackers continue to pose a risk for members of the Boston University community, employees will be barred from making changes to their accounts in order to prevent future attacks, officials said. Because...

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