By Brian Chan, Business & Science Editor
• June 6, 2025
At first sight, BU doesn’t appear to have much green space. The school’s campus stretches for two-miles along Commonwealth Avenue, one of Boston’s busiest streets, giving it limited space for rolling fields, trees and meadows.
Although green space appears sparse, students and professors have found a variety of urban sanctuaries both on and off campus.
Suraj Nellore moved around a lot growing up — from the United Kingdom to France, India and Australia — and constantly found himself in a new place, not knowing anyone.
“I didn’t necessarily...
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.
People crowded public areas in Boston on Monday to view the solar eclipse. Although Boston was outside the path of totality, the city still received a 93% partial eclipse.
The solar eclipse as it reached...
“Life is not a waste of time, and time is not a waste of life, so let’s stop wasting time, get wasted and have the time of our lives” — Pitbull. In honor of Mr. 305, The Daily Free Press editorial board decided on our favorite shortcuts on campus to help you stop wasting time and start having the time of your life.
200 students attended Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine solidarity vigil at the BU Beach Wednesday night with Palestinian flags, flowers and candles, in response to Israel’s deadly retaliatory strikes on Gaza.
Boston University alumni returned for the first alumni weekend on-campus since the COVID-19 pandemic. The University held 98 alumni weekend events. Alumni like CNN anchor Erica Hill (COM '98) returned to campus for the weekend.
“We’re really connected,” said Manny Cordoba, a BU skater and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. “We all talk together and we hang out a lot because we go to skate on all the same spots basically in the city.”
