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A fan control dial on a radiator in a Boston University brownstone. Issues with heating in BU’s Bay State Road brownstones have been persisting since the winter. AMELIA GIESE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Bay State Road residents concerned over brownstone heating due to power outages

Logan Trainor April 1, 2025
Students living in Bay State Road brownstones reported inconsistent heating in their dormitories.
Vending machines in the Warren Towers dormitory. Mice, which are a recurring issue on Boston University’s campus, were found in a vending machine in the basement of CAS. TRACY LIU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

If you give a mouse a cookie: Dead mouse found in CAS vending machine

Avery Fox March 4, 2025
A dead mouse in a College of Arts and Sciences vending machine sparked discussion among students
A flooded residence in Boston University’s 1019 Commonwealth Avenue dormitory. A pipe burst in the dorm on Tuesday night, and affected students have been relocated to West and South Campus during repairs. COURTESY OF JOSH LEE

Pipe burst forces students out of flooded 1019 Comm. Ave. residence

Lauren Albano February 13, 2025
A flooded suite in 1019 Commonwealth Ave. caused damage to multiple floors and led residents to be displaced
Quality Contracting vans parked outside of Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development building. A leak occurred in the fifth floor bathroom of Wheelock on Thursday and forced professors to relocate their Friday classes. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Flooding on Wheelock fifth floor causes class relocations, continued disruptions

Emma Clement December 9, 2024
A leak in the fifth-floor bathroom resulted in flooding on all floors of the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development building Thursday, causing Friday classes to be relocated.
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. Several antisemitic stickers have been spotted on Boston University’s campus this week. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Antisemitic stickers spread to BU campus from Harvard, ‘shocking’ Jewish students

Lauren Albano December 6, 2024
Antisemitic stickers were spotted on Boston University’s campus along Commonwealth Avenue this week as students returned from Thanksgiving break. The stickers appeared approximately two months after they first appeared at Harvard University in October, according to the Harvard Crimson.
Boston University’s Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The BU Fire Department and BU Police Department responded to reports of an unknown substance found by facility workers in a basement breakroom at 7:36 a.m. today. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Reports of unknown substance at CDS determined to be non-hazardous

Lucas De Oliveira October 29, 2024
The Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences was evacuated after reports of an unknown, non-hazardous substance were reported Tuesday morning.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include graffiti, a noise complaint and a panic alarm. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

Campus Crime Logs: Sept. 29-Oct. 4

Katherine Wu October 7, 2024
This week's crime logs include a hazardous condition, a panic alarm and a suspicious person.
A smoking manhole behind Marsh Chapel. An underground pipe leak is causing steam to release through manholes behind Marsh Chapel. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Smoking manholes outside GSU caused by failed pipe, construction continues

Julia Hendler October 2, 2024
A leak caused by an underground pipe failure is causing significant steam release through manholes outside of Boston University’s George Sherman Union.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include larceny, a bicyclist collision and natural gas odor. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Sept. 23-26

Katherine Wu September 30, 2024
This week's crime logs include hazardous conditions, shoplifting and elevator entrapment.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include elevator entrapment,  motor vehicle collision and attempted theft. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

Campus Crime Logs: Sept. 15-21

Julia Hendler September 23, 2024
This week's crime logs include a hazardous condition, elevator entrapment, motor vehicle collision and a fire alarm.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include protestors inside WBUR CitySpace, an active fire and trespassing. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Jan. 28 — Feb. 2

Isabella Oland February 5, 2024
Boston University Police Department's crime logs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2 include protestors inside WBUR CitySpace, an active fire and trespassing.
Boston Fire Department Engine 15 outside Boston University’s Warren Towers. A fire was reported at 3:15 p.m. March 16 on the 17th Floor of Tower A after an appliance was left on in a student dormitory. SAM BETSKO/DFP STAFF

Warren Towers evacuated after unattended heating appliance activates fire alarm

Daily Free Press Staff March 17, 2022
A heating appliance was left on and unattended on the 17th floor of A Tower. Students reported seeing smoke.
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