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First case of Omicron variant in Massachusetts detected

Dongfang Zhou • December 6, 2021

The first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected in Massachusetts on Saturday.

EDITORIAL: Abrupt end to Boston eviction moratorium paves the way for more comprehensive, long-term pandemic-affected housing relief

Editors • December 2, 2021

Boston’s housing crisis, combined with the looming threat of Omicron, means that many people will still need city protection from eviction.

East to West: Oct. 1, 2021

Veronica Thompson • October 1, 2021

Booster shots are available! Today on East to West, we cover availability of Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots, a fire at Stuvi-I on Monday, an escalator malfunction at the Back Bay T station and more. Click...

COVID-19 cases fluctuate as college students return to campus

Daily Free Press Staff • September 23, 2021

COVID-19 cases fluctuate as college students across Boston return to campus this fall.

EDITORIAL: BU needs to prioritize students, not normalcy

Editors • September 23, 2021

We understand the administration’s desire to go back to normal. But this mentality is outdated and dangerous.

Study abroad students take off to new experiences, despite COVID-19 restrictions

Ilana Keusch • September 15, 2021

Students studying in Venice and Geneva reflect while BU works around international COVID restrictions.

A Room With a View: Tragedy overflow in calamitous times

Antonia Lehnert • September 7, 2021

It is not our place to painstakingly empathize with grief that we could never even come close to understand.

BU’s Class of 2025 welcomed with in-person Matriculation ceremony

Rin Velasco • September 2, 2021

Students, faculty and staff gathered for the largest in-person BU event in a year and a half.

EDITORIAL: Boston University’s new pandemic policies are not cutting it

Editors • September 2, 2021

Boston University’s new pandemic measures place too much emphasis on student responsibility rather than institutional measures designed to keep students, faculty and service workers safe.

Boston implements vaccination mandate for city employees amidst COVID surge, Delta variant

Isabella Abraham • August 19, 2021

City of Boston employees must get a COVID-19 vaccine according to a mandate announced Thursday.