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unobserved testing

BU transitions to unobserved testing at Charles River Campus

Daily Free Press Staff February 3, 2022
Observed testing will cease completely at 808 after Feb. 10. Medical campus will transition next week.
East to West: Sept. 13, 2021

East to West: Sept. 13, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 13, 2021

First full week of classes! Today on East to West, we cover National Suicide Prevention Week, Boston University students and faculty reflecting on the transition to in-person classes, activists’...

students in line for COVID testing

Agganis Arena to close for COVID-19 testing, faculty and staff will continue unobserved testing

Anna Vidergar September 9, 2021
Charles River campus students note the inconvenience and difficulty of finding available tests.
people on a sailboat in newburyport

BU professionals advise on COVID-19-safe, mindful summer

Lily Kepner April 29, 2021
With the promise of a semi-return to normal with vaccines, experts advise to keep being precautious.
mental health committee co-chairs speak at a boston university student government meeting

StuGov confirms positions for next school year, introduces vaccine resource guide in last meeting of the semester

Anna Vidergar April 27, 2021
Positions across StuGov were confirmed for the next school year along with other resolutions.
vaccination center at boston university fitness and recreation center

BU community reflects on vaccination experiences thus far

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 31, 2021
Students, faculty and staff share how they got their vaccines as the state's rollout continues.
East to West: Mar. 1, 2021

East to West: Mar. 1, 2021

Justin Tang March 1, 2021

It’s the first day of March! Today on East to West, we cover the state’s decision to halt vaccine distribution at universities, new MBTA construction on BU’s West Campus, activists calling...

Boston University announced Friday that it will discontinue its vaccination program. COURTESY OF LISA FERDINANDO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU suspends COVID-19 vaccination program

Tanisha Bhat February 26, 2021
Boston University suspended its COVID-19 vaccination program Friday due to Massachusetts’ new prioritization of mass vaccination centers and other providers.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Living on campus is a better bet during the pandemic

Editors February 19, 2021
Living on campus edges out living off campus for the security it provides us in an otherwise uncertain, unsafe time. You have more peace of mind living on campus knowing you are with people who are held accountable to the same standards as you.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The pandemic has shown the continued prioritization of athletics over the arts

Editors February 17, 2021
FitRec’s reopening is timely and beneficial, and we can’t ignore how great it is to have this facility available to us once again. But it also serves as another example of how athletics — whether justly or unjustly — are prioritized in our society.
Boston University’s Fitness and Recreation Center reopened Friday. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

FitRec reopens for Spring semester

Madhri Yehiya February 16, 2021
Boston University’s Fitness and Recreation Center opened its doors for the Spring semester Friday. Reservations — which can be made up to three days in advance — are required for recreational gym use. Students can reserve one time slot per day for a 90-minute session.
Technical problems such as dead phone batteries pose challenges to Boston University students who must show their COVID-19 compliance badges at checkpoints around the University. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Phone battery dead? Students must still show green badges to enter residences

Emily Stevenson December 6, 2020
With badge compliance checkpoints gatekeeping BU dining halls, the George Sherman Union and residence halls, technical problems are adding new stresses to students’ daily lives.
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