With the need to carry laptops and textbooks across school campuses, students have turned their backpacks into mobile lockers — yet wearing them all day can take a toll on spinal health. Karen Jacobs, a BU professor in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, teamed up with Kayla Jackson, a senior at Walpole High School, to address this issue.
BUPD holds free RAD self-defense classes throughout the academic school year for students, faculty and staff to teach them how to respond to physical aggression. With BU’s Charles River and Medical Campuses extending into Fenway, Kenmore, Allston and South End neighborhoods, self-defense is one strategy for students to protect themselves on an urban campus.
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine set up tents at Marsh Chapel on Thursday which they said symbolized the conditions of Gaza's displaced people.
Boston University’s Information Services & Technology is struggling to meet the recent “peak” in loaner laptop requests, creating concerns among students during the midterm season.
Boston University released the results of the first university-wide survey, which revealed that while 75% of the BU community feel comfortable on campus overall, while historically marginalized groups expressed a lower sense of belonging, according to the survey results.
Boston University recently installed new turnstile scanners at Student Village II and Claflin Hall to increase security measure in all residence halls on campus, following students concerns about safety on in dorms.
