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The Daily Free Press

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Nickerson Field. On Friday, Boston University alumna and head women’s soccer coach Casey Brown announced she is stepping down from her position, effective immediately. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

After NCAA Tournament appearance, Casey Brown steps down as women’s soccer head coach

Ava Malamut December 17, 2024
After three years as head coach of the Boston University women's soccer team, Casey Brown resigned from her position last Friday, effective immediately.
Boston University’s 11th President, Melissa Gilliam. Gilliam stated it is important for her to work with student leaders on campus, including those from the BU Graduate Workers Union and ResLife Unions. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New BU president pushes for unity, progress ahead of inauguration

Kayla Baltazar September 13, 2024
BU's new president, Melissa Gilliam, sets goals for the future of the University.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The climate crisis needs anything but ethics | Data Driven

Sarah Datta January 31, 2024
Throwing food on famous paintings and preaching the moral imperatives of the climate crisis is ineffective. The only way to get people on board is through reasonable, economic metrics.
Participants lie on the floor at a die-in protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Gray area’: many Boston students demand more from administrations amid Israel-Hamas war

Emily Wyrwa December 14, 2023
There are few events in recent history that need not be named by anything but its date. October 7 is one of them.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Scientific sexism | Final girl

Kiana Aftahi April 11, 2023
The idea that women are worse at spatial tasks, more emotional or any sexist prejudice is the status quo in our world. Researchers internalize these stereotypes and conduct studies to justify them, which calls into question the validity of their methodology altogether. 
Casey Brown

Women’s soccer hires former player Casey Brown as second head coach in program history

Mark Fraenkel June 23, 2022
Casey Brown is returning to BU after a historical career on the women's soccer team as the second women's soccer head coach in program history. She fills the vacancy left by Nancy Feldman, who retired in early 2022.
Person walks by the BU seal in MArsh plaza

Ph.D. applications increase as departments face budget cuts

Olga Benacerraf March 4, 2021
Despite an uptick in Ph.D. applications for the Fall semester, some Boston University departments will be accepting fewer students due to budget cuts.
East to West: October 7, 2019

East to West: October 7, 2019

JenRacoosin October 7, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a student protest at the engineering career fair, the arrest of a BU professor, and Uber’s new app feature for Massachusetts. This episode originally...

Susan Landau, a professor of cyber security and policy at Tufts University, speaks about electronic surveillance law Wednesday at Boston University’s School of Law. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Cybersecurity talk examines complications of surveillance laws

Amelia Murray-Cooper January 31, 2019
As new technologies emerge, the role of government surveillance is continually redefined. In a talk Wednesday at Boston University’s School of Law, Susan Landau explained the legal complexities of modern communication systems.
Sophomore attack Kailey Conry currently leads BU in scoring with 21 points. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Women’s lacrosse aiming to bookend away series with win against Fairfield

Lily Betts March 13, 2018
The Boston University women’s lacrosse team will be looking for its second win of the season in a Wednesday afternoon matchup against Fairfield University, the final stop in a series of four away games.
The geology department in CAS. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU rejects professor’s termination appeal after finding him guilty of sexual harassment

Mike Reddy March 12, 2018

Boston University denied researcher David Marchant’s appeal to keep his job late last month after previously concluding that he sexually harassed a young female graduate student around two decades...

Hack4Impact aims to use technology skills for social impact

Mugdha Gurram February 14, 2018

Boston University students Elizabeth Slade and Smeet Patel are introducing a BU chapter of the nonprofit, technology-based organization Hack4Impact this spring. The goal, Slade said, is to use computer...

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