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Boston University celebrates Earth Week in multi-platform plans

Katarzyna Jezak April 22, 2021
Virtual activities include panel events, social media discussions and more.
The Institute of Contemporary Art held a “Wikipedia Edit-a-ton” Sunday with the goal of increasing female and gender non-binary representation online. RYAN GREGORY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ICA holds ‘Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon’ to increase female, gender non-binary representation online

Jennifer Suryadjaja March 7, 2019

Less than 15 percent of all the biographies on Wikipedia are about women, and only 16 percent of Wikipedia editors identify as women, according to Monica Garza, director of education at Boston’s...

BU Libraries hosts an edit-a-thon at the Thurman Center in the George Sherman Union Wednesday afternoon during BU's Open Access Month. PHOTO BY YVETTE LOPEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Libraries launches Open Access Month with Wikipedia edit-a-thon

Haley Lerner October 12, 2017

Kicking off Open Access Month — which celebrates free and equitable access to information — BU Libraries hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon Wednesday afternoon. There, library staff members taught...

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