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Athletics LGBTQ Award Spotlighted in The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger reported on an NCAA award BSU received for creating and sustaining an LGBTQ-inclusive culture. Read more.
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Political Science, History Faculty Quoted on Thin Blue Line Symbol
The Taunton Daily Gazette turned to Drs. Brian Frederick and William Hanna for a story on the history and debate about the thin blue line symbol. Read more.
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Bear Statute Highlighted in The Enterprise
The Enterprise featured the new bear statue by the Rondileau Student Union that serves as a place to gather in times of celebration or mourning. Read more.
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Sociology Emerita Professor Pens Letter on 1918 Pandemic
Dr. Patricia J. Fanning wrote in Scientific American about the influenza pandemic a century ago. Her grandmother died during it. Read her letter.
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BSU Freezes Tuition and Fees
WickedLocal covered BSU's announcement that it will freeze tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 academic year and plan for the majority of teaching, learning and student life experiences to occur in person and on campus in fall 2021. Read more.
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Alumna Makes Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 List
Social worker Carla Monteiro, '17, is a 2020 Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree. Read more.
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Alumnus Aims to Start Music Conservatory
The Enterprise featured Greg Fernandes' efforts to start a music education center in Brockton. Read more.
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Professor Co-Writes Pandemic Mental Health Book for Kids
Boston 25 News, GBH News and education news site The 74 spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Englander, a psychology professor, about her new book, The Insanely Awesome Pandemic Playbook. Watch the TV news clip, listen to the radio interview and read the Q and A.
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Historian Discusses Events at the Capitol
Dr. William Hanna, a part-time faculty member in the Department of History, provided historical context, telling The Sun Chronicle "never before has there been an armed assault aiming to overturn a presidential election." Read more.
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The Enterprise Features Brockton-BSU Opioid Collaboration
Brockton and BSU officials are working together to reduce opioid deaths in the city with assistance from a federal grant. Read more in The Enterprise.
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BSU International Education Programming Highlighted
The Jordan Times published a piece by Drs. Jabbar Al-Obaidi and Laura McAlinden, both BSU professors, about global education in the time of COVID-19. Read more.
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The Christian Science Monitor Highlights Indigenous History Conference at BSU
As part of an article about telling the story of the United States' founding through a Native American perspective, The Christian Science Monitor spoke with BSU President Frederick W. Clark Jr., '83, about the Indigenous History Conference Bridgewater hosted. Read more.