Students can often be found pedaling up the Hill or down College Avenue to Davis Square. But those heading all the way to Cambridge may want to take extra precaution.
Is dog racing in Massachusetts a cruel, archaic pastime or a responsible industry that supports the livelihood of hundreds of people?
For 387 of Boston University's 16,000 undergraduates, living at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge is skewing the college experience.
A failure in a power-transfer station near Dowling Hall caused the campus-wide blackout that lasted for hours on Sunday and Monday, according to Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman.
Tufts students joined hundreds of anti-war protesters Saturday at Boston Common for a rally marking the sixth anniversary of Congress' authorization of the invasion of Iraq.
T he past couple of months have been brimming with things that make me feel as if I am truly entering the world of adulthood. I have a bed that is wider than my arm span.
While Tufts freshman Ammar Khaku sat listening to a lecture for an "Introduction to Robotics" course, he wasn't suffering from the typical in-class woes: He was reclining on his bed, relaxed and genuinely interested in what Stanford computer science Professor Oussama Khatib said.
As admission to elite universities is becoming increasingly impossible, no measure of success and academic aptitude is more widely challenged than the SAT Reasoning Test — but usually to no avail.
Computer engineer Jim Waldo discussed how the Internet has affected computer gaming and other industries during a talk at Halligan Hall yesterday afternoon.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a grand gala tomorrow at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where a former German diplomat will receive the Dean's Medal before a congregation of hundreds of his fellow alumni.
Brothers of the Zeta Psi fraternity have yet to move back into their house this semester, due to a delayed construction project.
In preparation for the Daily's weekly radio show this weekend, we sat down with Task Force on Freedom of Expression Chair Jeswald Salacuse. University President Lawrence Bacow charged the task force in January with proposing "university-wide policy language" on dealing with free speech and harassment.
Harvard University Professor Stanley Hoffmann spoke to a room that was so overcrowded last night that audience members flooded into an adjacent hallway to watch from a monitor.
Tom Freston, a founding member and former chief executive officer of MTV, will deliver this semester's Snyder Presidential Lecture, relaying his experience in backing what was once considered a doomed enterprise and turning it into a media mainstay.
It may come as a surprise to Tufts students facing disciplinary action that their strongest allies in the judicial process are concentrated in a small organization of fellow students.
Over the past weeks, a meal of French fries and fried chicken may have started to taste a bit different in the city of Boston.
Attempting to increase the accessibility of local police, the City of Somerville unveiled a new police station in East Somerville on Monday and will soon open a second near Tufts.
