Graduate Students
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University News
BU RAs Authorize Four-Day Strike over Contract Negotiations
![Photo: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) offers rousing remarks during a kick-off rally by the striking Boston University Graduate Workers Union on Marsh Plaza Monday afternoon. A large crowd of people behind the senator are holding picket signs advocating for paying graduate workers higher wages.](/files/2024/03/feat-crop-24-1171-STRIKE-418-636x425.jpg)
University News
BU Graduate Workers Launch Strike with Rally, Picket Plans
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University News
BU Graduate Students Are Set to Strike over Benefits and Pay
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Commencement 2023
Meet Three Inspiring Master’s Students from the Class of 2023
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University News
BU Graduate Students Vote to Unionize in Lopsided Approval
![Image: Banner featuring the logo for the Boston University Graduate Workers Union. A raised fist with thumb, index finger, and pinky shaded red is shown. Above the fist in red reads "We are BU!" and below in black is "Boston University Graduate Workers Union".](/files/2022/10/feat-bu-grad-union-636x425.jpg)
University News
Union Drive Accelerates among BU Graduate Students
![Composite image of the three grad students who collaborated to create the grad student guide. At left, Abel Aruan, a young man of color who wears a gray blazer, brown sweater, pink tie and smiles. He has light brown skin and dark black slicked-back hair. At center, a photo of Yuandi Tang (COM’23), an international student from China, who wears glasses with black frames. He wears a blue button-down shirt, smiles, and leans against the exterior of building with rusted steel on the outside. At right, Gizem Kaftan, a youngish Turkish woman with long, crimson hair who smiles and wears a black blouse.](/files/2022/09/feat-grad-student-guide-636x425.jpg)
International Students
Are You an International Grad Student? Check Out This Guide
![Collage: (from left) Photos of Edgar Miranda (LAW’22) (from left), Peter Kargbo (SHA’22), and Michelle Eastman (STH’22). Miranda, a young caucasian appearing man, poses for the camera wearing a grey suit. Kargbo, a young black man with a short afro haircut and wearing a black turtleneck and blazer smiles for the camera. Eastman is caught candidly laughing as she wears a red graduation gown.](/files/2022/05/feat-grad-students-22-636x425.jpg)
Commencement 2022
Meet Three Standout Class of 2022 Grad Degree Candidates
![Photo of Sara Tavakoli (SDM’25). She is seen in profile, and leans on a railing along the Charles River looking out towards the water. She is light-skinned, has brown hair with highlights and wears a white sweater.](/files/2022/02/ft-mob-sara-tavakoli-636x425.jpg)
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