BU PhD Student Coalition

We are a coalition of PhD students across departments at Boston Univ. fighting for equitable policies and plans for Fall 2020 and the duration of the pandemic.

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

For followers old and new, please go to https://t.co/wJnwbeYJiJ ! We have pages for both PhD students and all kinds of allies, find the page that fits you and sign up to find ways to help! #BeBetterBU

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

.@BU_GWISE and @bu_gso are our two co-signers!

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

Given the ongoing disruptions due to the pandemic, the Coalition along with other grad orgs have written @BU_Tweets admin to ask for the creation of a Summer 2021 Pandemic Fund (1/2) #BostonUniversity #BeBetterBU https://t.co/ZgTiZ87GQp

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

to provide stipends to doctoral students without current summer funding and the establishment of a policy that all PhD students get 12 months funding. (2/2) #BostonUniversity #BeBetterBU

[Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9]

Faculty: if you don’t think graduate students should have 12 months of funding then you don’t care about graduate students.

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

This looks like a great professional development opportunity for @BU_GRS doc students! We're looking forward to seeing the full system for all doc students in the future 🙂 Thanks @sashabgold and @sechobot for developing this!

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

Today we mourn the loss of two members of the BU community to COVID-19.

https://t.co/AjiKQkFIUf

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

Today we mourn the loss of two members of the BU community to COVID-19.

https://t.co/AjiKQkFIUf

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

.@BU_Tweets community: if you were confused about the instructions to fill out the phase 2 survey, follow these directions: go to send a message in Patient Connect, choose the option of COVID-19, and there should be an option for the Phase 2 survey there #BeBetterBU

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

With isolation beds probably at almost half capacity and the more transmissible strain of COVID in MA, we fear these numbers will just continue to rise as @BU_Tweets' 'residential experience' puts students, faculty, staff, and the Boston community at higher risk #BeBetterBU

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

Since classes started back in-person a week ago, 134 @BU_Tweets community members have tested positive for COVID, and an unknown number are in quarantine as close contacts. #BeBetterBU

[Grace Ferguson @fergusonreports]

13 students and two employees at #BostonUniversity tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.

139 students are in isolation, more than ever before and setting the fourth record in four days.

The positive rate is 0.77% for students, 0.12% for faculty, and 0.52% for staff.

[Grace Ferguson @fergusonreports]

I keep going back to the dashboard to make sure there actually are 132 students in isolation because I'm convinced I read it wrong. Nope, it's real.

[Michael Siegel @mbsiegel]

The results are in from this week's @BU_Tweets COVID testing: 87 confirmed cases! School hasn't even started. If this were last fall, we would be front page headlines. But it's even worse now because we're at 5000 cases/day in MA. Not the ideal time to start in-person classes.

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

@timslarock @nugradunion How much would you say you end up paying for exams/cleanings per visit?

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

#AcademicTwitter #PhDChat Did/Does your school cover your dental insurance as a PhD student? If you answer yes, we'd love it if you could provide us with a link to the policy on your school's website!

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

#AcademicTwitter #PhDChat Did/Does your school cover your vision insurance as a PhD student? If you answer yes, we'd love it if you could provide us with a link to the policy on your school's website!

[BU PhD Student Coalition @bu_phd_students]

.@BU_Tweets the pandemic is worsening with a rising toll of death and suffering far worse than last spring. Now is the time to listen to your own public health experts-- remote classes until everyone is vaccinated! #BeBetterBU

[Michael Siegel @mbsiegel]

This morning, a coalition of more than 150 faculty, students, alumni, and friends sent this open letter to @BUSPH urging the school to open online because we are at the absolute peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/kajQwQSz89

[Grace Ferguson @fergusonreports]

#BostonUniversity's spring semester doesn't start for another two weeks, but there are already more students in isolation now than there were at the height of BU's post-Halloween spike.

[Grace Ferguson @fergusonreports]

I've been recording BU's COVID-19 numbers every day for almost five months, so I now have a lot of data to use for comparisons and predictions.

With spring move-in starting this week, we're on track for our fourth major spike. It could be our largest. 🧵