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Loved by Celia, sophomore Celia Drury’s passion project, combines her love for passion and art with custom-designed and upcycled clothing. Some students at Boston University pursue gig economy jobs to follow their passions, for financial reasons or to further their careers in a specific field. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU students’ side-hustles are helping them make money, prepare for future

By Camille Bugayong September 18, 2024
Students at BU are balancing gig economy jobs, or side hustles, with their studies in pursuit of passion, financial gain and career goals.
MIT fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s house on Bay State Road. Nearly half of MIT’s fraternity houses are on or around Boston University’s campus. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

The frat flick: What are MIT fraternities doing on BU’s campus?

By Eli Pekelny September 17, 2024

Bay State Road is well known to be beautiful, but wow. Less than 200 ft. from Marciano Dining Hall, one home — or mansion, rather — seems frozen in time. A gleaming marble entryway, skyscraper ceilings,...

People walk around Brattle Street during Paint the Square PINK on Friday. Paint the Square PINK is a block party hosted by the Harvard Square Business Association in partnership with the American Cancer Society to honor breast cancer survivors. COURTESY OF HARVARD SQUARE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Harvard Square painted pink in night of celebration, support for breast cancer survivors

By Deanna Soukhaseum September 16, 2024
Brattle Street in Cambridge transformed into a sea of pink on Saturday as attendees enjoyed live music, sipped pink wines and browsed through tables selling unique items — all in support of a meaningful cause.
People sit at Nelly Kate’s multisensory art installation ‘Into the Body, Into the Ground.’ Kate based the interactive art installation on her personal experience as a person who is late-deaf. COURTESY OF DIANA MCCLOY

‘Into the Ground, Into the Body’: Nelly Kate decenters sound in new public art installation

By Camille Bugayong September 15, 2024
A multisensory public art installation that is accessible to people with disabilities debuted at a library in Roxbury on Thursday evening.
Emmanuella Erhunmwunsee, the founder and president of Off the Hook, a philanthropic crochet student group at Boston University. Students in the group crochet handwarmers to donate to the homeless. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHERCOURTESY OF DAVE GREEN

Community service is ‘Off the Hook’: BU’s humanitarian craft group becomes official

By Elizabeth Plese September 12, 2024
Crafting and community service collide in a new philanthropic club at BU called “Off the Hook,” where students crochet hand warmers to donate to the homeless.
The Feld Center for Career & Alumni Engagement. The Feld Center reopened on Aug. 28 after a three-year renovation and reorganization process. COURTESY OF DAVE GREEN

Questrom’s Feld Center for Career and Alumni Engagement gets more than a facelift

By Hillary Hao September 12, 2024
This fall, the Questrom School of Business didn't just celebrate the arrival of a new group of students, but also the opening of their newly renovated Feld Center for Career and Alumni Engagement on Aug. 28.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

EEE emerges as public health concern in New England

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor September 11, 2024
Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne virus, has instilled concern as states along the East and Gulf Coasts grapple with the potential for larger outbreaks — and with next steps. As of Sept. 10, a total of four EEE cases have been reported in Massachusetts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People look at a vendor booth during the Cambridge Carnival International on Sunday. The Cambridge Carnival International is an annual Caribbean style festival celebrating diversity and African and Caribbean culture. ZIBBY ENGLISH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cambridge Carnival International marks 30th anniversary as celebration of African, Caribbean culture

By Deanna Soukhaseum September 9, 2024

The rhythmic beat of drums, pans and other steel instruments echoed across the lawn while families and community members gathered together to celebrate African and Caribbean culture. The 30th Cambridge...

A fan records a video on their phone during the Boston Celtics Championship parade. Lifelong fans of the Celtics arrived at the parade on Friday as early as four hours before the scheduled start time to celebrate their team. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For lifelong fans, the Boston Celtics victory parade was a ‘religious’ experience

By Lauren Albano, Charlie Johnson, and Lindsay Shachnow June 24, 2024
Among the crowd of more than one million Bostonians at the Celtics victory parade were several lifelong fans.
Frank Turner of The Sleeping Souls performs at Boston Calling on May 25. This was Turner’s 2,884th show and he started the only recorded mosh pit at the festivals. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Frank Turner plays Boston Calling 10 years later, starting yet another mosh pit

By Daisy Levine June 14, 2024
At his 2,884th show ever, 42-year-old Frank Turner hit the stage at Boston Calling, assuring the audience not to be too afraid of his acoustic guitar — after all, it was a punk rock show.
Cakeswagg at Boston Calling on May 25. The music festival featured artists local to Boston such as Cakeswagg, Kieran Rhodes and Madi Diaz. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘This stuff doesn’t happen for everybody’: Local artists perform at Boston Calling

By Daisy Levine June 1, 2024
During Cakeswagg’s first freestyle gigs aboard the Roxbury school bus, she never pictured herself pursuing rap music as a career. So, being billed at the Boston Calling Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend was a “bucket list” experience for the up-and-coming hip-hop artist.
Reneé Rapp at Boston Calling on May 24. Boston Calling Music Festival 2024 took place from May 24 through May 26 at the Harvard Athletic Complex and featured artists such as Reneé Rapp, Ed Sheeran, Leon Bridges, Chappell Roan, Megan Thee Stallion and Hozier. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston Calling recap: Most anticipated artists, reviewed

By Daisy Levine June 1, 2024
Fans of all ages flocked to Boston Calling from May 24-26 as the four-stage festival overtook the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge and featured some of the most sought-after acts in pop music today. Here’s a look at who met, succeeded and failed to reach my expectations.
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