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Ciara Kennedy

Ciara Kennedy: from the West Coast to West Campus

By Alexa Podalsky June 30, 2023
As the fall semester approaches, Ciara Kennedy will be one of the roughly 3,100 new faces that will make up the Class of 2027 at Boston University. She's preparing not just for life on Commonwealth Avenue, but for joining a women's soccer team that finished third in the Patriot League last season.
Goodwill

BU Sustainability hosts ‘Goodwill, Not Landfill’ end-of-year donation collection

By Kiera Mcdonald May 3, 2023
Boston University students can donate used clothing and other goods to Goodwill bins located in residence halls from April 27 until the end of May as part of an initiative called "Goodwill, Not Landfill.” Materials collected will be given to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries to be sold at their stores.
Myles Standish Hall

Students with a passion for language and culture find community in Global House

By Mandile Mpofu April 20, 2023
BU introduced Global House in 2018 on the fourth floor of the then-newly renovated Myles Standish Hall, created to help undergraduate students “explore what it means to be globally diverse.”
Sophomore Daisy Liljegren runs distance during the 2023 Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational.

Men’s and women’s track and field finish second overall in Patriot League Indoor Championship

By Mark Fraenkel February 28, 2023
The men's and women's track teams placed second overall in the Patriot League Indoor Championship on their journeys to the national championship stage in March.
alcohol tax

Legislation seeks higher alcohol taxes in Massachusetts to cover the cost of drinking

By Sujena Soumyanath February 20, 2023
State legislators have pushed to raise taxes on alcohol in a legislative briefing on Feb. 9, backed by a December report that drinking caused almost 5% of all deaths in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2019.
TSA earthquake

Boston communities send relief to Turkey and Syria

By Nicole Gonzalez February 16, 2023
Local Turkish communities in Boston joined together to provide aid to those suffering in Turkey and Syria in the wake of devastating earthquakes.
Semester at Sea

BU on deck — ship-based study abroad program allows students to experience the suite life

By Sonya Carson February 16, 2023
The Semester at Sea program provides a unique study abroad experience, as students take classes on a voyage that docks in multiple countries.
All 6 physical print copies of the Fall 2022 semester are lined up. CHLOE PATEL/DFP STAFF

Fall 2022 Semester in Review: Behind-the-scenes efforts by former editors of the Daily Free Press

By Board of Directors January 15, 2023

In the Fall of 2022, The Daily Free Press published approximately 550 unique stories, 19 photo galleries and 44 podcast episodes.  The most popular piece of the semester, written by Taylor Brokesh,...

Snowport

Boston’s Snowport Holiday Market spotlights ‘unsung heroes’

By Daisy Levine December 9, 2022
Snowport welcomes small business and consumers with holiday cheer
Men's basketball

Career night for Brittain-Watts not enough as men’s basketball falls to Notre Dame

By Bobby Serafin December 9, 2022
Despite Ethan Brittain-Watts dropping a career-high 19 points, the men's basketball team fell in South Bend, Indiana with a 81-75 loss to Notre Dame.
Warren Towers

BU submits $1 billion Institutional Master Plan for renovation and development plans for the following decade

By Kwot Anwey November 9, 2022
Boston University Board of Trustees submitted the 2023-2033 Institutional Master Plan which outlined renovation projects.
Boston University College of Fine Arts

College of Fine Arts looks to recruit more senators to StuGov

By Vikrant Sabharwal October 28, 2022
The Boston University Student Government is working to recruit more College of Fine Arts students as there is currently only one senator from the college.
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