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Models show off a line from Ministry of Supply at the Fashion and Retail Association's "Life in Pink" fashion show Saturday at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student fashion designers hold close, hold fast in casting out cancer

By Dagny Crepeau April 30, 2015

The Boston University Fashion and Retail Association (FAB) painted the town pink Saturday night with a fashion show held in partnership with non-profit breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen. The show,...

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the ‘Islamic State,’” a panel Thursday about the Islamic State. PHOTO BY OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston academics weigh motives, meaning of Islamic State

By Kaitlin Junod April 29, 2015

As part of a new digital scholarship initiative on Islamic studies, the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion...

Portland State University professor Bruce Gilley spoke about global climate change in China and India on Thursday at the Pardee Center Seminar Room. PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA

Top global polluters hold key to seeing past smog, talk reveals

By Sophia Labas April 23, 2015

On the list of global polluters, China and India hold first and third, respectively, with the United States ranked second. Within the next 10 years, India has the potential to outrank the United States...

Jan Xi (Questrom '17) rakes leaves in Brookline Saturday for Boston University's Global Days of Service. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Global Days of Service stress giving back, if only briefly

By Sonia Rao April 22, 2015

Lemuel Herbert Murlin, the third president of Boston University, once referred to BU as “in the heart of the city, in the service of the city.” Despite the passing of time, Murlin’s description,...

Cycling from Hopkinton to Copley

Cycling from Hopkinton to Copley

By Brian Latimer April 22, 2015

[rawr] .full-width h1 { font-family: "intro_regular", "Helvetica", sans-serif; width: 100%; } [/rawr] To experience this piece, begin by playing the podcast. Once you've started playing the...

The Boston Public Market announced April 7 the line up of year-round vendors who will sell locally-made products near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Public Market vendors value business opportunities

By Alex Siber April 16, 2015

One hundred percent homegrown, the Boston Public Market has foodies’ best interests at heart. Set to open in July, the 28,000-square-foot space, located at the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, had...

The Division of Emerging Media Studies and the Center for Mobile Communication Studies hosted an event April 8 about social media and national policy in Boston University’s College of Communication. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Social media proves viable avenue to young voters

By Andrea Kaufman April 15, 2015

In just over a year and a half, United States citizens will be voting for a new president. They will also be tweeting about him or her. In anticipation, Boston University's College of Communication...

Courtney Teixeira (CFA ‘15) and Sophia Michael (CFA ‘15) build the supports for an experimental art space they are building in the back of a moving truck, which will kick off in Boston Sunday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

To CFA seniors, fostering community of artists seems mobile cause

By Sonia Rao April 9, 2015

There are over 100 institutions of higher education in the Boston area. However, this high concentration does not guarantee a bond between students of different colleges. Sophia Michael and Courtney...

Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore hosted a conversation Monday about censorship as part of Mugar Memorial Library's Free Speech Installation. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE PHOTO

Censorship talk considers cases for keeping quiet, causing commotion

By Conner Reed April 8, 2015

Libraries are essentially massive symbols of free speech: entire multi-level buildings filled with ideas, many of them contradictory and messy and even violent, available for free public consumption....

American Enterprise Institute Scholar Christina Hoff Sommers speaks at “Freedom Feminism: The Best Way Forward in the Gender Wars” Monday at the Boston University School of Law. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

LAW panel posits new future for ‘Freedom Feminism”

By Andrea Kaufman April 2, 2015

In light of outspoken feminist Christina Hoff Sommers' recent book, "Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today," Boston University's Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy...

Participants perform in a music and dance show for The Nile Project Friday at the Tsai Performance Center. PHOTO BY CARLY-ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Through community of music, river of compassion surges

By Kaitlin Junod April 1, 2015

The spectacle of the flagship concert of The Nile Project, held Thursday after a week of panels and exhibitions, roared against a very serious concern for the issues it sought to expose. “Somewhere...

For alum Musto, passion something worth fighting for

For alum Musto, passion something worth fighting for

By Navraj Narula March 26, 2015

Most people associate the idea of fitness with a traditional gym, including exercise machines and personal trainers. But for Jessica Musto, this sort of conventionality simply was not enough. On Tuesday,...

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