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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Massachusetts deploys volunteers, sends supplies after Hurricane Helene

By Lindsay Gould October 11, 2024
Massachusetts-based organizations sent hurricane-relief volunteers for physical and emotional support, supplies such as meals and water and professional aid.
A Tesla using an electric vehicle charging station in the Warren Towers parking garage. EV adoption is lagging, despite promises to revolutionize transportation and move toward a greener future. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Electric Vehicles still too expensive for wider implementation, BU IGS study finds

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor September 30, 2024
A recent collaborative study done by BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that lower-cost electric vehicle models and wider charging access are integral for wider EV implementation in the U.S.
Ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library entrance on Boylston Street. Infertility treatments like in vitro fertilization are being debated in light of the upcoming election. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

In glass and under national watch: The modern challenges of IVF

By Irene Skandalakis September 23, 2024
Infertility affects millions of people in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Outside its existing legislative protections in Massachusetts, IVF has come under national scrutiny, which coincides with the upcoming presidential election.
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.
Students attend the “College to Climate Symposium” on Saturday. Boston University Sustainability partnered with the College Climate team to host this event, which included a panel discussion with former climate industry employees and a career fair. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN NARDELLA

After college, students look for jobs in sustainability

By Destiny Perkins April 17, 2024
On Saturday, BU Sustainability partnered with the College to Climate team to host the College to Climate Symposium, making its debut with lush views from the 17th-floor of the BU Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences.
College of Engineering Assistant Professor Tianyu Wang. Wang received a grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for a joint project on deep-tissue imaging. COURTESY OF DAVE GREEN

Engineering professor advances deep tissue imaging with $2.5 million grant

By Josephine Kalbfleisch April 4, 2024
Tianyu Wang, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, is more than just your course lecturer — he is a neuroscientist and Chipotle regular who recently received a $2.5 million grant for his research. The grant, from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, was to advance a research project he is conducting with professors from Yale University and Cornell University to improve deep tissue imaging inside the brain.
Engineers Without Borders President Vittoria Sama, left, Vice President Chaney Finkeldei, center, and International Projects and Fundraising Chair Urvi Chakravarthy, right. EWB is crowdfunding to provide clean drinking water for a displaced community in Kenya. COURTESY OF VITTORIA SAMA, CHANEY FINKELDEI AND URVI CHAKRAVARTHY

BU engineering club to raise money for clean water project in Kenya

By Brenda Gonzalez March 29, 2024
Since 2018, Engineers Without Borders, EWB, has partnered with the Ogiek people of Tinet, Kenya on a mission to provide clean and accessible drinking water. This year, EBW’s aims to raise around $8,000 for travel costs, and $20,000 to implement the borehole project in Tinet this summer.
From left: National Society of Black Women in Medicine Executive Board members Timinte Abraham, Nalia Abney, Belinda Daniel, Kendall Brown and Naomi Ayo-John. NSBWM, which was founded in Fall 2023, supports Black women who want to enter careers in medicine. BRENDA GONZALEZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

National Society of Black Women in Medicine creates community for aspiring medical professionals

By Deanna Soukhaseum March 20, 2024
BU’s chapter of the NSBWM, founded in the fall of 2023, aims to encourage Black women to pursue careers in medicine and to support those already in the field.
BU Spark! on the second floor of the Center for Computing & Data Sciences. Spark! partnered with the Center for Innovation in Social Science in 2023 to apply data science and computational skills to social science research. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

CISS and Spark! partnership combines quantitative data and social science in research

By Sara Sugita March 7, 2024
The partnership between Spark! and the Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) began in 2023 to apply data science and computational skills to social science research, according to the CISS website. CISS and Spark! partnership was made possible by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences dedicated to experiential learning, initiated by Dean Stan Sclaroff, according to the CISS website. The interdisciplinary nature of the partnership aligns with Spark!’s goals, “to be the bridge between the computing and data sciences and the rest of the university,” Ziba Cranmer, the director of Spark! said.
Associate Professor of Sociology Jessica Simes. Simes’ research focuses primarily on social justice within the prison system. COURTESY OF JESSICA SIMES

Sociology professor Jessica Simes promotes justice system reform through research

By Sara Sugita March 4, 2024
Jessica Simes, assistant professor of sociology at BU, attacks injustices in mass incarceration and prison conditions not through law, but with data.
Students present their project during Tech for Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon. This event is a two-day-long competition where students present projects that provide a solution to one of four issues: climate change, equality, election involvement or healthcare. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Second annual Tech For Change Hackathon sparks technological innovation, solutions at CDS

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor February 20, 2024
This weekend, BU hosted Tech For Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon, a two-day competition in which students from across the country use technology to develop solutions for national challenges.
From left: School of Public Health members Breanna van Loenen, Brian Sousa, Jonathan Buonocore, Mary Willis, Hristiana Stoynova and Fintan Mooney. Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted a virtual three-day CAFÉ Climate and Health Conference, which was funded for a climate-health research initiative funded by SPH. COURTESY OF REBECCA PEARL-MARTINEZ

IGS database aims to bridge gap between climate health risks, policy

By Macie Parker February 9, 2024
BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted its first annual three-day CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference on Monday as part of a three-year $6.7 million grant funded by the National Institutes of Health for a climate-health research initiative led by the BU School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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