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Senior guard Fletcher Tynen runs with the ball past two Gordon College players. MOHAN GE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Men’s Basketball Home Opener 11/12

By Mohan Ge November 17, 2021
Boston University men’s basketball took on Gordon College in their home opener Nov. 12, securing an 85-61 victory over the Fighting Scots at Case Gym.
Michelle Wu waves to supporters at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama after her victory in the Boston mayoral election Tuesday night. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: 2021 Boston mayoral election watch parties

By Daily Free Press Staff November 3, 2021
Supporters of Boston mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George gathered at their respective watch parties Tuesday night as polls closed and votes were tallied. Essaibi George conceded the race to Wu, making Wu the first person of color and the first woman elected mayor of Boston.
Former mayoral candidate John Barros introduces mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George at the African Meeting House in Beacon Hill Saturday. MOHAN GE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Wu, Essaibi George discuss issues affecting Black Bostonians

By Mohan Ge October 27, 2021
In a discussion organized by the Black Joy Project and hosted by the Museum of African American History Saturday, Boston mayoral candidates Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu answered questions about how they would address issues facing Black men and boys in the city.
Skyy Ramos and Walter Teixeira release their lantern. MOHAN GE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: The Lights Fest

By Mohan Ge October 21, 2021
New England residents attended The Lights Fest sky lantern festival Sunday in Winchester, New Hampshire for a chilly Fall evening kept warm by bonfires and illuminated by flocks of paper lanterns.
Marathon athletes pass Temple Ohabei Shalom on Beacon Street. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: 125th Boston Marathon

By Daily Free Press Staff October 13, 2021
Nearly 20,000 athletes ran the 125th Boston Marathon in person Monday after a 910-day hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Junior forward Robert Mastrosimone receives a hug from a teammate. HARRIS FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Terriers take down the Crusaders 5-1

By Harris Freeman October 6, 2021
Boston University men’s ice hockey secured a 5-1 exhibition win over Holy Cross Saturday night at Walter Brown Arena – their first match played in front of a home crowd since the 2019-2020 season.
photographer shooting students on red carpet

GALLERY: A gathering, red carpet and all

By Mohan Ge September 23, 2021
The Boston University Dean of Students Office organized a night of celebration for the Class of 2024 at the George Sherman Union last Friday.
A student watches the Matriculation stage. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Class of 2025 Matriculation

By Shannon Damiano September 1, 2021

Boston University inducted the class of 2025 in its first in-person Matriculation ceremony since the start of the pandemic. Students walked in traditional fashion across campus to Agganis Arena in a day...

child pushing suitcase

GALLERY: Move-in 2021

By Daily Free Press Staff September 1, 2021
Students returned to the Boston University campus this week to settle back in for the first fully in-person semester since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
DSLR camera and lenses

Shoot happens: A Fall preview of FreeP photography

By Conor Kelley August 31, 2021
The Daily Free Press photo section returns to a revitalized fall semester with cameras at the ready.
GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

By Jasmine Li June 14, 2021

In the second annual march and vigil organized by Trans Resistance MA, demonstrators marched from Nubian Square to Franklin Park Playstead Saturday for Black transgender lives. Participants gathered afterward...

Climate Strike activist speaking

GALLERY: Second annual Boston Climate Strike commences at Massachusetts State House

By Jasmine Li April 23, 2021

By Jasmine Li Students and activists gathered outside of the Massachusetts State House Thursday for the second annual Boston Climate Strike, urging legislators to co-sponsor bills calling for immediate...

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