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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Tournament encourages entrepreneurship with $200,000 prize

By Daily Free Press Admin December 7, 2011

School of Management graduate student Felipe Spinel said competing in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Clean Energy Prize Challenge is the type of tournament that can push Boston University’s...

Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate

By Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2011

After nine years shrouded by controversy and lawsuits, state officials have granted preliminary approval for Boston University to open its biosafety laboratory in Roxbury for lower-level research. The...

‘Nanovember’ aims to highlight growing role of nanotechnology in society

By Daily Free Press Admin November 8, 2011

Monday marked the beginning of Nanovember, a week-long lecture series organized to raise awareness about nanotechnology and to dispel any myths that may exist about its use, Boston University Students...

BU officials decline to discuss biolab safety issues, panelists say

By Daily Free Press Admin November 2, 2011

Boston University students expressed concerns about the intentions of the proposed National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at the BU Biolab panel hosted by the Student Labor Action Project...

Class on alien worlds ranked one of ‘craziest’

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2011

Professor Andrew West played David Bowie’s “Loving the Alien” as his students filed into the room for class at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. In the class, named “Alien Worlds,” he discusses exoplanets and...

Chemical spill causes evacuation of Metcalf Science Center

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2011

The Boston Fire Department evacuated the Boston University Metcalf Science Center on Monday due to an ether spill in one of the laboratories. The BFD responded after it received a call at about 6:45 p.m.,BFD...

Bay State ranked most energy efficient state in nation

By Daily Free Press Admin October 26, 2011

Massachusetts is leading the nation in renewable resources as the greenest state, according a report released on Oct. 20. by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Since 2006, the Bay...

Satisfied sweet tooths: Hub ranked top city to trick-or-treat

By Daily Free Press Admin October 26, 2011

Costumed kids searching for king-sized candy bars on Halloween look, no further – Boston is the second-best city in the country for trick-or-treating, according to a Zillow Blog ranking. Losing out...

School of Medicine researchers aim to improve detection of lung cancer

By Daily Free Press Admin October 24, 2011

The Boston University School of Medicine has received a $13.6 million grant from the Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program to research and develop technologies to facilitate the early detection...

Bostonians, BU community members mourn Jobs’ death

By Daily Free Press Admin October 11, 2011

The four-story Apple Store at 815 Boylston St. in Boston was lacking its usual hectic buzz and excitement on Thursday as customers and employees mourned the death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs. Apple...

Bostonians mourn death of Apple founder

By Daily Free Press Admin October 7, 2011

The four-story Apple Store at 815 Boylston St. in Boston was lacking its usual hectic buzz and excitement on Thursday as customers and employees mourned the death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs. Apple...

BU team aims to ‘heal the world’ with stem cell research project

By Daily Free Press Admin October 5, 2011

Boston University School of Medicine assistant professor George Murphy said that he and his crack team of students are in the lab seven days a week, tending to specimens of sickle cells with hopes to provide...

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