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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Central banks prevented serious financial crisis, speaker says

By Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2011

Philip Turner, head of Secretariat Group in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements, spoke about the notion of “international money” and the impact of the ongoing...

Area colleges compete for social networking award

By Daily Free Press Admin September 19, 2011

Teams from local universities competed in the College Face-Off: Social Media for Social Good to help non-profit organizations with public marketing. About seven colleges competed Friday at the Microsoft...

Learning history necessary to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict, speaker says

By Daily Free Press Admin September 19, 2011

The standstill in negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli officials stems from fundamental misunderstandings of the opposite side, a speaker said in the College of Arts and Sciences on Thursday. Author...

Cultural understanding connects the modern world, according to speaker

By Daily Free Press Admin May 4, 2011

Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, considered the most widely read female writer in Turkey, delivered the 2011 Campagna Kerven Lecture to about 40 students and faculty in the Castle on Tuesday. In...

Organ harvesting occurs in China, expert says

By Daily Free Press Admin April 12, 2011

Thousands of practitioners of the Falun Gong belief system have been illegally harvested for their organs throughout China, human rights attorney David Matas said on Monday evening at a lecture hosted...

After year of natural disasters, universities in Boston prepare for their own

By Daily Free Press Admin March 8, 2011

The 2011 Boston Urban Symposium, hosted by Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs, addressed methods of countering disasters through elaborate city planning in the wake of Hurricane...

Author speaks on getting ahead in the age of social networking

By Daily Free Press Admin March 7, 2011

Author, columnist, consultant and social media guru Chris Brogan emphasized the significance of world class branding in contemporary business, and the implications this creates for college students looking...

BU Habitat chapter reaches fundraising goal

By Daily Free Press Admin February 8, 2011

For the past three years, Boston University’s Habitat for Humanity has been raising the roof with its efforts to reach its goal of raising $50,000. After countless fundraisers, events and a copious...

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