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The Boston Red Cloaks, a group of women who dress as handmaids and advocate for abortion rights, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House Sunday to condemn Amy Coney Barrett’s expected confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Red Cloaks protest for abortion rights, against Barrett’s confirmation

By Daniel Kool October 26, 2020
Speakers called for the swift passage of the Act to Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion Access, or ROE Act, in Massachusetts. Behind them stood a wall of women dressed as Supreme Court justices, Lady Liberty and — most prominently — handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel and series “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University began researching the novel coronavirus in mid-March in order to develop a vaccine and analyze how the virus is spread. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU labs, researchers and students fight COVID-19

By Ellie Yeo April 29, 2020
The BU research community have committed themselves to combating the coronavirus since the campus shutdown announced on March 17. Medical students, lab technicians and professors have joined an international movement of private institutions dedicating their resources and expertise to pandemic response.
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