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Earloop Masks at City Convenience in the George Sherman Union. The Brandeis Jewish Bund, an anti-Zionist group composed of Jewish students, held a pro-Palestine protest on campus April 4.

Brandeis bans face masks in response to pro-Palestine protest on campus

By Isabelle Zhang April 18, 2025
Following a pro-Palestine protest organized by the Brandeis Jewish Bund April 4, Brandeis University banned the use of face coverings on campus outside of medical or religious purposes.
CareYaya website. CareYaya is a healthcare startup that employs pre-health college students to provide care for elderly people in Boston. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

From campus to care: How this startup helps college students become caregivers

By Irene Skandalakis February 15, 2024
CareYaya, a North Carolina healthcare startup founded in 2021, recently came to Boston to match families with caregivers in the community who are college students.
Two men ride bikes in here we are

Boston Israeli Film Festival kicks off online

By Katarzyna Jezak March 5, 2021
The program includes a selection of Israeli movies released in 2020, like the feature film “Sky Raiders” and documentaries “Four Mothers,” “Rain in Her Eyes” and “Rockfour: The Time Machine.” Live conversations with directors, actors and subjects will accompany each film.
R. Harvey Bravman, producer and director of the documentary “Soul Witness,” discusses the film at the Tsai Performance Center on Monday night. DANIEL MU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Soul Witness” tells the stories of Brookline’s Holocaust survivors

By Macy Wilbur October 10, 2019
Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center partnered with BU Hillel and the Elie Weisel Center for Jewish Studies to bring “Soul Witness: the Brookline Holocaust Witness Project” to the Tsai Performance Center.
A new petition is pushing to alleviate the stress of student debt for college students in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Nonprofit petitions work to eliminate student loan debt

By Haley Lerner June 17, 2018
The Hildreth Institute, a nonprofit organization, launched a statewide petition Monday that calls on colleges and politicians to support a zero-debt higher education system.
Protesters march at the Resist Deportation! Save TPS! rally outside the Massachusetts State House Saturday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston residents speak out against infringements on refugee protections

By Erin Edwards December 3, 2017

“Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here,” chanted around 100 protesters at the Boston Common and Downtown Crossing Saturday afternoon as they rallied against the termination of...

PHOTO COURTESY MIKE MOZART

EDITORIAL: Offering Plan B should be BU’s plan A

By Editors November 17, 2017

If you’re a student at Brandeis University and you need to take Plan B, all you have to do is go to the student health center — unless it’s a weekend, that is. Or if it’s after 6 p.m. Or before...

A student successfully petitions for a class on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be offered during the spring semester. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Student successfully petitions to have history class offered in spring

By Hannah Rogers October 18, 2017

A Boston University history course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which has previously only been taught during fall semesters — has been added to the spring 2018 registrar after sophomore...

Pro-abortion rights groups and the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts attend the Contraceptive Access Bill Hearing at the Massachusetts State House Tuesday morning. PHOTO BY KAYLIE FELSBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts legislators, activists discuss bill for contraceptives

By Daily Free Press Staff October 4, 2017

By Alana Fialkoff and Kaylie Felsberg Massachusetts legislators, healthcare providers and activists convened on Tuesday morning at the State House for a hearing that discussed a redraft of a bill...

GRAPHIC BY AHNNA CHU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU reaches historic high in U.S. News and World Report ranking

By Sophia Eppolito September 13, 2016

  Boston University ranked 39th in U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 National Universities Rankings, tying with Northeastern University. The ranking, released Tuesday, marks the highest place...

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA

BU temporarily bans hoverboards due to federal investigation

By Weihua Li January 14, 2016

Boston University enacted a temporary ban on hoverboards Monday due to rising concern related to the fire hazard posed by hoverboard batteries, according to an email sent Wednesday morning to the BU community....

“Art in the Square,” housed in Chestnut Hill Square, is a free exhibit celebrating women empowerment by featuring artwork from local and international artists. PHOTO COURTESY LESLIE MEDALIE/LEARY PUBLIC RELATIONS

“Art in the Square” paints empowering, global portraits of women

By Shanee Abouzaglo September 24, 2015

Empowering women by showcasing the artwork of local and international female artists, Chestnut Hill Square mall premiered “Art in the Square,” a free, self-guided art exhibition in Chestnut Hill...

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