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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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BU students win Janetos Climate Action Prize for developing low-cost air quality sensors

By Sam Mandala, Campus Co-Editor June 11, 2025
One in six Americans spend their days in a classroom, putting them at risk of breathing in air pollutants — which are two to five times higher indoors than outdoors, according to the American Lung Association. A team of Boston University students is working to fix that. Senior Primah Muwanga and junior Ellen Zheng, along with recent graduate Celine Chen and faculty advisor Thomas Little, won the 2025 Janetos Climate Action Prize in May for designing sensors that test air quality differences between buildings across BU’s Charles River Campus. 
From left: Junior Angie Chen, freshman Kirstin Smith and sophomore Emerson Gray work on assignments while laying in the grass on BU Beach. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

In the green: BU students search for nature on campus

By Ellie Stevens April 26, 2024
Due to BU’s lack of campus, BU students take it upon themselves to seek nature in Boston.
Two smokestacks. The Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy hosted the first webinar of a two-part series Friday to discuss how to decarbonize existing commercial buildings. COURTESY OF GERALD SIMMONS VIA FLICKR

Experts discuss decarbonization of existing commercial buildings

By Emily Pauls November 9, 2021
Experts discuss solutions for buildings' carbon emissions.
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