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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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BU Beach, a grassy area located behind Marsh Plaza, is one of the most popular green spaces at Boston University. BU’s non-traditional, city campus has incentivized students to get creative with the places they go to get back to nature.

BU students, professors find green space despite urban campus

By Brian Chan, Associate Science Editor June 6, 2025
At first sight, BU doesn’t appear to have much green space. The school’s campus stretches for two-miles along Commonwealth Avenue, one of Boston’s busiest streets, giving it limited space for rolling fields, trees and meadows. Although green space appears sparse, students and professors have found a variety of urban sanctuaries both on and off campus.
Photographer Carol Guzy and master lecturer of journalism Greg Marinovich talk during a Nov. 1 event at Boston University. Guzy won the The Hugo Shong Lifetime Journalism Achievement Award, presented by the College of Communication to journalists with “the highest quality of reporting and analysis.” HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

COM honors esteemed photojournalist Carol Guzy with Hugo Shong Award

By Nikhil Gupta November 6, 2023
Four-time Pulitzer prize winner, photojournalist Carol Guzy accepted her Hugo Shong award for lifetime achievement, presented by COM on Nov. 1.
BU grad workers union

GALLERY: BU Graduate Workers Union submits union authorization cards, hold block party with Ayanna Pressley on COM lawn

By Ziyu (Julian) Zhu October 25, 2022
BUGWU celebrated submitting their union authorization cards and interrupted a Board of Trustees meeting on Oct. 18.
Boston University’s Scarlet Safewalk, formerly the Escort Security Service, will be repurposed this semester to encourage general safety on campus and to promote community engagement. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s walking escort service to expand into community safety, engagement team

By Nathan Lederman October 12, 2020
Scarlet Safewalk, a night-time student escort service, is being rebranded into a student-operated group geared toward community engagement and general safety, according to Students Activities Office Director John Battaglino.
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