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The green line of the MBTA T. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston ranked as third best city for public transit, report shows

Ludi Wang February 25, 2018
Boston was ranked the third-best city for public transit in a recent report published by Redfin, a Massachusetts-based real-estate company. New York City and San Francisco placed first and second in the report, respectively.
Massachusetts gun control group probes US leadership with controversial RSVP

Massachusetts gun control group probes US leadership with controversial RSVP

Ludi Wang December 6, 2017

Stop Handgun Violence — a Massachusetts based gun control group — mailed campaign flyers fashioned as invitations Friday to President Donald Trump and nearly 300 members of the U.S. Congress, urging...

A report published by the Boston Foundation finds an increasing number of multi-unit homes in Boston cannot be categorized as affordable housing units. PHOTO BY KATIE GODERE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Housing is growing, but affordable housing is not, study finds

Ludi Wang December 3, 2017

The number of building permits issued for multi-unit housing in the Greater Boston area are on the rise, but according to a recent report few are set aside for affordable housing. Published by the...

Rabbi Naftoly Bier begins the weekly City Council meeting Wednesday afternoon at the City Hall Iannella Chambers. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council moves to protect firefighters’ spousal health benefits

Shannon Larson October 26, 2017

Boston City Council unanimously approved an ordinance concerning health insurance benefits for surviving spouses of the City’s firefighters on Wednesday afternoon, with approximately 25 individuals...

Boston University Police Department appoints new 
Deputy Police Chief Robert Molloy. PHOTO BY BRIANNA BURNS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Veteran officer Molloy appointed BUPD deputy chief

Ludi Wang September 24, 2017

Robert Molloy, a veteran officer at the Boston University Police Department, has been promoted to deputy chief of police after 33 years in the BUPD, serving in positions ranging from patrol officer...

The National Science Foundation gifts Boston University with a $20 million, five year award to create a multi-institution Engineering Research Center, aiming to synthesize personalized heart tissue for clinical use. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ENG wins $20 million dollar grant to synthesize heart tissue

Ludi Wang September 22, 2017

The National Science Foundation awarded Boston University a $20 million, five-year grant last week to establish an Engineering Research Center in hopes of designing and producing personalized heart...

Boston University’s Class of 2021 is the most diversified in recent history, with more than a third of minority freshmen. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students reflect on BU’s increasing diversity

Ludi Wang September 12, 2017

This year, Boston University welcomed its most ethnically diverse freshman class yet, according to BU spokesperson Colin Riley. This stems from a longstanding, university-wide effort to keep BU accessible...

Doctoral student Cyrus Segawa Konstantinakos’ book "I Atfabeton Chamorro: The ABCs of Chamorro" about the native Chamorro culture in Guam receives support from the U.S. Department of Education and the Guam Legislature. PHOTO COURTESY CYRUS SEGAWA KONSTANTINAKOS

Doctoral student leads book project to raise awareness of indigenous Guam people

Ludi Wang September 10, 2017

Boston University School of Education doctoral student Cyrus Konstantinakos published a book this summer about Guam’s native Chamorro language and culture. The book, titled “I Atfabeton Chamorro:...

Kaitlin Geraghty (CAS '18) starts an organization on campus called "Democracy Matters." PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students start Democracy Matters chapter at BU

Ludi Wang May 2, 2017

Boston University student Kaitlin Geraghty is starting a new organization called Democracy Matters on campus to help get more students engaged in politics. Democracy Matters is a nonpartisan national...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation hosts a meeting at Boston University College of General Studies Thursday evening, to discuss traffic issues relating to summer construction of the BU Bridge. PHOTO BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MassDOT hosts public meeting regarding Commonwealth Bridge renovation

Ludi Wang April 28, 2017

Approximately 40 people attended a public meeting held by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge renovation Thursday night at Boston University’s Jacob Sleeper...

Recent studies reveal that the MBTA had the highest bus maintenance costs in the nation in 2015. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Report finds MBTA has nation’s highest bus maintenance costs of 2015

Ludi Wang March 29, 2017

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority had the highest bus maintenance costs per hour out of the 25 largest public transit agencies in the United States in 2015, according to a Pioneer Institute report...

Boston University faculty discuss the consequences of mass incarceration in the U.S. prison system Wednesday afternoon in the BU School of Law. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU faculty members present mass incarceration research

Ludi Wang March 16, 2017

Approximately 50 Boston University students and faculty gathered at Barrister’s Hall in the BU School of Law Wednesday evening to listen to a series of presentations about mass incarceration research...

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