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David Makovsky, former senior advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry's Israeli-Palestinian peace team, speaks at The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House at BU Tuesday evening about "Seeking Justice: Strengthening the Prospect for Middle East Peace” PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former advisor encourages conversations, resolve Middle Eastern conflict

Monika Nayak January 27, 2016

As conflicts in the Middle East amplify, it’s important for college students to start having healthy discourse surrounding the issue, David Makovsky, director of the Project on the Middle East Peace...

The Government Center Garage is set to be demolished to create space for an office tower and apartment building as part of a $1.5 billion dollar renovation project led by the National Real Estate Advisors and The HYM Investment Group, LLC. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Government Center Garage redevelopment moves forward

Monika Nayak January 22, 2016

Following years of planning, the City of Boston approved Monday the advancement of the Government Center Garage redevelopment design. HYM Investment Group, a real estate development company, is working...

A student’s dorm room window on 180 Bay State Road displays a “Bernie for President” sign Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

One year from presidential election, students get involved, take sides

Monika Nayak November 4, 2015

Even though she is an international student and will not be able to vote in the upcoming 2016 U.S. presidential election, Jesslyn Katherine, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, joined the...

The Cambridge GLBT Commission held a screening of the documentary "The Year We Thought About Love" at the Cambridge Main Library Auditorium Thursday. PHOTO COURTESY CAMBRIDGE GLBT COMMISSION

LGBT documentary sheds light on youth identity struggles

Monika Nayak October 19, 2015

The documentary “The Year We Thought About Love” navigates a year in the life of one of the oldest LGBT youth theater troupes in the country. A Boston-based organization called True Colors: Out Youth...

(From left) Chief of Staff for Mayor Walsh Daniel Koh, Director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities Graham Wilson, and Mayor Thomas Geisel of Dusseldorf, Germany, answer questions during the Initiative on Cities and the Center for the Study of Europe's discussion, "Leading Cities From the Left" at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IOC hosts talk with Mayor of Düsseldorf

Monika Nayak September 23, 2015

The Initiative on Cities and the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University invited Düsseldorf, Germany, Mayor Thomas Geisel to host a conversation, “Leading Cities From the Left,” with...

Hanane, of Crispy Crepes Café, pours a crepe for a customer Wednesday afternoon.  PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Restaurants considerate of prices for students on budget

Monika Nayak September 17, 2015

Catering to college students with tight budgets, the Collegiate Coupon Book offers deals and promotions straight from businesses both on campus and in the city. Distribution of the coupon books provides...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Public Safety and Boston Police met with communities affected by the multiple shootings in Boston and surrounding cities through neighborhood walks in late August. PHOTO COURTESTY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Community, city differ on efforts to address neighborhood violence

Monika Nayak September 2, 2015

Nichole Bell, 40, of Dorchester, has noticed that there are more and more families having experiences she can relate to. “My brother was killed,” Bell said. “I do the peace walk every year, and...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Thursday, April 30. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Defense explores Tsarnaev family problems, Dzhokhar’s character

Mina Corpuz May 6, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev focused Tuesday on his character and the dysfunctional nature of the Tsarnaev family by highlighting problems several family members faced during the fifth day of defense...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at a press conference on April 13. Baker, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced an executive order Monday to re-launch the Governor’s Council to address sexual assault and domestic violence. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Council on sexual assault, domestic violence restored

Monika Nayak April 30, 2015

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, working alongside Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, reinstated the Governor’s Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Monday...

Family members of Lu Lingzi, who died in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, spoke Wednesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in the sentencing phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. PHOTO COURTESY OF MENGHAN HU

Testimony turns to Collier, Lingzi

Lindsey Hover April 23, 2015

The prosecution continued to call witnesses Wednesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in another emotionally charged day of testimony at the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,...

Ben Thompson, a second-year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a graduate representative for ACSRI, Claire Richer, an undergraduate representative (CAS ’15), and Garrett Moore, an undergraduate representative (ENG ’15) host a town hall meeting about fossil fuel divestment in the Boston University Photonics Center Wednesday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACSRI members host town hall meeting about fossil fuel divestment

Monika Nayak April 16, 2015

Three members of the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing of the Boston University Board of Trustees hosted a town-hall-style open forum Wednesday, inviting BU students and community...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Friday authorizing $200 million in transportation funds. PHOTO BY STUX/PIXABAY

$200 million in extra funding approved for infrastructure repairs

Monika Nayak April 14, 2015

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker approved an additional $200 million in funding for infrastructure contributing to a total of $330 million toward municipal roads, bridges, paving projects and pothole repairs,...

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