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Track and Field

BU hosts DMR races, University of Washington sets new collegiate record

Reed O’Brien February 6, 2023
The men's and women's track and field runners put on an impressive showing against tough competition at Friday's historic distance medley relay.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Popularity of True Crime shows how the public is desensitized, not enough empathy for victims

Editors September 30, 2021
True crime podcasts may offer a form of entertainment, they often do more harm than good.
Jennifer Stuber, a professor at the University of Washington, shared the story of her late husband at a panel about suicide hosted by Boston University’s School of Public Health. CAMERON MORSBERGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Public health experts address stigma surrounding suicide

Cameron Morsberger October 5, 2020
In 2011, professor Jennifer Stuber’s husband killed himself, and the difference between life and death came down to means access and common risk factors.
I. Bennett Capers, a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, speaks at the “Racial Bias, Disparities and Oppression in the 1L Curriculum” talk on diversifying law education hosted by Boston University’s School of Law Saturday. DENGFENG YANG/ DFP FILE

BU School of Law holds symposium on racial inequality in legal education

Miriam Fauzia March 2, 2020
Law professionals from across the country gathered at the BU School of Law on Friday to attend the symposium entitled, “Racial Bias, Disparities and Oppression in the 1L Curriculum,” to discuss the lack of diversity in conversations in the field.
PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU rowing finds success in backyard at 51st Head of the Charles

Nick Neville October 20, 2015

The Boston University men’s and women’s rowing teams combined for nine top-ten finishes at the 51st Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. Since its inception in 1965, the Head of the Charles...

PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Men’s soccer seeks bounce-back victory vs. Harvard following Princeton defeat

Jonathan Sigal September 24, 2015

  For the second straight game, the Boston University men’s soccer team will battle an Ivy League opponent when they welcome Harvard University to Nickerson Field on Thursday evening. BU (3-2)...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that biopsies, which help researchers understand diseases such as breast cancer, are not as useful as previously thought. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Researchers piece together alternatives to flawed biopsy method

Blake Snelling March 26, 2015

By current projections from the American Cancer Society, one out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Caught early, most forms of the disease...

Softball starts season in sunny Arizona with Littlewood Classic

Softball starts season in sunny Arizona with Littlewood Classic

Joe Calabrese February 13, 2015

The Boston University softball team will be escaping the snow for the dry heat of Arizona as it will be heading west this weekend to participate in the Littlewood Classic and begin the 2015 season. BU...

Creativity comes to a halt in the classroom

Daily Free Press Admin December 1, 2013

We’re in need of some glitter glue — creativity in students has decreased over the past 20 years. Everyday, college students are expected to approach problems with a certain amount of creativity....

Researchers develop an improved cochlear implant that conveys pitch

Daily Free Press Admin October 21, 2013

Those of us that can hear often take our fantastically complex and precise ears for granted. Current cochlear implants help people with severe and profound hearing loss to communicate more efficiently...

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