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The Daily Free Press

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BU Spark! in the Center for Computing and Data Sciences. CEO of Black Tech Pipeline Pariss Chandler emphasized the value of Black representation in the tech industry during Spark!’s DEI in Tech Speaker Series on March 22. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How the CEO of Black Tech Pipeline fosters inclusivity in tech

Akshun Gogia March 29, 2024
At a talk held on March 22 as part of Spark!’s DEI in Tech Speaker Series, Chandler discussed how she drew upon these experiences as her career progressed.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The MENA Problem | Loud People, Quiet Spaces

Banu Mammadli September 25, 2023
BU’s IR MEA track reflects the Eurocentrism of the term “Middle East”.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: Population control isn’t progressive

Caroline McCord February 24, 2022
We know the main culprits of environmental ruin — think Exxon and Chevron, which also saw unprecedented capital gains during the last fiscal year — and it is not a traditional Catholic family with seven kids in Guatemala. 
circle of people playing drums

Drum circles bring rhythm, community to Boston residents

Daniel Kool April 8, 2021
Alan Tauber, director of Arlington-based DrumConnection, led a group of three.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Vaccine passports are reasonable and necessary, but come with risks of disparity

Editors April 6, 2021
Vaccine passports can be inequitable, but are ultimately inevitable for safe travels and normalcy.
Boston University Umoja at the 2019 Culture Cookout

Umoja through the years — a home for Black students at BU

Anne Jonas February 18, 2021
Umoja, Boston University’s Black Student Union chapter, was founded in 1967 as an organization and home for Black students on campus. More than 50 years later, Umoja has evolved into what is now an ever-growing umbrella organization that brings together other Black student groups at BU.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The immorality of the elephant ivory trade

Max Ferrandino February 3, 2021
Forty-six years after the implementation of the ban on ivory, business is still booming. Once again, humans will use any means necessary to plunder the earth for its few natural resources.
Joel Herbert

Diamonds and Rust: Columbus — The Myth, the Monster, the Man

Joel Herbert October 8, 2020
Centralizing blame on Columbus for all of the terrible things that came in his wake shifts accountability away from whole governments of people who have, and continue to, commit error.
Boston University alum Danny Breegi speaks about Breegi Scientific, Inc., a startup he co-founded with his father Wisam in 2013 to design low-cost incubators, at the BUild Lab Monday. DANIEL KOOL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Father-son duo are the entrepreneurs behind Breegi Scientific

Madeline Humphrey February 27, 2020
Dr. Wisam Breegi and his son Danny Breegi created their startup company called “Breegi Scientific” in order to make affordable incubators available worldwide, in response to the infant mortality that comes with lack of access to incubators — and a personal tie.

CAS alumna serves as proud, determined US ambassador to African Union

Nathan Lederman April 24, 2019
Mary Beth Leonard, a Boston University alumna, has served as the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union for almost three years.
Activist and entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz gives a talk, titled “Earth Day, Israel, Africa, and How to Win the Climate Battle,” Tuesday evening at Boston University. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

BU alumnus gives talk on international climate battle

Sarah Readdean April 23, 2019
Abramowitz — a Boston University alumnus who graduated in 1986 — gave a talk titled “Earth Day, Israel, Africa, and How to Win the Climate Battle” to the BU community Tuesday evening, in which he discussed solar energy and sustainability efforts in Israel and Africa.
Sean Osner, a former BU student who currently works for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said he was inspired by a study abroad trip to Niger he took while he was a student. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU alumnus says study abroad program led to career as USAID Rep for Niger

Alex LaSalvia January 22, 2019

Boston University alumnus Sean Osner has worked for the United States Agency for International Development since 2008. Though Osner now works as the director of the Democracy, Human Rights and Governance...

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