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Massachusetts is the first state to officially ban bump stocks following the mass shooting in Las Vegas. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts becomes first state to ban bump stocks

Alice Ferre November 9, 2017

  In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre that killed 58 and injured more than 500, Massachusetts became the first state to ban bump stocks Friday. Bump stocks, the gun accessory in question,...

The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking hosts “Disrupting the Human Trafficking-Migration Nexus” this weekend at the Boston University School of Law. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pardee hosts workshop on human trafficking

Alice Ferre October 30, 2017

The Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking (FMHT) hosted a workshop about the roles of technology, public policy and law as it relates to human trafficking on Oct. 27-28...

The Boston University School of Medicine releases a study on the evolution of beauty standards. PHOTO BY JACKIE O'BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU researchers study evolving beauty standards

Alice Ferre October 15, 2017

Beauty ideals have diversified over the past few decades, and Boston University School of Medicine researchers have found that beauty standards in terms of skin type and age have changed significantly. Neelam...

The Boston University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America hosts this year’s national PRSSA conference at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Friday to Tuesday. PHOTO COURTESY SHANNON JACK

BU seniors host 2017 PRSSA National Conference

Alice Ferre October 9, 2017

Nearly 1,000 public relations students from around the world convened in the Boston Park Plaza hotel for the PRSSA 2017 National Conference — the largest gathering of PR students in the country —...

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