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Helmet-to-Helmet: My football journey from Greece to Maryland

Jason Asvestopoulos October 3, 2024
I didn’t grow up with American football. I grew up with the original football, or as people here call it: soccer. Everyone around me in the suburbs of Athens, Greece, either watched soccer or basketball.
From left to right: Hailey Hart-Thompson, Yasmin Morais and Fiona Whittington. The three are Boston University alumni recognized for their entrepreneurship by BostInno’s 25 Under 25. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TERRIERS IN BIZ: BostInno’s 25 Under 25 recognizes past BU Terriers

Divya Sood October 6, 2021
Three BUild Lab alumni are featured by Boston Business Journal for their individual start-ups.
Boston University’s Classics Department hosted its fifth annual Gorefest virtually on Friday. COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

Classics enthusiasts celebrate Halloween via dramatic virtual readings of Greek tragedy

Connor Allen November 2, 2020

As the snow came pouring down over Boston Friday night, the Boston University Classics department held its fifth annual Gore Fest — a night of dramatic readings of Ancient Greek and Roman horror tragedies...

New Madrid will play at Great Scott on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY CHELSEA KORNSE/NORMAL TOWN RECORDS

INTERVIEW: New Madrid singer Phil McGill on culture, creativity

Kylie Obermeier December 4, 2015

Growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, New Madrid singer Phil McGill played in bands but wasn’t inspired musically by his environment. That’s why McGill and the three other Tennessee-born members...

SARNA: Dating in different cultures

SARNA: Dating in different cultures

Rhea Sarna October 21, 2015

It was wine night and seven girls sat in my apartment discussing their love lives — or lack thereof. The conversation was spiked not just by the Pinot Grigio but also by the vast diversity in the living...

A group of students and professors prepares to embark on a sailing trip to the Greek islands of Aegina and Poros during the 2014 Summer Study in Athens program, organized through the Boston University Philhellenes Project. PHOTO COURTESY OF LOREN SAMONS

BU Philhellenes to host first Greek Night to promote Greek culture, Athens summer study program

Kaitlin Junod November 12, 2014

Every year, Boston residents gather together to cheer on runners as they race 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square. Though the thousands of people in the Boston Marathon and the thousands more...

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