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Big Ben in London

CGS announces one-week London trip for Class of 2023, 2024

Claire Law December 1, 2021
After their trips were canceled because of the pandemic, CGS students from the Class of 2023 and 2024 have a new opportunity to explore the streets of London.
a weight scale

BU nutrition professors, student talk about the impacts of the ‘Freshman 15’ myth

Ashley Soebroto October 14, 2021
The Sargent Choice Test Kitchen runs a blog with healthy recipes and nutrition guidelines.
Some Boston University library employees will work partially in person during the Spring semester because their requests for full workplace accommodations were denied. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

BU library staff denied full workplace accommodations for Spring

Daily Free Press Staff December 17, 2020
Multiple BU library staff members have been denied full workplace accommodations and are required to work in person for a certain number of hours per week.

My deep dive into renter-friendly apartment makeovers

Emma Sánchez November 12, 2020
I’m a sucker for DIYs. There’s something so satisfying about transforming an item into something beautiful yourself. Rental-friendly makeover channels on YouTube suggest temporary decorative changes for any apartment.
Boston University student Christine Le’s Etsy shop, lilacfinches, where she sells greeting cards and stickers. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students launch innovative projects during COVID-19 imposed lockdown

Daily Free Press Staff October 1, 2020
During this summer's quarantine, BU students got creative and started new projects, including social media platforms, podcasts and online stores.
In a virtual meeting on Monday, Boston University’s Student Government introduced Building Bold, a student community dedicated to mental health discourse. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov introduces online mental health community, discusses new initiatives

Anna Vidergar September 29, 2020
BU StuGov in a meeting Monday night introduced new initiatives such as a student community for mental health discourse and a potential Allston crawl not for partying, but for aiding the neighborhood’s fight against gentrification.
Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences. In an email to CAS department chairs, Joseph Bizup, associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies, discouraged professors from discussing the pandemic with students when communicating about their course formats for the Fall. BRITTANY CHANG/ DFP FILE

CAS professors asked to self-censor in communications with students

Katarzyna Jezak August 3, 2020
A memo sent to CAS department chairs asked professors to avoid references to the ongoing pandemic and to treat LfA as the optimal learning model for BU.
Lighting the Lamp: Offseason Update

Lighting the Lamp: Offseason Update

Brady Gardner May 6, 2019

In a bonus episode of Lighting the Lamp, Brady Gardner, Paige Mautner, and Liam O’Brien provide an offseason update. Brady, Paige and Liam run through the BU men’s hockey team’s captain selections,...

EDIT: Blog sparks controversy

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

Aware that controversy attracts clicks, returnofkings.com, a previously low profile, anti-feminism blog, recently posted a provocative article entitled, “5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder.”...

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