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What’s open on campus now?

What’s open on campus now?

Melissa Ellin March 16, 2020
Students who remain on campus amidst the coronavirus pandemic face reduced university resources and widespread closure of common spaces as Boston University enters its first week of remote learning in response to the spread of the coronavirus.
Presidential candidate Cory Booker speaks at a grassroots event in Fenway on Oct. 21. ANGELA YANG/ DFP FILE

BU alums descend on New Hampshire in race for White House

Angela Yang December 11, 2019
Five BU alumni had no idea after leaving BU they’d be joining the presidential campaigns of three current and former 2020 Democratic primary candidates in the most crowded and diverse primary in U.S. history.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks Thursday at a ceremony hosted at the location of the upcoming Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences. CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh participates in groundbreaking ceremony for upcoming data sciences center

Joel Lau December 6, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined BU President Robert Brown at a groundbreaking ceremony for BU’s Center for Computing and Data Sciences, a planned 19-story structure that will be built opposite of Warren Towers.
The Boston Women’s Workforce Council and Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement hosted the Q1 Briefing and Ideathon Thursday. The daylong event focused on closing the gender wage gap by using innovative privacy technology. COURTESY OF BOSTON WOMEN’S WORKFORCE COUNCIL

BU hosts Boston Women’s Workforce Council’s first Ideathon

Michelle Brandabur February 5, 2019
The Boston Women’s Workforce Council and Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement hosted the “Q1 Briefing and Ideathon.” The ideathon focused on cultivating ideas on how to close the wage gap with innovative privacy technology.
EDITORIAL: Boston makes strides in addressing homelessness

EDITORIAL: Boston makes strides in addressing homelessness

Editors January 31, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh led a group of hundreds of volunteers — city and state officials, community and civic leaders and homeless providers — to conduct the city’s 39th annual homeless census...

EDITORIAL: Proposed Boston congestion pricing plan will hurt lower and middle-income Bostonians

EDITORIAL: Proposed Boston congestion pricing plan will hurt lower and middle-income Bostonians

Editors January 31, 2019

In 2016, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh requested that the Green Ribbon Commission — a group of business, institutional and civic leaders in Boston — develop strategies to achieve Boston’s 2050 carbon...

EDITORIAL: Safe injection sites will save lives, but other measures should be prioritized

EDITORIAL: Safe injection sites will save lives, but other measures should be prioritized

Editors January 30, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh visited several “safe injection” sites in Montreal and Toronto on Jan. 17 and 18. These facilities permit people to use illicit drugs under the supervision of experienced...

EDITORIAL: BPD commissioner shouldn’t expect privacy online

EDITORIAL: BPD commissioner shouldn’t expect privacy online

Editors November 27, 2018

Imagine if you were walking down the street with someone from school. The next day, you have lunch with that same person. A few weeks later, you’re assaulted by that person for no reason at all. It turns...

EDITORIAL: Walsh’s housing plan kicks lower- and middle-income tenants to the curb

EDITORIAL: Walsh’s housing plan kicks lower- and middle-income tenants to the curb

Editors September 27, 2018

Boston’s population is growing at a faster rate than the City can keep up with. The housing plan Boston Mayor Martin Walsh hashed out four years ago to combat the city’s increasing population demand...

Five proposals for the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King memorial to be permanently installed in the Boston Common will be on display at the Boston Public Library for comment from the public. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DPF FILE PHOTO

Bostonians invited to weigh in on King memorial

Audrey Martin September 20, 2018

Boston residents are being given the chance to provide input on which of the five selected Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King memorials they want to see permanently installed in the Boston...

East to West: New Year, New Improvements

East to West: New Year, New Improvements

Daily Free Press Admin January 22, 2018
On today’s episode, “New Year, New Improvements” — a glance at initiatives promising to bring positive change in 2018. We’ll discuss Mayor Martin Walsh’s efforts to improve Boston’s emergency shelter system, the Time’s Up movement in Hollywood and a new organization proposed at BU that encourages fitness camaraderie.
The FCC announces its intention to vote on a repeal of net neutrality in December. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Potential FCC vote on net neutrality could affect Boston businesses, consumers

Anu Sawhney November 30, 2017

The Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming vote on whether to repeal net neutrality could affect people and businesses nationally, especially in cities like Boston. The vote could reverse...

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