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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Climate justice strike

Boston’s Global Climate Strike calls for woodland protection, clean energy use at State House protest

Bella Ramirez March 29, 2022
Activists gathered on March 25 to advocate for climate justice and urged the City and policymakers to enact climate mitigation policies. 
Boston University student Giovanni DiMaggio was awarded a Community Impact Challenge grant for his proposal to create an app that would decrease food waste on campus, enabling BU Dining Services to sell leftover food to students at a reduced price. AMANDA SCHNEIDER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student app wins seed grant to provide sustainable, discounted dining

Madhri Yehiya December 3, 2020
DiMaggio, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, won a $500 seed grant for his app proposal — Food For Every Terrier — and presented his idea at BU’s Community Impact Challenge Finalist Showcase on Friday.
Boston area college students start the initiative #PutAPriceOnIt to educate Boston community on the effects of carbon pollution. PHOTO BY JACKIE O'BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston students come together to fight climate change

Sabrina Schnur April 12, 2017

Several Boston student environmental organizations have unified under the #PutAPriceOnIt campaign in an effort to lobby against carbon pollution. The coalition includes Tufts Climate Action, Emerson...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have found a way to purify water post-fracking, eliminating all traces of chemicals involved in the process. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Groups at BU, beyond work to preserve global water supply

Navraj Narula October 28, 2014

“Water, water everywhere,” goes the old rhyme. And while 71 percent of the Earth is water, this important resource is threatened by harmful practices that can contaminate or drastically drain the world’s...

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