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The Daily Free Press

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The Boston University Office of the Provost. Departing President Robert Brown will appoint an interim provost over the summer while the search for a permanent replacement for Jean Morrison continues. SOPHIE PARK/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston University welcomes new administration leadership

Sydney Topf June 2, 2023
Boston University has new administrative leadership going into the 2023-2024 academic year, following the appointment, retirement and stepping down of top university administrators.
Ameera Hammouda business profile

BU alum starts up modest, fashionable clothing brand to counter social stigmas

Emma Hagert May 3, 2022
Ameera Hammouda started her clothing brand called Ameera back in June 2021.
Kate Weiser, a 2019 graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication and the current marketing manager for Life Alive Cafes, spoke at a Wednesday event hosted by COM to highlight the role influencers play in company advertising. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Social media marketers discuss influencers, online advertising strategies

Yiran Yu December 8, 2020
Influencers on social media have garnered attention from the public and professional world alike. COM panelists examined their role in company advertising and effectiveness in the industry.
Purdue Pharma L.P. pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to criminal charges for the company's marketing and selling of opioids, which led to a nationwide opioid crisis. NICOLAS TEPPER/DFP FILE

BU professors analyze Purdue Pharma shutdown, aftermath

Kyla Denisevich November 6, 2020
Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.
Leithland Kilburn, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and founder and CEO of his app “HigherPlace,” earned third place pitching his idea at the Greenwood Pitch Competition at the Questrom School of Business on Feb. 26. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston’s young entrepreneurs presented startup ideas in Greenwood Pitch Competition

Avery Gound March 5, 2019
The first-ever Greenwood Pitch Competition, offered an opportunity for young minority entrepreneurs to pitch their business startup ideas to a panel of judges with the incentive of a year-long mentorship in an area of interest in addition to the $1,500 prize.
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