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The Daily Free Press

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Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

So, you want to get into vintage fashion? | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz April 9, 2025
So, take a deep breath and trust yourself. Personal style is always a work in progress — especially when you are diving into a whole new branch of fashion culture. Try the things you like and see what sticks.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Networking your way into someone’s heart

Analise Bruno February 2, 2025
No one really thinks of turning to LinkedIn, and I can’t really blame them — it’s academic-facing, and has always come across as being “strictly business.” Yet, the more I toiled with the idea of LinkedIn being a one-stop shop for all things romance, I couldn’t help but wonder: could this be the revolutionary answer to modern dating troubles?
Students walking through the Questrom School of Business in professional attire. Many Questrom professors require students to wear business attire for their presentations. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For Questrom students, dressing for success has real-world implications

Siena Griffin December 6, 2024
To the non-business major, students wearing suits, slacks and collared shirts outside Questrom School of Business might seem a little overdressed for class. But for BU's business students, wearing business attire is preparation to enter an industry where presentation is crucial.
Boston University Questrom School of Business. The Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets and Society — funded by Mehrotra last year — was founded with the goal to examine the role business and markets play in solving global issues. ZARA MEGGETT/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute seeks to use business and markets for good

Charlie Dippolito February 9, 2024
Questrom recently announced the founding of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets and Society with the goal of examining the role businesses and markets play in solving global issues.
Marshall Van Alstyne in Questrom. Van Alstyne, a grant from The National Science Foundation, to “explore the question of using markets to address misinformation.” PHOTO COURTESY OF CODY O'LOUGHLIN

BU researchers receive $550,000 grant, propose holistic approach to misinformation

Anna Albrecht October 25, 2023
Marshall Van Alstyne, a Questrom School of Business professor of information systems, and his team, received a $550,000 grant from The National Science Foundation to “explore the question of using markets to address misinformation.”
Glossier

Glossier Boston opens its doors on Newbury Street

Nicole Gonzalez March 27, 2023
Beauty brand Glossier opened a permanent store in Boston on March 24, making the location the company’s tenth physical store in the United States.
Questrom

Questrom students featured in Poets & Quants Most Disruptive Business School Startups

Sarah Cai February 3, 2023
The students drew inspiration from their upbringings to create their sustainability-focused startups.
Rachel Li

From student to intern: BU students leave the classroom to pave their career paths

Amanda Brynn Birbara January 30, 2023
BU students' internship and co-op experiences change their view on life and plans for the future.
Saxbys

Saxbys opens in Center for Computing & Data Sciences with “a whole different energy”

Uta Mori January 20, 2023
The cafe held a grand opening on Jan. 19 on the first floor of the "Jenga building."
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Social Media Society: Business is booming thanks to social media strategies

Gabriela Romero May 1, 2022
Social media can be toxic — or it can open countless doors for the fruits of your labor.
Marvelous Cuts’ Facebook page. Marvelous Cuts was one of 105 small Black-owned businesses that attended a virtual meeting Feb. 11 hosted by the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts in conjunction with the Boston Planning and Development Agency to learn about potential investment opportunities. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP STAFF

Boston Planning & Development Agency connects businesses with financial opportunities

Casey Choung February 15, 2022
BPDA partnered with Black Economic Council of Massachusetts ​to connect local businesses with financial opportunities.
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