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The Daily Free Press

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Michael Siegel, a professor in the School of Public Health, discovered a link between a reduction in homicide rates and state laws restricting who can access guns rather than those that restrict the types of guns people have. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

BU researchers study most effective gun laws

Amelia Murray-Cooper April 12, 2019
In the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings last month, New Zealand’s parliament voted to tighten the country’s gun laws. Across the United States, however, many policymakers dispute the best approaches to preventing gun violence.
People gather together at Marsh Plaza on Tuesday night for a vigil to honor the victims of the terror attacks in New Zealand. JACOB CHANG-RASCLE/ DFP STAFF

Members of Boston Muslim community, City officials react to Christchurch attack

Mia Cathell March 21, 2019
After more than 51 people were killed in an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand last Friday, leaders in the Boston Muslim community and City officials have stood in solidarity with the victims.
People gather on Marsh Plaza Monday night at a vigil for victims of the terrorist attack in New Zealand. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP STAFF

Students, faculty gather for vigil in aftermath of Christchurch attacks

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen March 19, 2019
The Islamic Society of Boston University hosted a vigil on Marsh Plaza Monday night to reflect on last week’s terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
RILEY: North and South

RILEY: North and South

Rachel Riley March 4, 2015

Before starting my freshman year at Boston University, I had to make the most immense move of my life: leaving a rural college town in the South, smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt, for a small,...

RILEY: The City of Christchurch

RILEY: The City of Christchurch

Rachel Riley February 27, 2015

The people of Christchurch, a renowned city on New Zealand’s South Island, commemorated a somber anniversary Sunday. Sunday marked the passage of four years since the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake, one...

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