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Moving cities is heartbreaking | Cultspiracy

Kim Schneider April 1, 2024
This may seem like a pretty intuitive or obvious notion. However, upon finding the literature on place attachment, I’ve found a way to make sense of my emotional turmoil as graduation approaches.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Heartland: An introspective

Maxwell Pociask May 3, 2022

This is not normal human behavior. Today, I’m writing to understand why I, and a significant (albeit not too significant) group of people, are so enraptured by urbanism and urbanist principles...

demonstrator holds a stop the hate sign at a stop asian hate rally in boston common

State lawmakers call for clearer definition of hate crimes

Colbi Edmonds March 30, 2021
A proposed bill looks to create a clearer definition and punishment of a hate crime in the state.
SMITH: From city life to the countryside

SMITH: From city life to the countryside

Paige Smith January 23, 2017

As my fellow Terriers posted their Facebook goodbyes and embarked, together, for points beyond Commonwealth Avenue, I similarly departed. However, I did so alone, and for a country where I knew not a soul. Though...

VALLUVAR: Boston is home, New York is a jungle

VALLUVAR: Boston is home, New York is a jungle

Revathi Valluvar November 30, 2016

I think there’s nothing more comforting than spending quality time with your family, eating too much food and basking in the warmth that is familiarity. Unfortunately for me, home and family are across...

EDITORIAL: Amazon wrongfully excludes Roxbury, minority-heavy cities from same-day shipping

EDITORIAL: Amazon wrongfully excludes Roxbury, minority-heavy cities from same-day shipping

Editors April 21, 2016

Amazon excludes several neighborhoods with high-minority populations from its Prime same-day delivery service, Bloomberg reported in a Thursday article. Bloomberg compared Amazon’s services with U.S....

(From left) Chief of Staff for Mayor Walsh Daniel Koh, Director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities Graham Wilson, and Mayor Thomas Geisel of Dusseldorf, Germany, answer questions during the Initiative on Cities and the Center for the Study of Europe's discussion, "Leading Cities From the Left" at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IOC hosts talk with Mayor of Düsseldorf

Monika Nayak September 23, 2015

The Initiative on Cities and the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University invited Düsseldorf, Germany, Mayor Thomas Geisel to host a conversation, “Leading Cities From the Left,” with...

Mayor Menino to co-chair Initiative on Cities at BU

Daily Free Press Admin November 14, 2013

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino officially announced Wednesday that he will be co-directing a new Initiative on Cities at Boston University once his tenure as mayor is complete. Menino announced at a press...

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