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REVIEW: Aesthetics meet ambition in viral Emerson student film Glory & Gore

Isabella Laikin December 8, 2024
Emerson students and creative soulmates Gianna Cavarozzi and Lyanna Zammas co-wrote and co-directed a dark, witty exploration of power, corruption and masculinity — seen through a distinctly feminine lens. This 44 minute short film transcends the expectations of a student project with the transformative power of women-led storytelling by its women-run crew.
Person being filmed in a movie scene

BU students in post-production for “Pieces,” a short film shot in under 24 hours

Riley Pavelek January 30, 2023
The film shot the first weekend of the Spring 2023 semester at a church in Dedham, Mass.
jogger runs through the back bay fens in boston

Dredging aimed to preserve Back Bay Fens’ Muddy River

Samuele Petruccelli April 15, 2021
The project could have lasting impacts on the watershed’s flow, quality and biodiversity.
parking lot at 149 newbury st in boston

New retail, office building designed to replace Newbury parking lot

Taylor Brokesh April 14, 2021
The proposed site at 149 Newbury St. would fill the last open lot on the historic street.
two people look at artwork in a college of fine arts gallery

MFA 2021 graphic design candidates reflect on collaborative nature of 2021 thesis exhibit

Emma Vacirca April 6, 2021
The 2021 thesis graphic design exhibit titled “The Printer is Broken” featured 17 students’ art.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Journalists don’t need to go to college to study journalism, but it provides an advantage

Editors March 1, 2021
Should journalists go to college? The answer is: maybe. It’s an individual choice, but there will unfortunately always be an advantage to higher education.
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Andrea Campbell hosts climate justice town hall

Isabella Abraham February 24, 2021
“We know that the climate crisis of course is a public health crisis, and that the investments we need to make in resiliency and sustainability are opportunities to improve health and the economic well-being of our residents," Campbell said.
Boston University seniors Kiana Ghamarifard and Michael Eschmann created “Kahila,” a buoyant Apple Watch case, to allow surfers to wear their watches in the water confidently. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TERRIERS IN BIZ: BU seniors design technology for surfers, leveraging teamwork, passion

Divya Sood February 15, 2021
Two BU seniors and surfers turned a problem into a passion project by developing "Kahlia," a brightly-covered buoyant case to protect Apple Watches from getting lost in the waves.
73 student musicians and performers from the Berklee College of Music performed a rendition of “What the World Needs Now” in a collaborative video posted on social media platforms March 22. RYAN GREGORY/ DFP FILE

Boston students assemble to create viral musical collaboration

Mita Kataria March 29, 2020
To spread hope amid the uncertainty of the time, 74 student musicians from Boston came together to create an uplifting virtual song.
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. BU's Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has established a collaborative effort with Beijing Normal University. PHOTO COURTESY DAVE GREEN

Pardee Center partners with Beijing Normal University for research, resource collaborations

Kiran Galani March 25, 2018
In an effort to share resources and collaborate on upcoming research projects, Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has established a partnership with Beijing Normal University. The two institutions will focus on interdisciplinary research with the goal of learning about the problems of the future and the ways in which they should be managed.
The Daily Free Press launches inaugural Snapchat Publisher Story

The Daily Free Press launches inaugural Snapchat Publisher Story

Board of Directors October 6, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE DAILY FREE PRESS LAUNCHES INAUGURAL SNAPCHAT PUBLISHER STORY BOSTON, MA (October 6, 2017) — The Daily Free Press will launch its inaugural Snapchat Publisher Story today...

Financial service company, John Hancock, plans to donate a million dollars to 67 Boston organizations as part of their MLK Summer Scholars program in an effort to create more summer jobs for city youth. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU partners with John Hancock to offer summer jobs for youth

Maisie Guzi January 21, 2016

Boston University will closely collaborate with the John Hancock Martin Luther King Summer Scholars program to provide a total of more than $1 million in grants to 67 local non-profit organizations and...

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