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The Daily Free Press

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A mother is a walking miracle | All Thanks to You

Sophia Keohane April 7, 2025
I guess I’ve won the lottery if I’m anything like that — she is undeniably epic. She’s a hard worker with a great sense of humor. She’s loving, kind and has inspired me to become the woman that I am today. 
Photographer Carol Guzy and master lecturer of journalism Greg Marinovich talk during a Nov. 1 event at Boston University. Guzy won the The Hugo Shong Lifetime Journalism Achievement Award, presented by the College of Communication to journalists with “the highest quality of reporting and analysis.” HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

COM honors esteemed photojournalist Carol Guzy with Hugo Shong Award

Nikhil Gupta November 6, 2023
Four-time Pulitzer prize winner, photojournalist Carol Guzy accepted her Hugo Shong award for lifetime achievement, presented by COM on Nov. 1.
David Guzman singing

BU professors present Latin music at Marsh Chapel

Julie Raporte October 1, 2021
Tenor David Guzman and pianist Douglas Sumi performed art songs on Wednesday night.
Zili Misik performing at BU

BU Global Music Festival revives live festival experience on campus

Kendall Richards September 20, 2021
BU Arts Initiative brought together sounds from South America, Africa and Asia for Saturday's festival.
Antuan Castro Del Rio at the Colombians Demand Justice protest

Boston-area demonstrators rally against economic inequality, brutality against protestors in Colombia

Anna Vidergar May 25, 2021
Demonstrators marched through Boston in opposition to violence against protesters in Colombia.
Boston University’s Student Employment Office. SEO offered remote jobs and created new positions this year, but some students still feel work-study job availability has decreased. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Work-study persists despite pandemic

Yiran Yu February 4, 2021
Boston University operations were forced to dramatically adjust upon COVID-19 — and its work-study program is no exception. Despite the pandemic, BU's Student Employment Office says students are still able to work remotely or in a hybrid model, though some have been forced to find new roles.
The Boston University Art Initiative hosted an Afro-Columbian concert on Friday entitled “Afro-Colombian Music, Culture and Politics.” LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Afro-Colombian band performs traditional music in virtual concert at BU

Molly Farrar November 23, 2020

Colombia has the biggest Black population in a Spanish-speaking country. Despite this, Afro-Colombian music and backgrounds are not well-documented in American society, according to Boston University assistant...

The self-guided audio tour proposed by high school student Sophia Thomas to accompany the Boston Latin Quarter Art Walk. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston’s Latin Quarter showcases art celebrating culture of Jamaica Plain

Ashley Soebroto October 14, 2020
To commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, a virtual art walk is highlighting 11 different Latino art pieces in the cultural district.
A Boston University sign in South Campus. BU Ph.D. students must return to campus in the Fall or they will risk losing their University-given stipends, according to a private memo. PHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

Ph.D. students must return to campus or risk losing stipends

Chloe Liu June 23, 2020
BU Ph.D. students are facing tough choices regarding Fall semester, as not returning to campus could mean forfeiting the University-given stipend meant to compensate for their restricted ability to take on paid employment during graduate school.
Rayna Jhaveri, lead singer of the Boston punk-funk trio Muzzins, shares a laugh with Javier Amador-Pena, the owner of the newly-opened Monumental Market in Jamaica Plain. COURTESY OF CHRIS ANTONOWICH

New farmers market offers vinyl record collection alongside coffee, baked treats

Annabelle Underwood February 20, 2020
Visitors and residents of Jamaica Plain can now browse through vintage music while enjoying drinks and pastries at a newly-opened farmers market in Boston.
Students collect books for BU Domestic and International Relief Efforts at the GSU on Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student group collects books for youth in need

Haley Lerner February 27, 2018
Boston University Domestic and International Relief Efforts held a book drive on Tuesday at the George Sherman Union to collect books for students in need.
Marchers gather in Chinatown to celebrate Lunar New Year festivities and resist Trump administration's deportation policy. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds march to State House, protests Trump’s immigration policy

Sarah Wu January 30, 2017

Flurries of snow briefly dusted the windy Boston streets as protesters chanted various phrases including, “Donald Trump, you racist clown. Build a wall, we’ll tear it down!” while marching in protest...

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