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The Daily Free Press

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Falling for New York Fashion Week: a brief history | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 5, 2025
And so I remain fervently infatuated with the Council for Fashion Designers of America’s official Fashion Week and deeply enchanted by its mystique. I guess you can say it’s a bit of a toxic romance — one-sided, with one party granting the other not even a minute of their time.
The South Entrance to the Global Programs office. Many pre-med students find it difficult to fit a study abroad experience into their academic curriculum. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Pre-med students face unique study abroad challenges

Corinne Davidson November 17, 2023
Every prospective student at Boston University gets the same study abroad spiel. There’s something for everyone, a tour guide says walking backwards along Bay State Road. 
Boston University’s Office of the Provost announced the suspension of university-sponsored travel over spring break Thursday following a travel advisory from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

BU cancels university sponsored spring break trips

Samantha Kizner March 4, 2020
Boston University’s Office of the Provost announced in an email to students Wednesday that all university-sponsored travel over spring break has been canceled as a result of the spread of coronavirus. The announcement comes as a response to guidance from the United States Centers for Disease Control, as well as statements from Governor Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Department of Health.
Protestors stand in front of the Boston State House in protest of climate change during the Boston Climate Strike on Sept. 20. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh updated the city’s Climate Action Plan on Tuesday to now include goals to cut back on carbon emissions from buildings. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces plan to build carbon neutral buildings, lower emissions from existing buildings

Maggie Choy October 10, 2019
With this new plan, the city will take steps to drastically lower the carbon footprint of all the city's large buildings, while also working to make all new municipally owned buildings meet zero net carbon standards.
The City of Boston collaborates with Cambridge and Copenhagen to sign a climate memorandum focusing on the cities' climate goals. PHOTO COURTESY GAVIN DAVIS

Boston partners with Cambridge, Copenhagen to address climate change

Breanne Kovatch September 26, 2017

Boston is teaming up with cities near and far — from Cambridge and Copenhagen — in the fight against climate change. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Cambridge City Manager Louis DePasquale and Copenhagen...

SMITH: The little things

SMITH: The little things

Paige Smith April 26, 2017

I was sitting in a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark, across from my best friend. Although we’re studying in different cities in the United Kingdom, we’ve managed to travel together on three separate trips....

HAUSER: Traveling alone in København

HAUSER: Traveling alone in København

Jonathan Hauser April 10, 2017

Since arriving here in France in September, I have had the incredible opportunity to travel around Europe and even North Africa with my friends. The first trip I took was with my friends Ching and Catherine...

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