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Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

Why I want to be a filmmaker, even when it feels impossible

Isabella Laikin March 27, 2025
My pursuit of filmmaking isn't about accolades or recognition — it’s about the opportunity to tell stories that resonate deeply, challenge perceptions and contribute to a broader cultural conversation.
kenmore classroom building

Voices of the Creative Writing Graduate Program host first in-person faculty reading since 2020

John Maniace February 13, 2023
The event featured old, new and upcoming works from BU Creative Writing faculty.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Harry Styles, Bad Art Friend, and fiction

Editors October 14, 2021
If pens are as mighty as surgical instruments, it is worth weighing their reference points.
Weike Wang, pictured above, is a BU alumna. Wang was one of the 10 writers to win the 2018 Whiting Award, which includes a $50,000 prize, on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY SAAVEDRA PHOTOGRAPHY/ THE WHITING FOUNDATION

GRS alumna Weike Wang recognized for novel with $50,000

Armand Manoukian March 25, 2018
Boston University alumna Weike Wang has received the 2018 Whiting Award for fiction for her 2017 novel “Chemistry.”
Zachary Bos, the editor of New England Review of Books, speaks during Pub Con at BU on Sunday morning. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts weekend conference for aspiring student writers, publishers

Armand Manoukian March 18, 2018
Boston University’s BookLab hosted this year’s Northeast Student PubCon, a student-led conference meant to advise aspiring writers and editors on the ins and outs of the publishing industry.
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Junot Diaz, read from his most recent work and answered audience member’s questions during the “Ha Jin visiting Lecturer Series” Monday night. PHOTO BY RACHEL MCLEAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Junot Diaz talks love, Dominican-Haitian conflict at BU lecture

J.D. Capelouto October 27, 2015

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Junot Díaz conveyed his progressive opinions on love, privilege, immigration and repression Monday night at a talk and book signing at Boston University. More...

Creativity comes to a halt in the classroom

Daily Free Press Admin December 1, 2013

We’re in need of some glitter glue — creativity in students has decreased over the past 20 years. Everyday, college students are expected to approach problems with a certain amount of creativity....

“Shouts and Confessions”

Daily Free Press Admin April 23, 2013

Sitting in a circle on the grassy lawn outside the College of General Studies, a group of 15 people laugh at a pedestrian running by on pogo shoes. Passersby would never guess that this group is a college-level...

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