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A recent report commissioned by the Mayor’s office found workers lacking four-year degrees can fill some of the demand for skilled workers in expanding industries in the Boston area. PIXABABY

Study finds workers with degrees can fill jobs in Boston’s growing industries

Damian Walsh March 29, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Workforce Development released a report that found workers without four-year degrees can fill some of the high-demand for workers created by growing industries in the Boston area.
The Museum of African American History in Boston. The City of Boston, along with private organizations, is hosting events to celebrate Black History Month throughout February. LEITHLAND KILBURN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City, local organizations celebrate Black History Month

Daily Free Press Staff February 14, 2019
February marks the celebration of African American History Month, a time meant to recognize the achievements of the black community and engage in discussions on the systemic racial injustice that occurs in the United States.

City reviews BU’s proposed Data Sciences Center

Damian Walsh January 23, 2019
The Boston Civic Design Commission discussed the impacts of Boston University’s proposed Data Sciences Center.
Flags of countries around the world hang overhead in the check-in area of Terminal E in Boston’s Logan International Airport. The inaugural William R. Keylor Travel Fund awarded five Boston University students with grants to conduct research in the United States and abroad. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students receive grants to research abroad

Damian Walsh December 6, 2018

Five Boston University undergraduate students will pursue research in the United States and abroad with the help of grants from the inaugural William R. Keylor Undergraduate Travel Fund. The fund...

Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department work to put out the fire that broke out in Southern California Nov. 8. COURTESY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT

Californian BU students face effects of wildfires

Damian Walsh November 15, 2018
Fourteen active wildfires are blazing through California, claiming lives, destroying property and affecting BU students who call California home.
Kilachand Hall was one of two polling locations on campus open for voters Tuesday. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On-campus polling locations see high midterm turnout

Kiran Galani November 7, 2018
Boston University students and other Boston residents cast their votes at polling stations across campus for the midterm election Tuesday.
A student in professor Andrew Bottom’s American Sign Language 5 class practices signing. Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences will count ASL as any other second language for its foreign language requirement. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CAS changes requirements for ASL as second language

Damian Walsh October 25, 2018
Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences has enacted a new policy updating the conditions for American Sign Language to fulfill CAS’s second language requirement.
From left to right: Anna Stroinski and Caroline Brantley from Boston University College Democrats, moderators Eva Jungreis and Aron Malatinszky from Up to Us, and Benjamin Zabel and Branden Cordeiro from BU College Republicans partake in a debate about fiscal policy Wednesday night. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU College Democrats and College Republicans debate fiscal policy

Damian Walsh October 19, 2018
The Boston University College Democrats and BU College Republicans faced off in a debate over fiscal policy Thursday.
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