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Residents of Boston vote in the mayoral election at the Massachusetts State House. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh, Tito come out on top in preliminary election

Shannon Larson September 27, 2017

  Incumbent Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and mayoral candidate Tito Jackson are advancing to the general election, which will be held on Nov. 7, after receiving the highest percentage of votes...

Brooklyn artist Carson Fox speaks about her piece “Blue-Green Brainbow” at the Photonics Center Thursday afternoon. Boston University commissioned Fox to install her piece in the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Artist introduces commissioned work in CILSE

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

A drab white wall would have dominated the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, had the Blue-Green Brainbow, a 230-cubed-foot three-dimensional wall...

Boston University Board of Trustees Chair Kenneth Feld, philanthropist Rajen Kilachand, Boston University President Robert Brown and Mayor Martin Walsh at the graAnd opening of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Thursday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh, Brown introduce Kilachand-funded science donation

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

Boston University trustee Rajen Kilachand joined President Robert Brown and other university officials to introduce the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering to a crowd...

Alumni of Boston University School of Law, including Barbara Jordan and Gary Locke, are now featured on the second floor outside McCausland Commons in a newly installed mural. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Law installs mural showcasing notable alumni

Dave Sebastian September 6, 2017

Stepping into the Boston University School of Law’s Sumner M. Redstone Building, one can now witness a history-infused addition of colors: a mural depicting 11 of the school’s graduates who, according...

PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston protesters march against police brutality

Dave Sebastian July 15, 2016

Following last week’s incidences of alleged police brutality in several states, approximately 1,000 people marched from the Boston Police Department headquarters to the Dudley Commons in a rally organized...

Scott Kirsner, a 1993 alumnus of the College of Communication, speaks at the TEDxBeaconStreet event last year. PHOTO COURTESY SCOTT KIRSNER

TERRIERS INBIZ: Scott Kirsner on journalism, evolving technology

Dave Sebastian April 28, 2016

Terriers InBiz is a series that highlights Boston University alumni who have been innovative leaders in their field and have played a significant role in businesses, locally or globally. Journalism...

In response to the City of Boston denying the Globe documents, the state supervisor of records ruled that Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration must make federal subpoenas public in the future. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh’s office ordered to present federal subpoenas

Dave Sebastian April 28, 2016

After Boston Globe reporter Andrew Ryan was denied access to federal subpoenas by the City of Boston, Shawn Williams, Massachusetts supervisor of records, ordered Boston Mayor Martin Walsh to acknowledge...

Students take their seats Sunday afternoon at the ground floor lounge of the Yawkey Center for Student Services for the wake held in memory of deceased College of Arts and Sciences freshman Jai Menon. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Service mourns loss of CAS freshman Jai Menon

Dave Sebastian April 19, 2016

Family and friends of Jai Menon, the freshman who died March 30 at Kilachand Hall, gathered Sunday afternoon at a service held on the ground floor lounge of the Yawkey Center for Student Services. On...

A member of Boston Students for Justice in Palestine protests the Israel Indie Freedom Fest in Marsh Plaza Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Palestinian student advocates protest festival celebrating Israel Independence Day

Dave Sebastian April 19, 2016

Approximately 30 members of Boston Students for Justice in Palestine protested the Israel Indie Freedom Fest Sunday afternoon. The celebration was held by Boston University Hillel and BU Students for...

Boston residents were inspired by the perseverance of the participants of the 120th Boston Marathon on Monday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Marathon unifies residents and spectators

Olivia Quintana April 19, 2016

[mediagrid cat="30611"] Residents from across Massachusetts and beyond gathered in the City of Boston Monday to watch as approximately 30,000 runners participated in the 2016 Boston Marathon. For...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday that Boston will host nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Early voting sites to come to Boston for 2016 election

Dave Sebastian April 12, 2016

In an effort to provide flexibility for voters, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election as a part of the Early Voting Initiative,...

The 2016 BU Student Government Executive Board election saw a slight increase in voter turnout in comparison to last year. PHOTO BY SAVANAH MACDONALD/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG E-board election sees increase of voting turnout, “passion”

Dave Sebastian April 7, 2016

The Boston University Student Government Executive Board elections, held from March 28 until Sunday, saw a slight increase of voting turnout in comparison to the 2015 election, members of the Student...

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