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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. 
Connie Dai | DFP Staff

The Mezzala: The World Cup and its new iconic moments

Benjamin Lee December 9, 2022
In a special edition of The Mezzala, columnist Benjamin Lee recaps every group in the World Cup, how we got to the knockout stage and the morality of the "Qatar World Cup."
Director Erin Lee Carr at WBUR CitySpace

WBUR CitySpace hosts screening, Q&A of HBO’s ‘Undercurrent’ with director Erin Lee Carr

Liam Fitzpatrick March 21, 2022
WBUR's Lisa Mullins moderated the conversation about Carr's new two-part documentary.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Indonesia’s team in the All England Open Badminton Championships

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 31, 2021
The unjust treatment toward the Indonesian badminton team proves a need for transparency in sports.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The spread of COVID-19 in zoos highlights continued unethical practices

Editors March 22, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak in the San Diego Zoo is the most recent symptom of unethical animal captivity.
A cyclist riding down a Commonwealth Avenue bike path. LivableStreets Alliance, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, wants to increase the number of shared-use greenway paths in Boston to make biking in the city more safe. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Cambridge nonprofit aims to connect Boston neighborhoods through bike paths

Daily Free Press Staff November 20, 2020
Biking paths in Boston can be narrow, close to busy roads and devoid of protective barriers. To solve this issue, LivableStreets Alliance is striving to create 200 miles of shared-use “greenway” bike paths in the city by 2030.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
GRAPHIC BY CLARA KIM

EDITORIAL: Gender roles diminished women-led responses to COVID-19

Editors April 29, 2020
There are so few women in such high-level positions of power —  an intended consequence of how young women are socialized.
Worldview: Scandinavia’s embrace of NATO in the face of the Russian threat

Worldview: Scandinavia’s embrace of NATO in the face of the Russian threat

David Damiano October 9, 2018

The continental Scandinavian countries — Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland — are, at the same time, inextricably connected to and isolated from the Eurasian continent. While they directly border...

Worldview: An icy cold war and the fight for Greenland

David Damiano December 10, 2017

The immenseness of Greenland relative to its colonial overlord Denmark would puzzle the uninformed viewer about how this arrangement came to be. However, it is well-known that despite being 50 times the...

Consul General of Sweden in New York Leif Pagrotsky and other Nordic ambassadors meet with the New England Council Thursday afternoon. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Nordic ambassadors discuss benefits of trade, sustainability

Sabrina Schnur November 10, 2017

The New England Council hosted a luncheon Thursday on the economic relationships between New England and Nordic countries to discuss what factors have made Nordic economies so successful. Sixty-five...

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....

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