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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 

Broadway’s “Good Night and Good Luck”

Erica Schwartz March 18, 2025
As soon as the curtains pulled back and the set pieces rolled in, I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the set. The smoky cigarettes that nearly every performer totes around the stage add another layer of sensory detail that brings you physically into the world the show is recreating.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The cut-collar revolution: becoming the ultimate upcycler

Siena Gordillo September 29, 2023
Boston University’s fashion identity is vast and diverse, but a staple among all students’ wardrobes seems to be an emphasis on sustainability and upcycle-ability. 
AI in Healthcare presentation

BU artificial intelligence symposium explores intersection between AI and public health

Casey Choung October 20, 2021
A Microsoft researcher and BU professors across many disciplines addressed the positives and challenges for AI in practice.
23andMe saliva collection kit

Discovering your heritage through DNA testing

Khadijah Khogeer March 24, 2021
With our world becoming more diverse, taking an ancestry test can help you discover your heritage.
mckinley middle school in boston

Pandemic brings unique challenges for ESL students, families

Isabella Abraham March 11, 2021
In public school private ESL programs and public English classes, both adult and K-12 ESL students are struggling with their education. Younger students in particular have difficulties adjusting to the in-home learning environment.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Advanced, gifted programs in public school systems are inequitable, require updating

Editors March 2, 2021
Rather than attaching a label to young children, we could invest in a schoolwide enrichment model that is available to all students, allowing for more equitable and healthy academic growth.
Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce website

Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce reflects on work throughout pandemic

Emily Pauls February 25, 2021
The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce is continuing to support its members and expand through the COVID-19 pandemic as the country approaches the anniversary of the initial shutdown.
EDITORIAL: BU’s #GivingTuesday is only as good as its follow-through and transparency

EDITORIAL: BU’s #GivingTuesday is only as good as its follow-through and transparency

Editors December 2, 2020
Overall, the efforts BU has made on GivingTuesday should still be recognized. But, the administration should remember that in order for its fundraising to make a genuine impact, it first and foremost needs to demonstrate transparency and accountability.
Boston’s Fenway Park opened up Saturday to Massachusetts residents looking to vote early and will continue to be open through Oct. 30. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Early voting now in session throughout Massachusetts

Charlotte Howard October 21, 2020
Early voting, including in-person and mail-in ballots, opened Saturday and will be available until Oct. 30.
The African Studies Library section of Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library. The African American Studies program and bookstores around Boston are trying to diversify their book selections and increase representation of Black authors. PERRY SOSI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston bookstores, book sales promote “the heart of literature” in supporting diverse authorship

Lily Kepner March 4, 2020
The African American Studies program at Boston University hosted their annual book sale fundraiser Friday, and local bookstore owners share importance of author diversity on the shelves.
Junia Janvier, a freshman in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences and a member of BUild Lab’s First Year Innovation Fellowship, founded My Sisters Keeper, a non-profit that works to instill self-confidence in young girls of color. COURTESY JUNIA JANVIER

How a BU freshman used her personal story to impact change in start-up

Lily Kepner February 26, 2020
A recipient of the first-ever First Year Innovation Fellowship at the BUild Lab, freshman Junia Janvier, spent her first semester refining her passion project, “My Sisters Keeper,” a non-profit that would help seventh and eighth grade girls of color better acclimate to high school.
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