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Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center. FitRec is partnering with BU Student Wellbeing and Earth Day 365 to host hour-long walks to encourage students to socialize with their peers in nature. MEGHAN SCOTT/DFP FILE PHOTO

Happy Terrier Walk teams with Earth Day 365 to promote mental, environmental sustainability

Jade Wesener April 4, 2024
The Happy Terrier Walks program returned from its winter hiatus on March 29, making it easier for students to get outside and meet new people. The hour-long walks, which begin and end at Marsh Plaza, encourage students to socialize with their peers in nature, according to the BU Student Wellbeing website. The program, run by BU Student Wellbeing, restarted this semester in collaboration with BU Sustainability’s Earth Day 365 program, a month-long series of events leading up to Earth Day.
Two people sitting on a bench by the Charles River Esplanade. Maya writes about how the Esplanade became a safe, comfortable place for her to decompress this semester. THALIA LAUZON/ DFP FILE

The Esplanade is euphoric

Maya Frankel November 10, 2021
Let’s do our very best to be happy this semester for as long as we can.
Students walking on Commonwealth Avenue

A preview of this weekend’s first in-person Family and Friends Weekend since Fall 2019

Lauren Rowlands October 20, 2021
Academic open houses, the Charles River Regatta, a hockey game and more to take place this weekend.
hand reaching out

Love you, love all

Maya Frankel September 21, 2021
Loving yourself is the most important thing because you are always going to be with yourself
A goose pecks at grass in a flowerbed. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Spring flowers bloom across Boston

Hannah Yoshinaga April 20, 2021

By Shannon Damiano, Thalia Lauzon and Hannah Yoshinaga Following the start of spring last month and the return of warmer temperatures, flowers have begun to bloom throughout Boston.

GALLERY: Students head outdoors to enjoy warm weather

GALLERY: Students head outdoors to enjoy warm weather

Hannah Yoshinaga March 24, 2021

By Katherine Feuerman, Sophia Flissler, Thalia Lauzon, Jack Mingo, Amanda Schneider and Vishva Venkatesan With spring fully in season, Boston University students headed outdoors this week to take advantage...

Running is my release

Maya Frankel March 1, 2021
The only way to reach my goals and release this unnecessary stress is to run — to run until every ounce of worry leaves my body.
Runners jog around the indoor track in the Fitness and Recreation Center. Massachusetts residents itching to work out will have to wait until Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan for gyms to open back up. PHOTO BY HANNAH ROGERS/ DFP FILE

Ways to stay in shape while public gyms remain closed

Zoe Pantazelos June 12, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and closure of public gyms has put a damper on the workout routines of many. Massachusetts gyms will need to wait until the third of a four-phase reopening plan to resume business....

Campus crime logs: April 24–25

Campus crime logs: April 24–25

Mia Cathell May 2, 2019
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs between April 24–25.
The Esplanade Association works to improve tree care along the Charles River Esplanade Park throughout the month. PHOTO BY AMANDA LUCIDI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Charles River Esplanade gets donation for tree care

Andres Picon February 20, 2017

The Esplanade Association and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation are teaming up for the next two and a half weeks to prune more than 172 trees in the Charles River Esplanade,...

Authorities gather on Silber Way after a fatal shooting by state troopers Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Man dead in police shooting on East Campus

J.D. Capelouto June 20, 2015

[mediagrid cat="20892"] One man is dead after being shot by police following an incident Friday afternoon near Boston University’s campus. Officials say the man charged at Massachusetts State Police...

Top Ten Study Spots

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

The city of Boston has so many interesting venues, museums, schools and colleges and things to do that it can become easy to forget why students attend Boston University in the first place: to go to school....

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