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District 8’s City councilor for Sharon Durkan

Meet Sharon Durkan, District 8’s newest city councilor

Braedon Blumfield September 13, 2023
From growing up in a small and overwhelmingly conservative town in northern Georgia to being the finance director for Sen. Ed Markey, recently-elected District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan has always had an interest in politics.
East to West: Nov. 12, 2021

East to West: Nov. 12, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 12, 2021

Today on East to West, we cover BU Orientation student employees’ reports of being overworked and underpaid, StuGov’s upcoming initiatives and updates from BIG, State government employees being...

The letter sent by Boston University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Jean Morrison to the Dean of Students Office Oct. 7. Morrison announced the use of an outside factfinder to investigate allegations of verbal and emotional abuse of student employees in BU’s Orientation program. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Grueling’ hours, forged timesheets: BU students allege Orientation leadership violated state labor laws

Daily Free Press Staff November 9, 2021
Shiney James and other leaders reportedly worked students up to 80 hours a week with little to no breaks.
Mia writes about her chaotic yet rewarding experience with the First-Year Student Outreach Project, or FYSOP, through which she met some of her best friends in college. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A candid FYSOP experience

Mia Chai October 21, 2021
I hope I have given you a candid perspective of what it is like to take part in the program.
COM graduates Andrew Feldman, left, and Casey Rabin are holding their legal marriage ceremony at BU Beach on Saturday.

COM graduates wed at BU Beach 11 years after meeting on campus

Angela Yang October 3, 2020
They’ve known each other since just before their freshman year, but 2013 Boston University alumni Casey Rabin and Andrew Feldman didn’t fall in love until after graduation. Saturday, the two will wed on the BU Beach — the site where they first met.
The sustainability@BU phone app, created to encourage environmentally conscious practices across campus through fun competitions and games. CHIKA OKOYE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

sustainability@BU app encourages friendly competition while building environmentally conscious habits

Sarah Readdean December 5, 2019
The sustainability@BU app was created in August 2016 for the BU community to log and develop new sustainable habits in a fun and competitive way.
Splash, an annual event on Nickerson Field, lets students learn about all the clubs and organizations available at BU. MIKE DESOCIO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Campus events to look forward to this fall

Nyah Jordan June 13, 2019
New to campus? Here are some activities and events to check out at the beginning of the new semester.

Parents Program offers parents insight on students’ transition to college

Zoe Han January 22, 2019
The Parents Program aims to familiarize student parents and family members with the college life at Boston University and provide useful resources they can turn to.
After its first semester on campus, Transition to Boston University is looking to get official recognition from the Dean of Students. KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Transition to BU looks to expand as inaugural semester ends

Zoe Allen December 6, 2018

Transition to Boston University (TTBU), an undergraduate peer mentorship program for new transfer students, is wrapping up its first semester on the BU campus and looking to gain official status under...

Boston University's Community Service Center has chosen the Mather School to provide essential resources to as part of its annual holiday drive. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Community Service Center holds holiday donation drive for oldest public elementary school in North America

Julia Maruca November 28, 2018
Teachers at the Mather School in Dorchester reached out to the Community Service Center at Boston University to contribute supplies to a holiday donation drive.
As part of Boston University's First Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP), a group of freshmen students visited the Boston Medical Center's rooftop farm this summer to help with the clearing and planting of crops. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATRIN TRUDGILL

FYSOP partners with BMC rooftop farm, educates community about sustainable food cultivation

Minali Prasad September 6, 2018

At ground level, the Boston Medical Center appears as a vast, brick building, yet atop the roof sits rows of colorful vegetables and leafy greens. Red tomatoes on vines, green peppers, cucumbers and...

For many incoming freshmen, FYSOP is a head-start on getting to know BU and the city of Boston before the academic year begins. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

A beginner’s guide to FYSOP

JenRacoosin June 5, 2018
Do you keep seeing the acronym FYSOP but have no idea what it stands for? Wonder no longer — FYSOP is the First-Year Student Outreach Project, a weeklong community engagement program for first-year students, including freshmen, transfer students and, this year, students entering Boston University as part of the BU-Wheelock College merger.
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