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A sign for the Boston University Profession Clothing Closet displayed at the BU Center for Career Development. The previously free service has switched from a donation-based model to  an external vendor, which charges $60 for a month-long rental of six clothing items. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Professional Clothing Closet replaces original free model with new $60 system

Emma Clement November 20, 2024
The Center for Career Development’s Professional Clothing Closet reopened for the semester, switching from an in-house, donation-based closet to an external vendor, allowing a one-month rental of six clothing items for $60. 
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University. Akram speaks about how her upbringing impacts her work today and the importance of human rights law. COURTESY OF SUSAN AKRAM

School of Law director advocates for Palestinian refugee rights

Sara Sugita April 10, 2024
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Let Your Hair Down: The pressure to succeed pollutes our creativity

Hannah Bohn November 16, 2021
In a society that overly incentivizes success in the form of monetary value, creativity and expression often falls by the wayside.
mandy hampton in the west wing

TV characters who disappeared from their shows

Emma Simonoff April 2, 2021
Without a teary goodbye, these neglected characters just dropped off the face of the Earth.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Graduate school provides great opportunities before entering job force

Alexia Nizhny September 28, 2020
Graduate school wasn’t always on my radar for post-grad plans. But after looking through the pros and cons, getting a master’s degree seems like a very promising endeavor as opposed to the questionable, and very stressful, job hunt that would usually await a senior in college.
Boston University’s Marsh Plaza. Boston University is suspending contributions to its employees’ retirement plans for fiscal year 2021 due to expenses incurred as a result of the coronavirus. RODRIGO DE LA PLAZA/ DFP FILE

BU suspends contributions toward employee retirement

Inyeong Kim May 21, 2020
BU is suspending contributions to employees' retirement plans as a result of budget shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.
Professors Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira, Taylor Boas and Julie Klinger partake in a panel on the implications of the Brazilian election Thursday afternoon. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pardee School panel addresses implications of Brazilian election on future of democracy

Hannah Edelman November 13, 2018
Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira remembers sitting in his apartment in Washington, D.C., when Jair Bolsonaro was announced president-elect of Brazil. The populist candidate, who ran on a platform of far-right conservatism and militant ideology, has been compared by many political scientists — including Teixeira — to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Laura Morton just came to BU as a student athlete. She is now returning as the fifth head coach in program history. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Lauren Morton becomes first alumna head coach for women’s lacrosse

Lily Betts June 16, 2018
Boston University Director of Athletics Drew Marrochello has named alumna Lauren Morton as the fifth head coach in program history.

Liz Robertshaw no longer women’s lacrosse head coach

Lily Betts May 31, 2018
The Boston University women’s lacrosse team is looking for a new head coach following the departure of Liz Robertshaw, who had served in the position for the last 12 seasons.
Sophomore attack Kailey Conry currently leads BU in scoring with 21 points. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Women’s lacrosse aiming to bookend away series with win against Fairfield

Lily Betts March 13, 2018
The Boston University women’s lacrosse team will be looking for its second win of the season in a Wednesday afternoon matchup against Fairfield University, the final stop in a series of four away games.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declares that freedom of thought and speech are under attack on college campuses. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU students comment on ongoing freedom of speech debate

Caroline Smith October 4, 2017

Recently, college campuses have been hotbeds of free speech controversies, with the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions chiming in last week. Sessions declared on Sept. 26 that “freedom of thought...

College graduates are more likely to get jobs than high school graduates, but unemployment varies by major, according to a study published Thursday by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Job prospects high for college graduates, but salaries vary by major

Alex Rozier February 25, 2015

Recent college graduates fare better than high school graduates in getting jobs, but unemployment rates vary by college majors, a Thursday a study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and...

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