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BU students Nyema Wilson, Kendall Castaneda, Sophia Colombo-Abdullah and guest Casey Ramos host “The Minority Connection Initiative,” WTBU Radio’s new BU in the Morning segment that discusses diversity and inclusion. COURTESY WTBU

Minority Connection Initiative partners with WTBU

Samantha Kizner February 20, 2020
This semester, WTBU Radio partnered with the Minority Connection Initiative to create a program for their Friday morning airings of BU in the Morning. Five co-hosts run the segment from 10 a.m. to noon each week, where they play music, discuss current events related to diversity and the inclusion of minority students on BU’s campus.
Kobi Kassal and Elina Kent train DJs to use equipment in the new WTBU studio, which will open for programming on Oct. 4. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New WTBU studio prepares to open

Haley Lerner September 29, 2017

Boston University’s student-run radio station, WTBU, will open its newly-constructed studio on the College of Communication’s third floor on Oct. 4 — over a year after a fire incurred over $1...

President Brown speaks at the Senior Class Breakfast, marking the start of the 2017 commencement season. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Bonnie Hammer announced as 2017 commencement speaker

Hannah Harn May 4, 2017

Bonnie Hammer, NBCUniversal’s Cable Entertainment Group chair and 1971 alumna of Boston University’s College of Communication, will be this year’s commencement speaker, BU President Robert Brown...

Boston University students and faculty gather in the Metcalf Science Plaza before participating in the Boston March for Science on Saturday. PHOTO BY ABBY FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students, faculty participate in Boston March for Science

Hannah Harn April 23, 2017

Nearly 100 Boston University students and faculty gathered outside the Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering for the BU March for Science, where they celebrated the role of science in society...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh launches Analyze Boston on Friday, a new website that provides data and information about life in Boston. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City launches user-friendly data hub

Hannah Harn April 13, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the Department of Innovation and Technology launched Analyze Boston on Friday, a website that compiles data about Boston life so citizens can access it easily, according...

Santander Bank workers protest in a movement Monday to stop immoral banking and bring justice to the worker's union. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF.

Employees protest at Santander Bank’s Boston headquarters

Hannah Harn March 30, 2017

Protesting employees shut down Santander Bank’s Boston headquarters Monday morning, according to a press release issued Monday by the Committee for Better Banks, a coalition of bank workers that...

Piergiacomo Cacciamani (left) and SaraAnn Kurkul (right), two members of Your BU, explain their vision if elected to Boston University Student Government's Executive Board. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Your BU hopes to make lasting changes through Student Government

Hannah Harn March 30, 2017

Your BU, one of two slates running in Boston University’s Student Government Executive Board election, said they are hoping to give BU students a SG that provides lasting change and a more inclusive...

A panel of Haitian artists speaks on Friday night at the Howard Thurman Center about how politics, social change and activism impact the artists' work. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

HTC hosts panel on Haitian music’s intersection with politics

Hannah Harn March 26, 2017

The Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground held a panel discussion with the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology about Haitian artists and how their work engages politics,...

The ACLU of Massachusetts unveils its legislative goals for the upcoming 2017-2018 year on Monday. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACLU of Massachusetts fights for immigrants’ rights, reproductive freedom

Hannah Harn March 24, 2017

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief in support of several state defense attorney organizations in a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case, Commonwealth v....

The Greater Boston Food Bank and Charles River Community Health Medical Center launch "Mobile Markets" to give eligible patients free fresh produce every third Tuesday of the month. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Local nonprofit, health center team up to address food insecurity

Hannah Harn March 22, 2017

The Greater Boston Food Bank announced its partnership with Charles River Community Health on Tuesday to launch their new “Mobile Markets,” which will provide fresh produce to CRCH patients on...

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren attends a Hillary Clinton presidential rally in October, 2016. Warren launched a survey Monday for Massachusetts organizations who treat people recovering from substance abuse. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Warren launches survey, addresses Senate to combat opioid epidemic

Hannah Harn March 16, 2017

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren started a new survey of more than 70 addiction treatment and recovery service organizations across the state on Monday, according to a press release issued by Warren’s...

Boston University's School of Social Work hosts a panel to discuss the role of social work in reducing health inequities Thursday night at the Photonics Center. PHOTO BY BRIAN MCHALE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panelists discuss racial health inequities in Boston

Hannah Harn February 24, 2017

The Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health hosted a panel discussion on social work’s role in managing health inequities in Boston on Thursday in the Photonics Center....

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