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Attendees of the Allston Village Street Fair drawing on Farrington Avenue with chalk on Sunday. The festival aims to bring the community together through live performances and local vendors. PHOTO BY SIENA GLEASON

Allston Village Street Fair Festival brings together community with music, vendors, dancing

Siena Gleason October 1, 2024
The 14th annual Allston Village Street Fair Festival took place on Sunday, where families, students and community members gathered along Harvard Avenue to hear live music, browse local vendors and watch street performances.
Dr. Melissa Gilliam holds a copy of The Daily Free Press outside of 1 Silber Way.

New presidential appointment inspires hope for BU’s future | Editorial

Editors October 6, 2023
On Wednesday morning, Boston University officials named Melissa Gilliam the University’s 11th president, making her the first female and first Black president in the school’s 184-year existence.
Protesters at the vigil holding signs in support of the groups affected by the Urumqi fire and China’s strict Covid policies. JULIAN ZHU/DFP STAFF

Zero-COVID policy and Urumqi fire sparks candlelight vigil in Chinatown

Daily Free Press Staff December 6, 2022
Chanting “Free China” and “Freedom,” more than a hundred people gathered at Tiananmen Memorial in Boston to mourn for the victims of the Urumqi fire and protest China’s strict COVID-19 restrictions on Dec. 2. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: It’s time to break up with sugar

Bailey Salimes March 17, 2022
In letting go of sugar, you are reducing your chances of meeting obesity later on in life and potentially saving yourself from a myriad of physical and mental health troubles.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

The psychology behind to-do lists and why you should make one

Audrey Tumbarello February 15, 2022
To-do lists are a great way to feel productive and satisfied at the end of the day.
New England Female Medical College. The City of Boston celebrated Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day Monday to honor the first Black female physician in the U.S. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston honors Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day — first Black woman in the US to receive medical degree

Anne Jonas February 9, 2021
Crumpler, an alumna of BUSM, became the first Black woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1864. She went on to publish the first medical book written by a Black physician in the country.

February Horoscopes (warning: they’re not legit)

Sophia Yakumithis January 28, 2021
Horoscopes for February 2021
The pandemic and election season have contributed to Americans’ increased stress levels, according to a American Psychological Association study. ANNALYN KUMAR/ DFP FILE

Combination of pandemic, election worries drives US stress levels up

Samuele Petruccelli November 5, 2020
Stress levels are rising among Americans living amid a persistent nationwide pandemic and turbulent election season, according to an American Psychological Association study released last month.
On Labor Day weekend, Boston University removed several questions from the daily symptom survey on the BU Healthway website, bringing the total number of questions from 15 down to eight. MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU removes some COVID-19 symptom survey questions, updates Data Dashboard

Rin Velasco September 9, 2020
Seven questions concerning symptoms previously associated with COVID-19 on BU’s symptom attestation survey were removed over Labor Day weekend, bringing the total number of questions down from 15 to eight. 
Liquor stores have been deemed essential businesses, staying open in Massachusetts and other states throughout the coronavirus outbreak. Experts say closing them could exacerbate addicts’ withdrawal symptoms, which they would be unable to get treatment for as many rehabilitation centers are closed. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Liquor stores are still accessible in a global pandemic, and experts say it makes sense

Angela Yang April 28, 2020
Gyms, theaters and shopping malls have all shut their doors to the public amid the coronavirus epidemic. Yet liquor stores remain open in Massachusetts, as the state has deemed them essential businesses.
The Boston University School of Medicine is graduating students a month early so they can begin working in hospitals as early as possible to combat the spread of the coronavirus. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

BUSM to graduate students early in response to COVID-19

Samantha Kizner March 31, 2020
BUSM made the decision March 25 that they would be graduating the class of 2020 a month early, on April 17, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ other three medical schools — Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and University of Massachusetts Medical School — will also be graduating students early.
Visitors browse art pieces on display at the NeuroArts Forum hosted at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering on Friday. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston-area professors discuss the brain at annual forum

Joel Herbert October 17, 2019
Questions were posed — and some were even answered — at the annual NeuroArts Forum at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering on Oct. 11. 
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