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A cyclist riding down a Commonwealth Avenue bike path. LivableStreets Alliance, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, wants to increase the number of shared-use greenway paths in Boston to make biking in the city more safe. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Cambridge nonprofit aims to connect Boston neighborhoods through bike paths

Daily Free Press Staff November 20, 2020
Biking paths in Boston can be narrow, close to busy roads and devoid of protective barriers. To solve this issue, LivableStreets Alliance is striving to create 200 miles of shared-use “greenway” bike paths in the city by 2030.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

American Protest: Big Pharma is guilty, but now we must help those suffering on the streets

Meredith Varner October 27, 2020
The fight against the opioid crisis does not end with Purdue Pharma and its admittance to guilt.
Boston’s Newbury Street. Non-essential Massachusetts businesses have been making adaptations to stay afloat after their initial closures in March. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

Amid pandemic struggles, retail stores must innovate to stay afloat

Madeline Humphrey October 1, 2020
From the closure of all non-essential Massachusetts businesses in March to the restrictions that came with reopening, retail stores have faced many difficulties in keeping their businesses running.
In a Friday webinar hosted by the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, experts discussed the impact of COVID-19 on climate action urgency. CAMERON MORSBERGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Scientists look into equitable future for sustainability, climate action

Anuj Sawhney September 30, 2020
Lives around the globe have been transformed by COVID-19, and are now further complicated by worsening climate change. What consequences does the pandemic have on climate-related equity and policy planning?
A person self-administers a COVID-19 test at a swab station in the Agganis Arena lobby. The lobby is one of four testing sites on the Charles River Campus for asymptomatic test takers. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students find campus COVID-19 testing quick, comfortable

Aditya Jain September 7, 2020
Between mask-wearing, social distancing and Learn from Anywhere classrooms, this is a semester of firsts at Boston University. Students said positive experiences have made it easy for them to keep up with these testing requirements.
A sign on the door of Warren Towers showing ways that students can limit the spread of COVID-19. Professors at Boston University have criticized the University for not extending the flexibility of its Learn From Anywhere model to BU staff. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors share experiences, openly critique LfA system

Cameron Morsberger September 2, 2020
Through the Learn from Anywhere model, students are given a choice to attend class virtually or on campus, but most professors do not have this option.
PHOTO VIA SHUTTERSTOCK

EDIT: The Student Body

Editors September 11, 2014

The results are in! The 2014 obesity rates for all 50 states were released Thursday by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and they are a little heavy (pun totally...

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