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Boston University’s Global Engineering Brigades, a student organization dedicated to installing water systems in underdeveloped communities, spoke at a guest lecture on Nov. 15 about sustainability and international volunteering. COURTESY OF BU GLOBAL ENGINEERING BRIGADES

International professor’s guest lecture talks sustainability abroad

Yiran Yu November 23, 2020

Sustainability and international activism are more relevant than ever in the 21st century, yet the impact of voluntourism — international volunteering — is less discussed. Global Engineering...

Max vs. Media: Trump should reevaluate foreign policy in Central America rather than spend billions on deportation

Max vs. Media: Trump should reevaluate foreign policy in Central America rather than spend billions on deportation

Max Berman October 23, 2018

President Donald Trump’s tweets are reflective of his stream of consciousness — conspiratorial, overly dramatic, filled with rage and timed with Fox News. While I don’t typically believe it is worthwhile...

A Salvadoran dance created and performed by children of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). GUTHRIE KUCKES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Children of TPS immigrants channel struggles into production, perform at GSU auditorium

Mae Tonge October 4, 2018
Children of El Salvadoran immigrants spanning from 5–18-year-olds took to the stage in the George Sherman Union Auditorium to perform stories they created in “The Last Dream.” Yet the trials and tribulations they acted out onstage mirrored struggles they may soon face.
Nicole Jollimore, a Global Brigades volunteer engagement associate, speaks at a student leadership conference on Sunday. Global Brigades hosted the conference. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Global Brigades conference unifies chapter leaders, GB mission

Camille Mojica April 8, 2018
Global Brigades, a nonprofit dedicated to helping resolve global health and economic disparities, held its Northeast Regional Conference at Boston University’s Photonics Center on Sunday. In attendance were approximately 30 student leaders and members of various chapters at BU, Smith College, Harvard University and Northeastern University.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: How Trump spent his Easter

Meredith Varner April 3, 2018
In the past few days, President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter once again to go on a tirade against illegal immigration and the Mexican people as a whole. It should come as no surprise that Trump spent his Easter Sunday ranting on Twitter, but it still makes me cringe.

Haitian families, supporters concerned over Trump’s comments

Hannah Schoenbaum January 18, 2018

Recent comments by President Donald Trump have left several immigrants and their supporters in the Boston area disappointed and concerned. Months after his administration ended the Temporary Protected...

Approximately 11 percent of the 800 million people who live in villages in India do not have access to water purification systems. PHOTO COURTESY NATASHA WRIGHT

MIT researchers develop sustainable method for purifying salt water in India

Becca DeGregorio September 16, 2014

In the search for clean drinking water, scientists and engineers have cycled through filtration, chlorination, oxidation and just about any “-ation” one can think of. Despite these previous efforts,...

GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students Helping Honduras gives BU students perspective on education crisis

Kimberly Rendon September 4, 2014

Wooden desks. A chalkboard. Chairs. Traces of pencil lead. Loose paper scattered around the room. Clean restrooms. This picture of an ideal classroom was left behind in the United States. Instead, a...

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