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What's on your bucket list?

What’s on your bucket list?

Veronica Thompson September 28, 2022

Unmasked is the storytelling podcast that uncovers the thoughts, feelings and voices of the BU Community. Today's prompt was - what's on your bucket list? Click here to stream this episode of...

Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s exhibit “The Visitors” reopened for Institute of Contemporary Art members on Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Reinstalled, Ragnar Kjartansson’s exhibit takes on new meaning after COVID-19

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 1, 2020
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s “The Visitors” will appear again at the Institute of Contemporary Art, where it was exhibited earlier this year before the pandemic.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Billionaires Will Continue to Act Immorally — Tax Them

Luca Becker September 29, 2020
The American people must call for change. In a climate where the same wealth inequalities that plagued their grandparents are being exacerbated, citizens must ask themselves if billionaires should even exist.
GRAPHIC BY CLARA KIM

EDITORIAL: Gender roles diminished women-led responses to COVID-19

Editors April 29, 2020
There are so few women in such high-level positions of power —  an intended consequence of how young women are socialized.
Consul General of Sweden in New York Leif Pagrotsky and other Nordic ambassadors meet with the New England Council Thursday afternoon. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Nordic ambassadors discuss benefits of trade, sustainability

Sabrina Schnur November 10, 2017

The New England Council hosted a luncheon Thursday on the economic relationships between New England and Nordic countries to discuss what factors have made Nordic economies so successful. Sixty-five...

The Boston Univeristy men's soccer team has players from eight states and nine countries. PHOTO COURTESY STEVE BABINEAU

Finding strength in differences: the diversity of BU men’s soccer

Kaitlyn Olivier September 7, 2017

Thirty-five men. Ten countries. One squad. This season, Nickerson Field will showcase talent brought to the Boston University men’s soccer team from nations around the world. Representing eight states...

A look at incoming Class of 2021 Early Decision students

A look at incoming Class of 2021 Early Decision students

Breanne Kovatch January 19, 2017

The Boston University admissions office has seen an increase in this year’s Early Decision applicants. The university has received 4,181 Early Decision applicants, providing a 22 percent increase from...

GAMADES: Panama Papers expose global tax evasion, could spur change

GAMADES: Panama Papers expose global tax evasion, could spur change

Lucy Gamades April 8, 2016

It sounds like the exposition for a tech thriller novel. The biggest data leak in history. The world’s rich and powerful exposed for hiding their massive wealth in offshore corporations to evade taxes....

Indirect Kick: Who will thrive and falter at Euro 2016?

Indirect Kick: Who will thrive and falter at Euro 2016?

Dan Shulman March 20, 2016

With the UEFA European Championship rapidly approaching, the excitement across Europe and the world is palpable. The top teams from the top confederation in international soccer will be coming together...

Documentarian Michael Moore's true-life comedy "Where to Invade Next" was released Friday in Boston. PHOTO COURTESY CREATIVE COMMONS

REVIEW: “Where to Invade Next” showcases solutions for America

Clara Hudson February 12, 2016

“I’ve turned into this kind of crazy optimist” are words that we could never dream of attributing to documentarian Michael Moore. Moore is synonymous with controversy, political activism and...

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