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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Make theater more accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing community | All Things Theater

Maia Penzer April 10, 2023
Captioning technology, as well as interpreters, should be available for every single performance on Broadway and in theaters around the world. There is no excuse as to why translators should not be hired for all performances. It is completely unfair to deny show dates and shows to attend. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: It’s a Barbie world—and we’re all just living in it

Editors April 10, 2023
While she’s normally making headlines for her controversial body stature, Barbie is now making news for another reason: coming to a theater near you on July 21 is Greta Gerwig’s real-life adaptation of “Barbie”—but we would be remiss if we didn’t discuss how this stereotypical casting contributes to the unrealistic beauty standard discourse.
Pride Flag

Pride parade comes back to Boston in the summer

Anna Rubenstein February 24, 2023
Boston’s Pride parade is coming back this June after a three-year hiatus and the dissolvement of the original organizational entity after exclusivity issues.
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BU’s a cappella groups make strides toward inclusivity, embrace change during the pandemic

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 8, 2021
Groups described challenges faced, greater inclusivity and some bright spots in the pandemic.
boston university choral society at splash on nickerson field

BU Choral Society remains inclusive, dynamic in pandemic

Giulia Lallas April 7, 2021
BU Choral Society — an all-gender, non-audition choir — unites music lovers of all majors together.
globe statue in the questrom school of business at boston university

BU students create student association to enhance South Asian representation

Ashley Soebroto March 29, 2021
Two BU students new to campus founded the club as a welcoming space for South Asian students at BU.
Second-Language Learning and Disabilities virtual conference

Second-language learning faculty discussed increasing inclusivity in education

Connor Allen March 1, 2021
BU's Department of Romance Studies held the third edition of their Second-Language Learning and Disabilities Conference this weekend, where faculty and professionals called for greater inclusivity in language programs.
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EDITORIAL: The University’s ‘diversity’ marketing is misleading, hurtful

Editors February 18, 2021
BU’s marketing — and the handful of diversity victories — it clings to is not representative of its reality. Though it may be implementing anti-racist policies, the change is not visible in classrooms, on campus or at an administrative level.
College of Communication alumni discussed using social media to advocate for social change in a Wednesday panel. SOPHIA FLISSLER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COM alumni turned storytellers emphasize leading with joy in creating content for good

Yiran Yu February 12, 2021
Boston University’s College of Communication hosted a “Storytelling For Social Good” panel Wednesday, where three COM alumni shared how their passion projects use storytelling to make an impact.
The School of Theology appointed G. Sujin Pak as its new dean in January, making her Boston University’s first female Asian-American dean. JASMINE LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sujin Pak appointed School of Theology dean

Anne Jonas January 29, 2021
Pak brings with her a track record of inclusivity and social justice work. She joined BU from the Duke University Divinity School, where she received her Master’s of Theological Studies and served as an assistant professor and later as academic dean.
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EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t celebrate a Chick-fil-A food truck

Editors January 29, 2021

If you’re on campus this semester and have walked past Boston University’s College of Communication, you might have seen a big, red food truck. At the beginning of the year, Chick-fil-A began parking...

Boston University students Lara Werneck and Yiran Yu created Migration Tales — a website that showcases migrants’ stories and addresses stereotypes about immigrants. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students seek to amplify migrant voices, defeat stereotypes through new site

Rachel Do January 25, 2021
The new online story-sharing platform “migration tales," led by co-presidents and BU students Yiran Yu and Lara Werneck, aims to eliminate stereotypes and prejudice about migrants, create empathy and foster inclusivity through storytelling.
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