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The Daily Free Press

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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: The war in Ukraine perfectly exemplifies Western hypocrisy

Caroline McCord March 20, 2022
War anywhere should be devastating to everyone, everywhere.
East to West: Mar. 4, 2022

East to West: Mar. 4, 2022

Ellen Maloney March 4, 2022

Spring break! Today on East to West, we cover members of the BU community standing with Ukraine, BU’s updated mask mandate, and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East to West” on Spotify,...

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Members of BU community stand with Ukraine as country faces Russian attacks

Emilia Wisniewski March 3, 2022
“Every day ... we hear the sounds of falling bombs, planes and helicopters circling in the sky,” wrote a BU parent.
Ukraine Russia Peace March

Boston covered in a sea of blue and yellow as hundreds march in solidarity with war-torn Ukraine

Walker Armstrong March 1, 2022
Hundreds of people flooded downtown Boston Feb. 27 with yellow and blue signs and flags in solidarity with war-torn Ukraine.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: War is all around us in the age of social media

Editors February 25, 2022
In the modern world of social media, the war in Ukraine has become an all consuming 24-hour event. But is this social media treatment of third rail topics like Ukraine appropriate for the subject matter?
Kacper Bazan / DFP Staff

Latest with Lin: Testing Western resolve — Ukraine and a sign of things to come

Michael Lin February 23, 2022
Given the current state of global energy supply, this isn’t a hard conclusion to come to. What is ironic is that after almost a century of Western political cooperation, the very principles of economic interdependence that created the cohesive Western system have now become its main stumbling block.
cancerous skin cell

BU researchers discover potential therapeutic agent for melanoma

Caroline Bowden March 9, 2021
BU researchers from the School of Medicine published a paper on the drug YK-4-279 — which could have the potential to treat melanoma in patients.
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