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Sing About Me: Russian rhymers are spearheading a crucial path toward freedom of speech

Aidan Mega March 22, 2022
Columnist Aidan Mega discusses Russian anti-war protests by popular Russian rappers Oxxxymorin and Morgenshtern
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Let’s Talk About: Indonesia’s team in the All England Open Badminton Championships

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 31, 2021
The unjust treatment toward the Indonesian badminton team proves a need for transparency in sports.
Hsin-Yu Chen, a graduate student in the College of Fine Arts, practices piano in a CFA practice room. Non-CFA students have complained that practice spaces outside of CFA are disorganized and have strict time limits. MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students complain about lack of practice room availability

Ellie Yeo February 20, 2020
BU students outside CFA wishing to access practice rooms have been having difficulty securing adequate space. While space is readily available for students in CFA, other students have more barriers between them and reserving a practice space.
Ice sheets melting on the Charles River as the weather warms this month. Boston University held a session Feb. 4 on the interactions between people, waterways and coastal cities in varying geographies. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Research on Tap talk explores relationship between coastal cities, water

Nathan Lederman February 7, 2019
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future 14 BU professors to share their insights on the relationship between coastal cities and their surrounding waterways.
Flags of countries around the world hang overhead in the check-in area of Terminal E in Boston’s Logan International Airport. The inaugural William R. Keylor Travel Fund awarded five Boston University students with grants to conduct research in the United States and abroad. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students receive grants to research abroad

Damian Walsh December 6, 2018

Five Boston University undergraduate students will pursue research in the United States and abroad with the help of grants from the inaugural William R. Keylor Undergraduate Travel Fund. The fund...

From left, MA student Vicky Kelberer and Professor Noora Lori work with Professor Andrei Lapets and Boston University’s Hariri Institute members Andrei Lapets, San Tran and Frederick Jansen. PHOTO COURTESY ERIKA SIDOR/ MICROSOFT

Student-made app Urban Refuge in development stage

JenRacoosin March 1, 2018
A team of Boston University students and graduates has created an app called Urban Refuge that helps urban refugees in Amman, Jordan locate resources and non-governmental organizations near them.
Citing safety concerns, BU Study Abroad has suspended exchange programs in Turkey until further notice. PHOTO COURTESY BOSTON UNIVERSITY GLOBAL PROGRAMS

Citing safety concerns, BU suspends exchange programs in Turkey

Anna Whitelaw September 7, 2016

Due to safety concerns, Boston University has suspended its exchange programs with two universities in Turkey until further notice, study abroad administrators said. Students from Bogaziçi University...

DOUGLAS: That art history gal

Daily Free Press Admin November 14, 2013

Hey BU! This week I talked to someone with a unique perspective on what it means to be at a university in Boston. Her name is Defne Calgar and she is an international student from Istanbul. My first question...

Turkey: A summer of protests

Daily Free Press Admin September 24, 2013

At 7 p.m., people left work. By 8 p.m., people walked in the streets. By 2 a.m. they went home. It was becoming a routine, Ali Uslu explained as he sat in the George Sherman Union. However, Uslu,...

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