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The City of Boston and New England Conservatory’s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
Guest speakers and members of the Boston University community honored King by giving speeches, while Conservatory musicians performed musical tributes. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Howard Thurman Center virtually honors Martin Luther King Jr.

Rachel Do January 21, 2021
Boston University celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory in a virtual event on Monday. For King, the university is close to home — it’s where he earned his doctorate degree and the city where he met the woman he would marry.
East to West: Dec. 7, 2020

East to West: Dec. 7, 2020

Jackson Machesky December 7, 2020

In the final episode of Season 4, we discuss the status of Boston Public Schools’ reopening plans, a student app to aid sustainability in dining, a movement in Beacon Hill to install LED streetlights,...

The Howard Thurman Center hosted its final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 Thursday, offering participants the chance to discuss the impacts of systemic racism and ethnocentrism. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 tackles effects of systemic racism

Isabella Abraham December 4, 2020
The final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020, hosted by the Howard Thurman Center, focused on regeneration and healing from the effects of systemic racism.
The pamphlet handed out at Marsh Chapel at the memorial service held in memory of Boston University student Erin Edwards Monday night. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU mourns loss of student Erin Edwards in memorial service

Emma Deegan October 7, 2019
A memorial service for Erin Edwards, a Boston University student who died in August, was held in Marsh Chapel on Monday.
As the end of the semester approaches, Boston University student organizations are looking for ways to help students better cope with their academic stresses. ILLUSTRATION BY MAE DAVIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU tackles end-of-semester stress for students with new programs

Jennifer Suryadjaja November 29, 2018

As the end of the fall semester approaches, Boston University student organizations are working to develop new plans and activities to help students cope with the stresses surrounding the increase...

Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, co-author of the newly released book “My Life, My Love, My Legacy,” and Roger Brooks, president and CEO of Facing History and Ourselves, participate in a panel discussing the cultural, social and political state of the country. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panelists, students discuss race relations post-inauguration

Noor Adatia January 24, 2017

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted a panel discussion Monday evening on racial tensions in the United States relating to President Donald Trump. More than 50 students and faculty members...

The Howard Thurman Center hosted "A Rabbi, Reverend and Imam Talk About Peace" Thursday as part of their Unity & Community Week. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Rabbi, priest convene to explore facets of religion, peace

Amanda Burke September 11, 2015

As part of Boston University’s first annual Unity and Community Week, students, under the guidance of a rabbi and a priest, examined peace through the lens of religion Thursday evening at the Howard...

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