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The Daily Free Press

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The Daily Free Press

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Boston University School of Law and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that there will be BU law clinics at MIT to aid students in business innovation. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU, MIT announce joint entrepreneurship clinic program

Keela Sweeney September 10, 2015

Boston University School of Law and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced in a press release Wednesday that they will jointly launch the Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic...

Kymbeerly Irizarry (SHA and CAS '17) (right) speaks during “Sexual Assault at BU: Come Discuss the Letter to the Editor” at the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism Wednesday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students organize to prompt university administration to address sexual violence

Keela Sweeney April 30, 2015

In response to a Letter to the Editor published in The Daily Free Press Tuesday, the Boston University Feminist Collective (FEMCO) hosted a town hall meeting Wednesday night to address the ways the...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed legislation Friday to institute statewide regulations for transportation network companies such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY L.E. CHARLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Regulation of companies like Uber, Lyft proposed statewide

Keela Sweeney April 28, 2015

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed legislation to institute statewide regulation for transportation network companies (TNC) such as Uber and Lyft to address numerous reports of safety concerns and...

The Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization for Women calls for ride-hailing services to take responsibility for the safety of their riders following Boston area reports of sexual and physical violence. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass NOW calls on ride hailing services to address safety

Olivia Quintana April 16, 2015

In light of more frequent reports of sexual and physical violence in Boston, the Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization for Women released a statement Friday calling on ride hailing services...

Boston University law professors addressed problems and solutions surrounding the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the first International Peace and Security Panel, hosted by the International Law Society, National Security Law Society and the BU Human Rights Campaign at the Sumner M. Redstone Building Monday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

First annual international peace and national security panel addresses current issues

Keela Sweeney November 18, 2014

About 45 students and professors gathered Monday in the Boston University School of Law for the inaugural peace and national security panel to analyze and discuss the international legal dilemmas prompted...

The Massachusetts Department of Education's Vision Project 2014 annual report shows that although Massachusetts shows signs of progress in higher education, many factors are involved in the state becoming a "national leader" in public education. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Report offers solutions to combat graduate workforce decrease

Keela Sweeney October 31, 2014

While efforts to raise graduation rates and close the achievement gap have improved, Massachusetts may see a decrease in skilled graduates joining the work force, according to a study by the Massachusetts...

Ana Lopez (COM ‘15) does homework on her bed in her room at the Brookline Holiday Inn, where she has been living as a result of a lack of on-campus housing at Boston University. PHOTO BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University students live in hotel due to housing overflow

Keela Sweeney October 23, 2014

While Boston University guarantees four-year housing for all students, some international and exchange students are receiving a different type of housing option for the 2014 fall semester. Instead of...

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State slow to enact medical marijuana legislation, patients say

Mina Corpuz October 2, 2014

Students and residents are criticizing Massachusetts legislators for failing to open medical marijuana dispensaries in the Commonwealth in a timely manner, which they claim is crucial to combatting symptoms...

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