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Harvard University students Mazin Elfakhani and Hikari Senju have developed a tutoring app called Quickhelp for students and Quickteach for tutors that allows students to request help in any subject and helps to replace tutoring scheduling systems of universities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tutoring apps offer quick, inexpensive resource for students

Kimberly Rendon December 11, 2014

In this day and age, smartphones are capable of summoning a ride home, a delivery of fried rice and now, some immediate help with that calculus homework. Harvard University students Mazen Elfakhani and...

The Boston University Bhangra dance team performs at a competition at Ohio State University in February. PHOTO COURTESY OF BU BHANGRA

BU Bhangra dance team to perform at Berklee concert for Oscar-winning composer Friday

Kimberly Rendon October 23, 2014

The Boston University Bhangra dance team will perform alongside Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman at the “A.R. Rahman Meets Berklee” concert in conjunction with the Berklee College of Music...

Rachael Edelson, a junior in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and president of Operation Smile at Boston University, has been involved with the global Operation Smile charity since 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF OPERATION SMILE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Operation Smile at BU brings back annual a cappella concert for cleft lips, palates

Kimberly Rendon October 15, 2014

Operation Smile at Boston University has teamed up with several a cappella groups for “Songs for Smiles,” a concert to help raise awareness about cleft lips and palates and the importance of safe surgery...

CFA's Undergraduate Showcase offers real world experience for art students

CFA’s Undergraduate Showcase offers real world experience for art students

Kimberly Rendon September 16, 2014

A cardboard octopus looks out the 808 Gallery’s glass windows onto the Commonwealth Avenue sidewalk, as Boston University students walk to and from classes. Some students glance curiously into the building,...

Feline frenzy: Ellen Gifford animal shelter is cat’s meow in Allston area

Daily Free Press Admin April 22, 2014

The Ellen Gifford Cat Shelter has existed for over 130 years and it is the first no kill, cageless animal shelter in the United States. Its beginnings are rooted in the animal progressive movements after...

Feminist activists celebrate Women’s Rights Movement

Daily Free Press Admin April 1, 2014

Feminists of all ages held hands and swayed to the melody of Kristin Lem’s youthful voice as she strummed her acoustic guitar and sang “We Will Never Give Up.” The lyrics to her song, “We will...

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