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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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COVID-19 testing center employee lay offs

Laid off COVID-19 testing-site workers search for new jobs as surveillance testing ends

Fiona Broadie May 1, 2022
As COVID-19 surveillance testing comes to an end, testing site workers prepare to be laid off.
Boston-based artist Alexis Higgins was featured in VSCO’s 2020 Year in Review. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

VSCO year-in-review features young Bostonian, celebrates artists’ resilience

Emma Vacirca February 11, 2021
The original art of Boston-based 22-year-old artist Alexis Higgins was part of VSCO's first-ever Year in Review in 2020.
The Earl Center at Wheelock College. It was announced on Thursday that the BU-Wheelock merger will cause more than 100 layoffs. PHOTO BY YAOCHI FU/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Merger will result in more than 100 Wheelock layoffs

Haley Lerner March 19, 2018
The upcoming merger between Boston University and Wheelock College will result in more than 100 Wheelock faculty members being laid off. The decision to lay off some Wheelock faculty is a result of the economic struggles Wheelock is expecting, as well as an effort to reduce costs by avoiding redundancy in faculty positions.
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