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Epsilon Eta partnered with BU Closet opens sustainable fashion show

Talia Lissauer December 5, 2022
Multi-gender professional environmental fraternity Epsilon Eta held their first fashion show showcasing sustainable fashion.
Ana Milosavljevic of BU Students Against Imperialism and BU alumnus Susan Mirsky protest defense contractor Raytheon at the College of Engineering’s career fair Wednesday. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students protest Raytheon’s presence at ENG career fair

Jane Avery February 6, 2020
BU’s College of Engineering hosted their annual career fair in the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Ballroom Wednesday. During the fair, students protested outside the GSU in objection to Raytheon, a defense contractor company based in Waltham that appeared at the career fair.
Boston University Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights Michael Grodin speaks at the Elie Wiesel’s “Beyond Duty” event Sunday to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. EMILY HARDY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Elie Wiesel Center commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz

Scarlett Blydenburgh January 30, 2020
Auschwitz-Birkenau and the victims were honored at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies’ “Beyond Duty” event on Sunday, which featured heroic international diplomats who helped in ending Jewish oppression.
Journalist Dan Rather signs his recent book, “What Unites Us,” after a talk at Boston University’s Metcalf Hall Tuesday. DANIEL MU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Dan Rather speaks to students on “What Unites Us”

Sonia Rubeck November 20, 2019
Acclaimed journalist Dan Rather, who rose to prominence for his coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Watergate scandal, spoke at BU Tuesday evening.
Lia Valdez addresses the Undergraduate Student Government on Monday night before being elected to Co-Director of Communications. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

USG votes in new cabinet chairs

Daily Free Press Staff October 1, 2019
Boston University’s Undergraduate Student Government met Monday to elect committee chairs and discuss an act to address water quality around BU’s campus.
People talk at a career fair at the College of DuPage in Illinois in 2015. Boston University students flooded Metcalf Hall last Wednesday for a campus-wide, all-majors career fair. COURTESY OF FLICKR

Terriers current, past fill Metcalf Hall for university-wide career fair

Khalid AlSabhan February 19, 2019
BU’s Center for Career Development and the Questrom School of Business’ Feld Center for Industry Alliances co-hosted Boston University's annual school-wide career fair Feb. 13. According to Louis Gaglini, the executive director of the CCD, more than 1,500 students showed up for the four-and-a-half-hour time the career fair ran.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh speaks at the celebration co-hosted by the City of Boston and Boston University. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ayanna Pressley among speakers at joint BU, Boston MLK observance

Andy Vo January 22, 2019

Boston University held its first joint observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the City of Boston Monday. Attendees heard from a number of community leaders including U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley,...

The Boston University Student Government will open up spaces around campus for students to study during the study period and finals. ILLUSTRATION BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG opens up study spaces for finals

Sophie Falkenheim December 9, 2018

Boston University’s Student Government is providing additional study spaces around the Charles River and Fenway Campuses during the study period and finals week. SG President Devin Harvin wrote...

Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie discusses his work and captivity during the Syrian civil war at an event hosted by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Thursday night. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gotlieb Center series welcomes war photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie, casting director Bonnie Timmermann

Lauren Richards October 10, 2018
The Metcalf Ballroom filled with commotion as a crowd of alumni, students and other Boston University community members conversed as they found their chairs. The audience fell silent once Jonathan Alpeyrie, a war photojournalist, and Bonnie Timmermann, a producer and casting director, appeared onstage.
From left to right: Professor Christopher Martell, professor Mary Collins, Howard Thurman Center Director Katherine Kennedy and professor Virginia Sapiro speak at a panel Tuesday evening at the Metcalf Ballroom. The panel, hosted by the Howard Thurman Center, explored drivers of civic action and voter turnout among youth. PHOTO BY MADDIE EPPERSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors talk political action among youth

Julia Chinigo September 26, 2018
Boston University professors and students alike gathered in the Metcalf Ballroom to discuss the question of young people in political action and celebrate National Voter Registration Day Tuesday night.
Colin Jost and Michael Che take in the NLDS at Citi Field.

EDITORIAL: Michael Che is creating problems, not solving them

Editors March 28, 2017

Michael Che of “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update is not a stranger to controversy. In fact, the comedian has continuously and purposefully attempted to upset viewers to get a laugh. Sometimes...

SG Senate Chair Dan Collins addresses the Senate in the Photonics Center Monday night. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG allocates money to student-led conference, confirms cabinet position

Caroline Hitesman February 7, 2017

By Noor Adatia and Caroline Hitesman Boston University Student Government approved a $2,073.50 budget Monday night to cover food costs for the second annual BUNITED conference, a daylong student-led...

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