Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

The National Academy of Sciences called for further investment in geoengineering in a report released Feb. 10. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Geoengineering solutions full of hot air, experts warn

Michelle Marino February 17, 2015

At a rate of 0.12 inches per year since 1992, the sea is rising, according to research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. To a harbor city like Boston, that could be more than just...

Ink Block project pens new story for South End “desert”

Michelle Marino February 12, 2015

A few years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine the abandoned Boston Herald headquarters in the South End completely revitalized into a modern and sophisticated retail and residential complex....

Café ArtScience, which opened Oct. 31 in Kendall Square, combines culinary arts with scientific principles to create a unique dining experience. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHASE ONE PHOTOGRAPHY

Café ArtScience executes culinary arts with scientific methods

Michelle Marino November 20, 2014

When culinary creativity and scientific principle meet up for a drink, celebrity chef Alton Brown is not always the one responsible. Café ArtScience, the brainchild of Harvard University biomedical engineering...

Boston-based chef Jamie Bissonnette, seen here preparing pork ribs, praises the inclusiveness of the Boston culinary scene, as showcased on the current season of TV show "Top Chef." PHOTO COURTESY OF BREVILLE USA

‘Top Chef: Boston’ showcases unique tastes, talents of city

Michelle Marino November 14, 2014

In its 12th season, cable network TV show “Top Chef” has finally made its way to Boston. After featuring dominant culinary players like New York and Chicago, as well as more eccentric picks like Las...

Boston-based companies such as Bow & Drape and Gloss48 are tackling two issues in the fashion and beauty industry: providing customizable niche products and a platform for new designers. GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston-based companies striving to make over beauty, fashion industry

Michelle Marino October 23, 2014

As large fashion retailers such as Urban Outfitters and The Gap, Inc. report a continued trend of negative retail sales and a fall in stock prices, the fashion and beauty industries are in a position to...

Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health examined household gun ownership and homicide rates over a period of almost 20 years and found a strong correlation between gun ownership and non-stranger homicides. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUSPH researchers find correlation between gun ownership, non-stranger homicide

Michelle Marino October 7, 2014

The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut took the lives of 26 children and adults, making it the second most deadly school shooting in U.S. history. The tragedy has fueled...

Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez visited Boston for the first time on Thursday as part of her campaign to advocate for breast cancer awareness and celebrate the Susan G. Komen Massachusetts Race for the Cure. PHOTO COURTESY OF REGAN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Miss USA visits Boston in campaign to raise awareness for breast, ovarian cancer

Michelle Marino October 1, 2014

It's become a comfortable and ubiquitous cliché: what pageant queens lack in substance, they make up for in looks. When the generalization finds itself tired and overworked, there is oftentimes a scandal...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Michelle Marino