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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Two years past, two years coming, my whole life ahead

Amanda Brecher April 22, 2024
I think I'm having a mid-college crisis. In three weeks, I’ll be a junior. In three weeks, I’ll be halfway through my college experience. I haven’t been here nearly long enough to be at that point — or at least it doesn't feel like I have. I’ve barely begun to adjust to my life here. How can I be expected to start to think about what comes next? 
Visiting Assistant Professor Amber Vayo. Vayo is teaching a coveted seminar course on the politics of childbirth in the College of Arts and Sciences. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Intersection of politics, reproduction explored in new seminar course

Anna Albrecht February 2, 2024
In a climate where reproductive freedom is a critical centerpiece of conversation, Amber Vayo, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is revealing the complexities of the politics of childbirth in a new seminar course.
How Did You Choose Your Current Major? | Unmasked

How Did You Choose Your Current Major? | Unmasked

Veronica Thompson November 3, 2021

Unmasked is the storytelling podcast that uncovers the thoughts, feelings and voices of the BU Community. Today’s prompt was — how did you choose your current major? Click here to stream this...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Let’s Talk About: The problem of laïcité in France

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol October 28, 2021
The constitutional concept of laïcité has divided France, leaving certain communities — Muslims, in particular— to feel out of place.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley celebrating her congressional victory in 2018.

PREVIEW: Meet the 2021 Commencement ceremony speakers

Daily Free Press Staff May 13, 2021
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Moderna founder Noubar Afeyan are among this year's speakers.
socially distanced classroom at boston university

Faculty discuss challenges, mental toll of hybrid teaching

Emily Stevenson March 11, 2021
As the one year anniversary of the transition to online teaching approaches, Boston University faculty are reflecting on the mental and emotional impacts of their new teaching styles.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Journalists don’t need to go to college to study journalism, but it provides an advantage

Editors March 1, 2021
Should journalists go to college? The answer is: maybe. It’s an individual choice, but there will unfortunately always be an advantage to higher education.
Kara Chen/DFP STAFF

Diamonds and Rust: Assimilation nation

Joel Herbert November 16, 2020
If we can foster participation over assimilation, then we may be able to provide immigrants a system that prioritizes individuality over commonality and allows them to fully realize their potential as individuals and as Americans.
The Boston Women’s Fund promotes women-led, community-driven initiatives that aim to achieve economic, social and racial equality. COURTESY OF BOSTON WOMEN’S FUND

Boston Women’s Fund encourages diverse youth to drive change in local politics

Madeline Humphrey November 13, 2020

In the business world, women receive a reported 7 percent of venture funds for their startups, according to a Fundera statistic, even as more are pursuing entrepreneurial success in the United States. The...

Boston University students and staff gathered for a virtual event Tuesday evening to reflect on last week’s presidential election. JANE AVERY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors share insights on 2020 presidential election, political future

Jane Avery November 11, 2020
One week after Election Day and a few days after the announcement that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election, BU students, faculty and staff gathered virtually to reflect on the election Tuesday night.
The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio Reardon October 21, 2020
It’s easy to see how all media, and really all of human activity, is political — every social activity involves making decisions, every set of humans is organized in some way and these organizations will influence the decisions that are made.
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