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Attendees of PRLab’s PRoBono review the event’s agenda. The overnight communication marathon created deliverables for five nonprofit organizations. PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTORIA LUO

Sixteen hours in COM: BU PRLab holds overnight communication marathon PRoBono

Sara Sugita November 5, 2023
This weekend PRLab hosted its annual overnight communication marathon, PRoBono, in which 88 student volunteers created PR campaigns for five nonprofit organizations.
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Beware the de-influencer | Cultspiracy

Kim Schneider April 20, 2023
“Influence” may be the defining word of this decade’s culture. From the act of influencing to the new profession itself, social media has made a theoretically intangible phenomenon inescapably tangible — that is, overwhelmingly materialistic. 
Parry Headrick

BU alum’s journey from 16-year-old hitchhiker to entrepreneur

Lian Niu March 24, 2023
Parry Headrick took an unconventional path to success in the PR industry.
Verde PRLan

BU students spearhead public relations campaign for medical apparel brand

Hailey Pitcher December 1, 2022
A PRLab team worked with the founders of VERDE, which makes sustainable scrubs.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Cornel West proves that professors should share political beliefs mindfully, but remain vocal in their advocacy

Editors March 10, 2021
As the shapers of young minds, professors are the pillars of our society. We cannot demand social progress and activism from future generations without first supporting the educators who are paving the path for us.
Black, Female and Funny webinar hosted by the College of Communication

Black female comedy TV writers talk experience in the industry at COM panel

Yiran Yu February 19, 2021
Two Black female TV comedy writers spoke at a College of Communication virtual panel about their experiences in the industry.
Lena Papadakis, a pre-medical senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, founded Preemie to Pre-Med, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting child life departments in New England hospitals. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sargent student’s childhood hospitalization leads her to launch nonprofit

Cameron Morsberger November 3, 2020
Lena Papadakis was born 32 weeks premature. But out of this distress, she is now giving back to the very programs that saved her life.
Raul Fernandez, the associate dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, spoke at a webinar Wednesday about communications. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Power of Purpose webinar educates students on purpose-driven careers

Madeline Humphrey October 26, 2020
BU Alumni and Friends hosted communication professionals to discuss how students can better impact the world through their careers.
Boston University student Christine Le’s Etsy shop, lilacfinches, where she sells greeting cards and stickers. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students launch innovative projects during COVID-19 imposed lockdown

Daily Free Press Staff October 1, 2020
During this summer's quarantine, BU students got creative and started new projects, including social media platforms, podcasts and online stores.
Boston University alumni and media experts gathered for a virtual panel Wednesday to discuss changes to and predictions for the field of communication. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU alumni gather to discuss changes, predictions for communications job market

Caroline Bowden September 28, 2020
Guidance can be hard to come by when the world continues to bring forth unprecedented challenges. Communications specialists, however, are no strangers to solving unconventional problems.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is reopening to the public on Saturday for the first time in six months after closing in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. KATHERINE FEUERMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MFA reopens doors, continues virtual programming

Sarah Wager September 25, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts is reopening to the public on Saturday for the first time since it closed in March due to the pandemic.
EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

Editors September 22, 2020
Prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling that disqualifies video evidence allegedly showing Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paying for sexual acts in a Florida massage parlor. Was the police surveillance justifiable? Not exactly.
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