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Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

More than just a game: How video games teach us emotional depth

Khushi Chauhan March 25, 2025
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live. 
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Ask Abby (Or Analise): Girls — and boys — gone wild: surviving fears of spring break infidelity

Analise Bruno March 7, 2025
In your hometown, you can’t even go to the grocery store without running into someone who knows your mom. But on spring break? You’re just another face in the crowd of frat bros, beach bums and vacationers who will never cross your path again. What happens on the beach stays on the beach — or so they tell themselves.
Marshall Van Alstyne in Questrom. Van Alstyne, a grant from The National Science Foundation, to “explore the question of using markets to address misinformation.” PHOTO COURTESY OF CODY O'LOUGHLIN

BU researchers receive $550,000 grant, propose holistic approach to misinformation

Anna Albrecht October 25, 2023
Marshall Van Alstyne, a Questrom School of Business professor of information systems, and his team, received a $550,000 grant from The National Science Foundation to “explore the question of using markets to address misinformation.”
Center for Anxiety related disorders

Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at BU focuses on the “human aspects” of the field

Lian Niu February 9, 2023
The lab conducts clinical tests and research to make treatment more effective and accessible.
Georgia Dray Obituary

Obituary: Remembering BU student Georgia Dray

Tanisha Bhat April 11, 2022
Georgia Dray's family remembers her compassion and love of psychology. She was 21.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

In A Word: Why you should sit with your boredom

Kim Schneider April 10, 2022

As the semester comes to a close, our schedules become busier and our days grow longer. Down time becomes scarce, and we find ourselves yearning for any morsel of relaxation we can get. In so many words,...

Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Redefining Love: Love is more than a feeling

marenamosher February 6, 2022

True love is real. It is worth waiting for. It is worth searching for. And just because you haven’t found it yet doesn’t mean it’s not waiting for you.  Gen Zers may have a more cynical perception...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Canceled: A case for academic study beyond the textbook

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 5, 2021
The over-intellectualization of serious topics prevents us from reaching any kind of understanding on a topic beyond its definition.
person sitting in park

People-watching: Human nature or stalker-ish behavior?

Eden Mor September 28, 2021
Would you be interested to know what strangers think of you?
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: X equals X in algebra and real life, but it’s not always a bad thing

Antonia Lehnert September 13, 2021
It’s time for us to grow out of the illusions offered by free will and accept a certain degree of determinism.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Intentional Evolution: Forgive to forget

Samantha Elizondo September 9, 2021
When you forgive yourself and others, this translates to living a life of gratitude.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Moving Forward: Ruined plans were blessings in disguise

Divya Sood April 27, 2021
Instead of trying to map the future, let’s embrace uncertainty and reach these answers by living.
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