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The webpage for John Wilson’s exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts. Wilson is a former Boston University professor and his exhibit includes memorabilia from BU’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU joins MFA to honor legacy of artist, educator John Wilson

Jack Schwed March 31, 2025
John Wilson, born in Roxbury in 1922, was an artist whose work centered mostly around the challenges he faced as a Black American, depicting these issues through paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings.
Boston University’s College of Communication. COM opened the new Center for Media and Innovation for Social Impact which will address communication issues around many topics, including climate justice and housing in Boston. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

COM unveils Center on Media Innovation for Social Impact

Josie Kalbfleisch February 19, 2025
Boston University's College of Communication Center on Media Innovation for Social Impact was unveiled, with hopes to officially begin the program in the summer
A student bikes down Commonwealth Avenue. Mayor Michelle Wu introduced “Better Bike Lanes” in September 2022, an initiative to make biking in Boston safer, but within the last two years, there have been 582 crashes involving bicycles, according to city records. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘I’m going to get killed’: Boston cyclists stress need for better bike infrastructure

Nicole Abrams December 6, 2024
The Daily Free Press investigated how many bike crashes happen in Boston, what streets and neighborhoods are the most dangerous for cyclists and what advocates say need to change.
A graffitied vacant storefront in Allston. The Boston City Council proposed a vacancy tax for empty storefronts during a hearing on Friday. PHOTO BY GEORGE LEHMAN

Vacancy tax proposal aims to reduce empty storefronts across Boston, revitalize businesses

George Lehman November 21, 2024
Boston’s neighborhoods may soon see less vacant storefronts with a proposal for a new vacancy tax for empty storefronts in an effort to revitalize neighborhoods.
People sit at Nelly Kate’s multisensory art installation ‘Into the Body, Into the Ground.’ Kate based the interactive art installation on her personal experience as a person who is late-deaf. COURTESY OF DIANA MCCLOY

‘Into the Ground, Into the Body’: Nelly Kate decenters sound in new public art installation

Camille Bugayong September 15, 2024
A multisensory public art installation that is accessible to people with disabilities debuted at a library in Roxbury on Thursday evening.
Cots set up in the Melnea Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury for migrants who have been sleeping on the floor of Logan International Airport. This recreation center is the fourth overflow center to open in Massachusetts within the last two months due to the state’s shelter system being at full capacity. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emergency overflow shelter for migrants opens in Roxbury against backdrop of concern

Daily Free Press Staff February 1, 2024
Migrant families who have been sleeping at Logan International Airport began moving to a recreation center in Roxbury on Wednesday, sparking questions and concern from the Roxbury community.
People in the area known as Mass and Cass in 2022. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is renovating Roxbury’s Clifford Playground following action taken last month to break up the homeless encampments at nearby Mass and Cass. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP FILE

Redevelopment discussions continue for park near Mass. and Cass

Sebastian Castro December 7, 2023
A month after the removal of homeless encampments at the intersection known as Mass. and Cass, discussions regarding a nearly $6 million redevelopment of a nearby park continue to be focused on community safety.
People in the area known as Mass and Cass in 2022.

Wu clears out Mass. and Cass as state shelters near capacity

Anna Rubenstein November 3, 2023
The last tent came down at the area known as Mass. and Cass on Wednesday, a clear-out that has been nearly two years in the making for Mayor Michelle Wu and one that has provoked questions of its purpose and sustainability, especially as state shelters reach their capacity.
The Goodwill store in West Campus. Since 2009, BU has partnered with Goodwill for the “Goodwill, Not Landfill” program, diverting otherwise reusable things away from landfills. LYNN ASARE-BEDIAKO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

If you’re looking to live city life sustainably, check out these eco-friendly businesses around BU

Mara Mellits June 2, 2023
"Every little bit we do contributes to not just our bodies, but the planet that we all share as well," said Live Alive Cafe CEO Bryan Timko. Live Alive is one of the many businesses around BU's campus that promote sustainable city-life.
Elizabeth Warren Town hall

Elizabeth Warren kicks off Senate re-election campaign with Roxbury Town Hall

Anna Rubenstein April 13, 2023
Elizabeth Warren hosted her first Senate re-election campaign event in Roxbury alongside Governor Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in Roxbury.
Elizabeth Warren Town Hall

Gallery: Elizabeth Warren starts re-election campaign at Roxbury town hall

Daily Free Press Staff April 13, 2023
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hosts town hall in Hibernian Hall in Roxbury alongside Gov. Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu and Rep. Ayanna Pressley in Roxbury Wednesday night.
Roxbury community center

New engagement day center opens in Roxbury for unhoused people

Xiaoya Shao October 21, 2022
The Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury launched a new engagement center on Oct. 7 to provide medical care, behavioral health and basic needs services for unhoused people.
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