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Three recent graduates win Pulitzer Prize

Ava Berger September 7, 2022
Boston University Alumni Samantha Gross, Sarah Silbiger and Alexandra Wimley win Pulitzer Prizes for exceptional reporting.
The Daily Free Press announces new investigative team

The Daily Free Press announces new investigative team

Board of Directors August 31, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE DAILY FREE PRESS ANNOUNCES NEW INVESTIGATIVE TEAM New branded slogan, “You deserve an independent voice,” adopted by newspaper BOSTON, MA (August 31, 2017) —...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was elected Nov. 14, 2014, and inaugurated on Jan. 15. PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Baker focuses on initiatives in first year in office

Samantha J. Gross December 10, 2015

After a close gubernatorial race and his first year in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has focused on addressing widespread problems in his state. Solutions to opioid addiction, transportation...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s first appeal trial was held Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. PHOTO BY NIKKI GITTER/DFP FILE PHOTO

First appeals hearing to challenge death sentence for Tsarnaev

Samantha J. Gross December 2, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argued Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, calling for a new sentencing trial to challenge the conviction and the death sentence Tsarnaev received...

Josh Zakim speaks to Rickie Golden, 31, of Cambridge at his campaign event on May 5 at The Mission Bar and Grill. PHOTO BY FELICIA GANS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Unopposed in first reelection, Josh Zakim to continue efforts in District 8

Samantha J. Gross November 4, 2015

Even before official municipal election results were tallied and announced, Josh Zakim, a Boston City Councilor representing District 8, won Tuesday after running unopposed for his first reelection. Regardless...

Investigative journalist Bob Woodward, left, discusses his novel "The Last of the President's Men" during a conversation moderated by David Gergen at the First Parish Church in Cambridge on Tuesday night. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Bob Woodward calls for clear-watered, open-gated politics

Samantha J. Gross October 21, 2015

Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who broke the Watergate scandal with colleague Carl Bernstein for The Washington Post in 1972, visited Cambridge Tuesday to promote his...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh proposed in September a raise on his salary and 14 percent salary raise for city councilors, which will automatically become law if it is left untouched. PHOTO BY RODRIGO BONILLA/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston City Councilors could get pay raise

Samantha J. Gross October 15, 2015

As Election Day approaches, members of the Boston City Council could get a 14 percent pay raise by leaving a proposal by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh untouched. Walsh proposed the raise on Sep. 2, which...

The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center is one of the local nonprofits that received part of the $4 million grant from Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Workforce Development. PHOTO COURTESY TECH GOES HOME/FLICKR

$4 million in grants to help residents with employment, education, empowerment

Samantha J. Gross September 24, 2015

More than $4 million of new funding from the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development will provide Boston residents with access to employment, education and financial empowerment opportunities. The...

The Center for American Progress released a report Wednesday proposing a new for-credit service learning program for American colleges. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Foundation proposes for-credit service programs for colleges

Samantha J. Gross September 21, 2015

Experts at the Center for American Progress proposed a new for-credit service-learning program for U.S. colleges and universities in a report released Wednesday. The Credit for Serving report proposes...

Nickerson Field’s new GreenFields MX Trimension turf is better for the environment, resists compression and is better for players' injuries. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU breaks new ground with improved Nickerson turf, athletes grateful

Samantha J. Gross September 10, 2015

When Braves Field first opened 100 years ago where Nickerson Field stands today, the grass surface was standard for the time. In 1968, Nickerson Field made history as one of the first sports complexes...

Following the death of cyclist Anita Kurmann, 38, on Aug. 7, 2015, there will be increased safety measures implemented at the intersection of Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. Ave., Beacon Street intersection to improve biker safety

Samantha J. Gross September 4, 2015

  In the wake of the fatal bike crash that killed Boston University research fellow Anita Kurmann, 38, changes to the intersection where the woman was struck are underway to make the area safer...

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker met with Massachusetts’ medical school deans to address opioids Wednesday. PHOTO BY MINA CORPUZ/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts Medical Society, medical school deans work together against opioids

Samantha J. Gross September 3, 2015

  Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker met with leadership from the Massachusetts Medical Society and deans from the four Greater Boston-area medical schools Wednesday to talk about opportunities to...

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