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OP-ED: We invite BU to join us in the fight against gun violence

Guest Writer January 28, 2024
Inspired by the recent op-ed published by March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill, leaders of Students Demand Action at BU invite students to join the fight against gun violence, too.
The Quarter Zero Festival welcomed incoming students to the School of Theater, presenting a collection of student-directed plays like "26 Pebbles," pictured here. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK FORTUNATO

Students produce ‘26 Pebbles’ play, portray grief of Sandy Hook shooting

Kate Thrane September 6, 2018

“26 Pebbles” transports audience members back in time to the horror and grief one town endured after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in 2012. The production portrays how the town of...

The Boston University Program for Global Health Storytelling sponsors a School of Public Health event about gun violence Thursday evening. PHOTO BY EMILIE LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Public Health panel addresses US gun violence trauma

Vivian Situ September 29, 2017

Several experts shared firsthand stories about gun violence and offered solutions to ease the issue in a panel at the Boston University School of Medicine Thursday evening. More than 90 BU students...

Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health examined household gun ownership and homicide rates over a period of almost 20 years and found a strong correlation between gun ownership and non-stranger homicides. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUSPH researchers find correlation between gun ownership, non-stranger homicide

Michelle Marino October 7, 2014

The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut took the lives of 26 children and adults, making it the second most deadly school shooting in U.S. history. The tragedy has fueled...

Recommendations released to strengthen gun laws in Massachusetts

Daily Free Press Admin February 4, 2014

In response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Dec. 14, 2012, the Committee to Reduce Firearm Violence, commissioned by State Rep. Robert DeLeo and led by Northeastern professor Jack McDevitt,...

Both sides seeking reform of Mass. gun control laws

Daily Free Press Admin September 16, 2013

In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn. school shootings, Massachusetts lawmakers held the last public meeting on Friday to discuss gun control in the Commonwealth before drafting a final bill to be pushed...

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