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"Get Duked!" movie poster. Illustration by Lauryn Allen/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Get Duked!” epitomizes Scottish experience of director’s youth

Molly Farrar September 3, 2020
In any other context, to “get duked” means to get punched or attacked, but a new film contains another, somewhat less common meaning: getting pursued by the Duke of Edinburgh himself.
Ryan Rosenberger, a student in Boston University’s College of Engineering, is a member of the nonprofit robotics research group Robotics & Ambient Intelligence Labs. COURTESY OF ANDERS LARSON

Inspired to innovate, a new BU robotics group enters the arena

Miriam Fauzia February 25, 2020
BU Robotics & Ambient Intelligence Labs, a newly formed undergraduate robotics research group, qualified to participate in ANA Avatar XPRIZE, a global competition with a $10 million prize to develop a robot that can see, hear and interact.
BU’s Initiative on Cities office at 75 Bay State Road. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Initiative on Cities survey finds nationwide racial inequality in access to city services

Mike Reddy March 13, 2018
Boston University’s Initiative on Cities and the National League of Cities presented their latest research findings at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas Sunday afternoon, detailing that most U.S. mayors who were surveyed said access to education, housing, healthcare and job opportunities were better for white people.
Boston-based bands Dirty Bangs (pictured) and Grey Season will be performing at Boston Calling Music Festival this weekend. PHOTO COURTESY DIRTY BANGS

Local bands Grey Season and Dirty Bangs amp up for Boston Calling

Olivia Nadel September 25, 2015

About a week after performing at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, last March, two Boston area bands each received an interesting email. One was addressed to the members of Dirty Bangs,...

New tech firm The Sync Project, which will use music as therapy, debuted Tuesday at South by Southwest. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Music therapy key in setting tone for treatments, experts note

Olivia Deng March 19, 2015

Music is widely regarded as a form of art and entertainment. What may be less apparent, however, is music’s value in treating medical conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and Parkinson’s disease. Though...

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