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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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The Instagram page of Forge Design Studios, formerly known as Boston University Design Club, a student-led design studio and cross-college community at BU. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Design Club forges into Fall semester

Molly Farrar July 3, 2020
Forge Design Studios, which launched last Fall, has brought learning resources and a cohesive design community to BU since its foundation. The group rebranded itself this Spring to help students of all backgrounds begin working with real clients and create design work for their portfolios.
Rory Cuddyer is heading Boston’s StartHub initiative to support start-ups in the city. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

StartHub boss’s business starts with Boston business

Sophia Labas March 19, 2015

Boston is the start-up community’s new Petri dish. The many successful students and companies that make up the city of Boston already provide for an environment designed for start-up innovation, and...

Boston company MassChallenge opened a new "maker space" Tuesday equipped with 3D printers and other hardware to accommodate start-ups working with the company. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT MURPHY

From makers of MassChallenge, MADE@ making makers make more

Olivia Deng March 17, 2015

Oftentimes, the most difficult part of launching a tech venture is finding something physical to show for it. To address this problem, on March 10, startup accelerator MassChallenge launched its hardware...

Spotzer, an app which finished its first round of funding this month, hopes to change the way visitors experience museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. PHOTO BY FALON MORAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston start-up Spotzer aims to sync mobile with Monet

Becca DeGregorio January 29, 2015

Digesting visual art, from cubist Picasso to dancey Degas, takes work. Developing artistic taste can beg even more. As fewer and fewer people find themselves making the effort, the museum industry is...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in October. StartHub, a new service for start-up businesses, was highlighted by Walsh in the State of the City address on Jan. 13. PHOTO BY EVAN JONES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StartHub initiative promotes start-up innovation

Madeleine O’Keefe January 22, 2015

Just as its residents resolve to lay off fast food and turn off Netflix, Boston itself is making some changes of its own. In his State of the City address on Jan. 13, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced...

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