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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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“The Princess Bride” film. In a Wednesday webinar hosted by Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy, venture capitalist Lisa Suennen used the film as an allegory to explain health care entrepreneurship. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts health care entrepreneurship discussion, encourages students to be bold

Kyla Denisevich February 2, 2021
BU’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy held their first installment of IHSIP’s 2021 Nexus Series on Wednesday about healthcare entrepreneurship, with a creative twist.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s Student Health Services has taken on a number of new roles, such as carrying out large-scale coronavirus testing for faculty and students and conducting contact tracing. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students reflect on COVID-19 testing procedures on campus

Anuj Sawhney November 19, 2020
SHS transformed this Fall, but some students still worry about how safe BU really is
Boston University’s Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism and Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center hosted a virtual panel on Thursday to discuss a rise in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND ACTIVISM

SARP reports increase in domestic violence due to pandemic

Ashley Soebroto November 11, 2020
Domestic violence has soared across the country in recent months. At BU, professors and sexual assault experts spoke about the growing prevalence of domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Hospital employees looked out the window of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Longwood while fighter jets passed by in solidarity with health care workers on May 6. Brigham and Women’s Hospital identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases among both staff and patients last week. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

COVID-19 cluster at Brigham and Women’s Hospital raises safety concerns

James Paleologopoulos October 1, 2020
Twelve patient and 33 employee cases have been linked to the cluster.
Boston’s Newbury Street. On Monday, Massachusetts began Phase Two of reopening, which includes the reopening of retail stores and outdoor-seated restaurants. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

Massachusetts rolls into Phase Two of reopening

Vanessa Kjeldsen June 8, 2020
On Monday, retail stores, child care, lodging, youth sports and outdoor-seated restaurants are reopening.
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