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The Daily Free Press

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Moving Forward: Self-growth starts with self-love

Divya Sood April 6, 2021
Be it a single affirmation or action step, one move can launch a life of limitless growth.
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EDITORIAL: Boston’s gentrification hurts locals while college students benefit

Editors October 16, 2020
While Boston thrives off its student population, the city cannot forget about the extreme gentrification and income gap hurting its local citizens. Students are valuable contributors to the city, but our being here also harms those around us.
A Boston University student at the BUild Lab. Applications for the first round of the biannual Innovate@BU Idea Cup are due Friday. RODRIGO DE LA MAZA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Innovate@BU unveils entrepreneurial competition known as ‘Idea Cup’

Zoe Allen November 28, 2018

Innovate@BU is holding its first school-wide entrepreneurial competition this fall, allowing students to submit business or project ideas with the hope of winning a $1,000 first place prize. The...

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BU graduate schools move up in USNWR rankings

Camille Mojica March 22, 2018
Several Boston University schools have risen in the U.S. News and World Report annual national graduate school rankings, which were released Tuesday. The Questrom School of Business, the School of Medicine, the School of Education, the School of Social Work and the School of Law all rose in rank.
The Prudential Center is often seen as being a symbol of Boston. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts no longer the best state in the U.S.

Sarika Ram March 2, 2018
Massachusetts was ranked the eighth best state in the country for 2018, falling from its number one spot from last year.
Students practice coding at Girls Who Code BU’s "Hack the Gap" event Sunday afternoon in the Trustee Ballroom. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU ranked No. 1 for online big data degree

Erin Edwards October 23, 2017

BU’s data analytics program ranked No. 1 Best Online Big Data Degrees for 2017 by Best Computer Science Schools — a website dedicated to evaluating computer science and technology education programs....

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EDITORIAL: The US is losing international students to Canada, but we don’t have to be

Editors September 17, 2017

The United States and Canada have always had fairly different reputations — with one for things like maple syrup, hockey and wintertime, and the other for things like freedom, guns and obesity. However,...

BU climbs 2 spots in national university ranking

BU climbs 2 spots in national university ranking

Amanda Kaufman September 14, 2017

Boston University has been ranked the 37th best college in the nation according to the 2018 U.S. News and World Report’s Best National University ranking — a two-spot increase from last year and the...

Massachusetts has been receiving many top rankings for overall quality of life, according to recent reports. PHOTO BY ALYSSA MEYERS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts receives conflicting state rankings from different organizations

Jordan Kimmel March 12, 2017

Massachusetts was ranked in the second quintile of the Gallup-Healthways “State of American Well-Being: 2016 Community Well-Being Rankings” on Tuesday, just two weeks after U.S. News and World...

U.S News and World Report ranks Massachusetts as the No. 1 state in the country. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts ranked best state in the country

Nathan Bindseil March 3, 2017

The U.S. News and World Report released their inaugural Best State rankings on Tuesday, naming Massachusetts number one in the nation. The report ranked the 50 states based on criteria such as education,...

The newly completed apartment-style housing at 1047 Commonwealth Ave. opened to students last week, despite lacking some accommodations such as cable television. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Micro-units are not really our future

Editors March 1, 2017

Boston’s first micro-unit apartment come to Commonwealth Avenue and is now part of Boston University’s campus, though only for a short period of time. Due to the renovations to Myles Standish Hall...

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BU ranked 32 among global universities, higher than its national ranking

Ellie French October 30, 2016

Boston University ranked No. 32 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Global Universities Rankings, seven spots higher than where the university placed in the national ranking earlier this year. The...

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