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Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

So, you want to get into vintage fashion? | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz April 9, 2025
So, take a deep breath and trust yourself. Personal style is always a work in progress — especially when you are diving into a whole new branch of fashion culture. Try the things you like and see what sticks.
build lab at boston university

Innovate@BU hosts 21st New Venture Competition for social impacts

Divya Sood April 15, 2021
Twelve student ventures will compete Friday for grant money to fund their innovative ventures.
wanda and vision in wandavision

Current Favorites: ‘WandaVision’ (spoiler-free)

Sam Thomas April 7, 2021
If you’re a Marvel fan or want to be one, I highly recommend getting into “WandaVision.”
“And The Neon Gods.” Boston University senior Jonas Hayes wrote the feature film after his freshman year and is now preparing to film. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

College students write original Western thriller

Ashley Soebroto February 5, 2021
Boston University students and their peers are currently preparing to shoot their own film, “And The Neon Gods," a Western thriller.
“9to5: The Story of a Movement,” a documentary focused on women’s activism in the 1970s, screened Wednesday and Thursday in Emerson College’s Bright Lights Film Series. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Activists talk origins of women’s movement in ’70s Boston after doc screening

Molly Farrar February 1, 2021
The 2020 documentary “9to5: The Story of a Movement" — directed by Oscar-winning duo Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar — highlighted the '70s women's movement in Boston where secretaries from across the city protested against unfair wages, sexual harassment and inequalities in the workplace.
Kristina Linko, an aspiring surgeon from Harvard, started a company called VISION to provide glasses and eye exams to children who can’t afford them. PHOTO COURTESY MARIA BROUARD

INTERVIEW: Kristina Linko VISIONs affordable vision-related health care

Shivani Singh September 6, 2016

The ability to see clearly can make a huge difference in a person’s day-to-day life. It makes it possible to drive a car, read a book and see the words written on a blackboard. Unfortunately, not...

Seeing life through a different lens

Daily Free Press Admin November 18, 2013

Boston-based study shows majority of hemianopia patients prefer peripheral prism glasses to help them get around. Imagine walking around and constantly stumbling over objects or accidentally running...

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