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How to give back this Thanksgiving season

Abigail Stocker November 14, 2024
Thanksgiving is approaching and in the spirit of celebrating gratitude and unity, it's important to find time to give back to your community.
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EDITORIAL: Boston University’s Hub could improve its disciplinary goals

Editors April 14, 2021
The University must re-structure its general education program to be more inclusive and useful.
Planters’ NUTmobile. The NUTmobile visited Boston University last week to recruit student brand ambassadors to drive the vehicle. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Planters’ 26-foot-long NUTmobile visits BU, recruits students

Ashley Soebroto February 10, 2021
Securing that first job out of college can be a tough nut to crack. Planters' 26-foot-long "NUTmobile" visited Boston University last week, seeking BU applicants to drive the nutty vehicle across the country after graduation.
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EDITORIAL: The issue of standardized testing must be addressed at lower levels of education

Editors February 3, 2021
The issue of standardized testing is that universities can make it optional, but they can’t get rid of it or the system perpetuating its flaws. We need a fundamental change so all students receive a solid foundational education that starts as early as elementary school.
PRLab’s annual PRoBono event will be held virtually beginning Friday night, giving students the opportunity to create public relations materials for nonprofit organizations. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

PRLab’s annual work-a-thon for nonprofits goes virtual

Connor Allen December 2, 2020
This holiday season, despite in-person limitations, PR students are giving back by volunteering overnight for nonprofits.
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a panel Tuesday to encourage students to incorporate human rights into their career paths. COLE SCHONEMAN/ DFP FILE

Int’l relations professionals share how to break into human rights work

Caroline Bowden November 12, 2020

As public health, migration and climate crises persist around the globe, younger generations, including current college students, will soon take on the burden of these issues. A panel of experts...

Lena Papadakis, a pre-medical senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, founded Preemie to Pre-Med, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting child life departments in New England hospitals. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sargent student’s childhood hospitalization leads her to launch nonprofit

Cameron Morsberger November 3, 2020
Lena Papadakis was born 32 weeks premature. But out of this distress, she is now giving back to the very programs that saved her life.
The Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence hosted a virtual event Sunday to discuss Asian American representation in the media. COURTESY OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMXN IN LEADERSHIP

ASPIRE organization seeks representation, truth in Asian American stories

Yiran Yu September 29, 2020
With the growing popularity of Hollywood movies featuring Asian protagonists, ASPIRE set out to address on screen characterizations in media.
In “Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities,” a virtual panel hosted by Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, BU Diversity and Inclusion and WBUR CitySpace, local representatives gathered to discuss Black representation in politics. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston political leaders discuss representation in City politics

Colin Boyd September 23, 2020
COVID-19 has overwhelmingly affected families of color at disproportionately higher rates. How will these divisions in racial equality change politics this November?
Maria Gomez and other Boston University students bring the nonprofit organization MEDLIFE to BU. PHOTO COURTESY MARIA GOMEZ

Students bring nonprofit MEDLIFE to campus

Haley Lerner November 14, 2017

A group of Boston University students is bringing MEDLIFE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing medicine, education and development to communities in need worldwide, to BU’s campus this...

Jan Xi (Questrom '17) rakes leaves in Brookline Saturday for Boston University's Global Days of Service. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Global Days of Service stress giving back, if only briefly

Sonia Rao April 22, 2015

Lemuel Herbert Murlin, the third president of Boston University, once referred to BU as “in the heart of the city, in the service of the city.” Despite the passing of time, Murlin’s description,...

Boston University alternative service break participants take a break during volunteering in Hobe Sound, Florida last week. PHOTO BY MICHAEL DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

To ASB coordinators, vacation not all that’s ever wanted

Andrea Kaufman March 19, 2015

During spring break, many Boston University students participated in the Community Service Center’s Alternative Service Break trips, where they dedicated their time to volunteering in locations around...

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