By: Douglas Darrah “Criminal” is not a state of being but a label that is strategically assigned. That is the premise of Criminalized, Sarika Ram’s (CAS ‘21) new podcast. Throughout her first season, she interviews formerly incarcerated people and explores who is and is not deemed a criminal in the United States. In her first […]
By: Douglas Darrah The Westside of Syracuse is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation. Seventy-five percent of the population is uninsured or on Medicare or Medicaid, compared to between forty and fifty percent nationally. When Timothy Willard came to BU, he majored in pre-med so that he could go back and open a free […]
By: Douglas Darrah Forty percent of those who die from heat stroke are over 65, even though that demographic makes up less than 15 percent of the US population. According to the Center for Disease Control, older adults do not adjust to changes in temperature as well as younger people and are more likely to […]
By: Douglas Darrah Nitrogen fertilizes our crops, contaminates our drinking water, and makes up about 80% of the air that we breathe in. It permeates every part of our lives and understanding it is crucial to maintaining the health of our environment and the people that live in it. Pamela Templer, a professor of Biology […]
By: Douglas Darrah When Alicia Huerta was looking for a post-graduation job last spring, one opportunity stood out to her more than all the others. Working for the Boston University branch of the College Advising Corps would, according to her, allow her “to give back and to help the same group of students that I […]
By: Douglas Darrah From the outside, the Dorchester location of Horizons for Homeless Children looks like every other monolithic brick building in Boston. On the inside, it is warm, colorfully decorated, and full of life. They are, as their website states, “ramping up the fun.” They work to ensure that “every homeless child will have the […]
By: Douglas Darrah Hannah Hooven (CFA ‘21) and Emma Chrisman (CFA ‘20) are fighting inequality in music education one lesson at a time. Two years ago, they founded Boston After-School Music (BAM) with that goal in mind. Now, they and nine other volunteers teach weekly lessons at three schools and a community center. Dozens of […]
By: Douglas Darrah Americans waste 133 billion pounds of food every year and BU students are doing something about it. Ever since 1988, the Student Food Rescue program (SFR) has been saving day old bread, deformed-yet-edible fruit, and unwanted potatoes from the dumpster. They organize “food runs” where two or more volunteer students will take […]