Claire Zhang

Features

Feature articles written for Daily Free Press

30th September 2021

BU divests from fossil fuels, activists react – The Daily Free Press

Boston University President Robert Brown announced a decision last Thursday that, for some students, was long-awaited: the decision to end the investment of BU’s endowment in fossil fuels.

Andrea Wetzler — the president of the club Divest BU, an organization created in 2012 to push BU to divest the University’s endowment from fossil fuels — said that the decision was “monumental.”

“It’s taken too long, but it’s crazy that it’s here,” said Wetzler, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

27th October 2021

BU senior connects residents to their legislators while interning at environmental nonprofit – The Daily Free Press

In the face of issues as big as climate change, a small nonprofit based in Cambridge connects advocates across the country with their local legislatures to bring about environmental conservation.

Boston University senior Keeley Bombard is half of the two-person team at the Ocean River Institute, a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to making a difference for climate change through environmental stewardship, education and citizen science.

Bombard, the fall intern at the ORI, is stu

13th October 2021

BU Undergraduate Women in Economics strives to create empowering space for students – The Daily Free Press

Economics has historically been a male-dominated field in the United States. Students at Boston University, however, started a club last Spring to address the disparities in the field and create opportunities for underrepresented students.

BU Undergraduate Women in Economics provides a space in the male-dominated field of economics for students to showcase their work and support each other, UWE president and founding member Erika Lee said. Lee is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences’ BA

The Daily Free Press • 15th September 2021

Graduate Medical Sciences launches Community Catalyst Center to foster community amongst graduate students

Boston University Graduate Medical Sciences launched the Community Catalyst Center the week of Aug. 31 — otherwise known as C3 — to foster a broader community across the different programs at GMS, and, in doing so, inspire “holistic success,” according to the online announcement of the program.

8th November 2021

BU miXx provides space for K-pop dancers – The Daily Free Press

Boston University students who are interested in K-pop dance and are looking for a community of others who are as well should look no further.

K-pop dance lovers can come together at BU miXx, a K-pop dance crew that films dance cover videos across campus and other parts of Boston.

“It’s a really great community to be a part of,” said BU miXx president Brigid Kane, senior in the College of Communication. “Everyone has similar interests. It’s easy to talk to everyone, everyone has the same minds

Opinion

Opinion pieces written for newsletter Politically Invisible Asians

Politically Invisible Asians • 16th November 2021

Ethnocentrism Against Cultural Foods

What is ethnocentrism, and how can it play into the racism that Asian diaspora face?

Politically Invisible Asians • 15th October 2021

Buddha's Delight: Exploring the Changing Significance of a Vegetarian Chinese Dish through Generations

How reckoning with going vegan and losing touch with food from my culture led me to discover the effects of imperialism on Buddhism in Hong Kong

Photos

Contact Me

My inbox is always open, you can contact me with the contact form below or at: clairefzhang@gmail.com

Message successfully sent!