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:: Opera Is a Contact Sport
By Natalie Jacobson McCracken
Morris Robinson (CFA’01) journeys from football to fortissimo.
::AUDIO:: Hear Morris Robinson sing Mozart’s “Mentre ti lascio,” Verdi’s “Il Lacerato Spirito,” and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Old Man River.”

:: MyDegree@BU.edu
By Chris Berdik
Online education at BU is clicking with students. But how far should it go?

:: The Accidental Politician
By Cynthia K. Buccini
Martha Coakley (LAW’79), the new attorney general of Massachusetts, is a rising star in Bay State politics.

:: Boston Rocks
By Brett Milano

For four decades, BU students have turned up the volume.

:: Reaching In, Reaching Out
By Taylor McNeil

As more children are diagnosed with autism, BU scientists search for its neurological origins.

:: Commencement 2007

:: Retro: Center of the Storm
By Wes Mott (CAS’68, GRS’69,’74)

 

:: Web Extras ::

:: New Leader for Arts and Sciences
::VIDEO:: Political science and women’s studies scholar Virginia Sapiro selected as dean.

:: Points of Departure
::VIDEO:: Members of the Class of 2007 talk about the future and the past, explore their fears and expectations, and say good-bye to Boston University on camera.

:: Celebrating Teaching Excellence
::AUDIO:: This year’s Metcalf winners talk about teaching: Jeffrey Beatty, SMG associate professor of strategy and policy; Penelope Bitzas, CFA associate professor of voice; and Eric Widmaier, CAS professor of biology.

:: The Secret Life of Old Photographs
::SLIDE SHOW:: Grad student and lecturer Timothy Orwig (GRS’01,’08) finds the familiar in his new book, Historic Photos of Boston.

 

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