The Enduring Power of Queen Njinga
Four centuries later, a woman warrior captures a historian’s passion
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Taking Note
New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini (CFA’82) talks about how he does what he does, and why it never gets easy
Where to, BU?
President Robert A. Brown answers your questions about where BU has been, where it’s going, and what we all have to do to get there
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Trustee Bahaa Hariri Pledges $15M for New Computing Institute
Interdisciplinary effort will aim at big issues
Doctoral Research Programs on Upswing
NRC assessment cites physics, geography, biomedical engineering, and philosophy
BU Poised to Impact Cancer Research
Cross-campus collaboration nets $2 million NIH nanomedicine grant
Iconic ’60s Band Barry and the Remains Honored
“Lost” BU group inducted into Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame
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Watching the Detectives
A new book examines how the tracks of a 19th-century serial killer led to the techniques used by today’s criminal investigators
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The Whole Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth
SDM researchers’ tooth regeneration could eliminate root canals, more
Of Rats and Robots
Researchers hope to replicate the rodents’ location-finding sense, then install it in robots
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Picture-Perfect Children’s Reading
Children’s book author and illustrator D. B. Johnson (CAS’66) is inspired by Thoreau, Zinn
Welcome Back: Thousands Return for Alumni Weekend
Zinn Lecture: Bill Moyers speaks of nation’s “plutocracy”
Mission Improbable: Sea Lions as Aqua Cops
Daniell Hepting (CAS’89) preps baby sea lions for Navy programs
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“A Good Judge of Mind and Character”
Donald J. Winslow specialized in 18th-century British literature
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The Bootblack, the President, and the Lawyer
The ambition of an immigrant’s son and a BU president’s confidence led to an American success story—and an endowed scholarship
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