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- NSF CAREER Award Goes to ENG Prof February 27, 2015Thin rods and other active materials that can bend and fold on command are essential to the engineering of smart needles, soft robotic arms, and other flexible devices that can improve care in fields such as medicine, for instance. Douglas Holmes, a College of Engineering assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science […]
- BU’s Kotlikoff One of Most Influential Economists February 27, 2015Being ranked among the world’s most influential economists is an honor that BU’s Laurence Kotlikoff welcomes. And doubts. “Janet Yellen is much more influential than anybody right now,” says Kotlikoff, who clocked in at number 19 on the Economist magazine’s top-25 list. Yet the Federal Reserve chairwoman (and Kotlikoff’s former professor) was not on the list […]
- Modern Retelling of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at BU Theatre February 27, 2015Call this the year of Anton Chekhov, reimagined. Boston theater audiences were treated to a comic mashup of the great Russian playwright’s works last month with the Huntington Theatre Company’s critically lauded production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Now comes Uncle Jack, a modern retelling of Chekhov’s classic tragicomedy Un […]
- POV: Police Body Cameras Aren’t the Answer to Excessive Force February 27, 2015Amidst the public discourse about the deaths of black men in violent encounters with the police, President Obama has called for funding to expand the use of body-worn video cameras to record police-public interactions. The political appeal of this initiative is easy to see: it is quick, seemingly simple to implement, and broadly understood. Given […]
- Salute to Leonard Nimoy (Hon.’12), Star Trek Icon, Boston Son February 27, 2015When Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy came to Boston University in 2012 to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the University’s 139th Commencement, he gave the Convocation address to the College of Fine Arts graduates. “You are the creators and curators of your own lives,” he told them. “Give us the best of […]
