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- Charles River, MED Campuses Will Close at 5 p.m. Monday January 26, 2015Updated, 3:22 p.m.: updates in bold below As an approaching blizzard threatens to bring 75 mph winds, frigid temperatures, and up to three feet of heavy wet snow to the Boston area, administrators have announced that the University will close at 5 p.m. on Monday and will remain closed on Tuesday. All normal academic and […]
- Tuesday’s Blizzard: What You Need to Know January 26, 2015With power outages likely from a Tuesday blizzard forecast to dump up to three feet of snow on Boston, BU is reminding students to observe safety mandates—like no candles in dorms—and prudent safety advice, like staying indoors to avoid plummeting wind chills. Tuesday’s nor’easter will pack a one-two punch—heavy snowfall along with winds up to […]
- Cuba Gets a New Normal January 26, 2015An irony worthy of the ancient Greek writers lay in President Obama’s December decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba: ending an isolation that was intended to hasten regime change on the island nation could finally summon that change. So says Paul Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba and a visiting lecturer at the Frederick S. […]
- YouSpeak: Should Boston Host the 2024 Summer Olympics? January 26, 2015When the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced earlier this month that Boston had beat out Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, as its entry to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the decision was met by cheers from local business leaders and politicians who had worked for months (and at great personal expense) to persuade […]
- Chasing Orangutans January 26, 2015Andrea DiGiorgio—former corporate saleswoman, current BU PhD candidate—is going to spend 2015 chasing orangutans through the jungles of Borneo, gathering samples of their food. (Who said science isn’t fun?)
