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- Urban Youth of Color Stressed by Violence, Official Indifference June 26, 2017As researchers, Melissa Maharaj and Chaurice McMillan have lived the subject they study, which is stress in the lives of urban youth of color. McMillan, a Lesley University student from Boston’s Mattapan section who attended high school in affluent Brookline, knows you’re likelier to see a yeti in her neighborhood than an affordable, healthy food […]
- Journey to Space at the Museum of Science June 26, 2017Nearly five decades after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first stepped on Earth’s moon (238,855 miles from Earth), NASA has now turned its attention to Mars. The Red Planet is considered the next great frontier of space travel and exploration. The race to land an astronaut on Mars’ surface (a journey of some 33.9 million […]
- New Leader for Office of Technology Development June 26, 2017Talk about taking one for the team. In 2008, BU researcher Ed Damiano needed a couple of healthy adults as controls for the first human clinical trials of the bionic pancreas for people with type 1 diabetes that he’d been working on for several years. Mike Pratt volunteered. He spent 27 hours in a bed […]
- Spotting and Surviving Rip Currents June 23, 2017Rip currents—those mighty tentacles of fast-moving water that drag swimmers away from shore—are estimated to kill more than 100 people at US beaches annually. They do not pull victims underwater, as many assume. Rather, “People drown in these because they panic or get tired from trying to swim back to shore,” says Cliff Merritt, BU […]
- Guy in the Bear Suit June 23, 2017You may remember him from such roles as Guy in the Bear Suit on the Late Show with David Letterman and Party Guest in the 1993 drama Rift. Not ringing any bells? Donick Cary (CGS’88) might have the on-screen résumé of someone waiting for their big break (and waiting tables), but behind-the-scenes, he’s big time. […]
