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May 23, 2012

BU Offers Public Rare Glimpse Of Venus Crossing The Sun, June 5

On June 5, Venus will make one of its rare transits across the surface of the sun. The Boston University Astronomy Department and BU Center for Space Research will host an event to allow as many visitors as possible a safe glimpse of this event.

May 23, 2012

Unprecedented Maya Find Contradicts 2012 “Doomsday” Myth

In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists including CAS' William Saturno have uncovered the only known mural in an ancient Maya house, a new study says—and it’s not just any mural.

May 23, 2012

Andrew Duffy Wins Metcalf Cup and Prize

What’s that going on in Andrew Duffy’s class? Is it a NASCAR demonstration? (Duffy’s been known to crash model cars for his students’ enlightenment.) No. It is the kind of innovative teaching that won Duffy the Metcalf Cup and Prize, the University’s top teaching award.

May 23, 2012

Points of Departure: More Than a Blog

With its many writers from CAS, the BU Culture Shock blog was recently named by BostonInno as one of Boston’s college-related blogs you need to be following right now.

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