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		<title>A Commencement to Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Commencement 2013 was a special occasion, as we wished well this year’s graduating class. The weekend included 33 separate ceremonies for CAS/GRS. Click on the link above to see the highlights!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/06/12/a-commencement-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Coral Reef Fish Are Real Social Animals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAS study suggests that studying fishes' social behavior can yield new insights into evolutionary ecology.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/06/10/coral-reef-fish-are-real-social-animals/</link>
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		<title>Bringing Water to the Sinai?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to CAS researchers, the traces of an ancient watershed in the Sinai Desert may hold clues to making sustainable agriculture possible in one of the driest places on earth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/06/05/can-scientists-bring-water-to-the-sinai/</link>
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		<title>Rethinking World Literature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wiebke Denecke, associate professor of modern languages and comparative literature, discusses her critical role in producing the third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/05/13/rethinking-world-literature-2/</link>
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		<title>Understanding Spatial Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Hasselmo and colleagues show that different animal species use grid cells—which are believed to help compute self-position—in different ways.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/05/07/how-bats-and-rats-orient-themselves-in-space/</link>
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		<title>Shedding Light on Earth’s Early Mantle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment have found evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated at the Earth’s surface more than two billion years ago. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/05/03/cas-led-study-sheds-light-on-workings-of-earth%e2%80%99s-early-mantle/</link>
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		<title>Pushing Boundaries for Women in Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The student-run group GWISE hosts year-round events for women graduate students in science and engineering—providing a dynamic, supportive community.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/05/02/gwise-pushes-the-boundaries-for-women-in-science-math/</link>
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		<title>Two CAS Professors Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry Epstein, professor of economics, and Paula Fredriksen, professor emeritus of religion, have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/04/26/9519/</link>
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		<title>CAS Mourns the Loss of Graduate Student Lu Lingzi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The College of Arts and Sciences is saddened by the death of Master’s degree student Lu Lingzi (GRS’14), one of three people who died in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/04/17/cas-mourns-the-loss-of-graduate-student-lu-lingzi/</link>
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		<title>CAS Profs Make Impact with Technology Transfer Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAS professors receive funding from the BU's Office of Technology Development for their innovative work. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bu.edu/cas/2013/04/16/technology-transfer-funding-helps-cas-profs-make-impact/</link>
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