Spring 2013 Features
a&s Insider
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Finding Their Speech
An Autism Center of Excellence is established at BU with a $10-million NIH grant.
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In the Fertile Crescent
BU Archaeology Department will lead a partnership with the University of Mosul in Iraq.
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Book Reviews
Highlights of new books by Arts & Sciences faculty
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Growing Up Brave
Psychologist Donna Pincus’s book offers parents strategies to help their kids master anxiety.
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Europe from All Angles
A new center on campus becomes the nucleus for multidisciplinary study of Europe.
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Fast and Futuristic
Hewlett-Packard Company gives BU the largest GPU cluster on the East Coast.
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Why Kony 2012 Failed
African Studies Director Timothy P. Longman sees subtle racism in American approach to Africa.
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Walking the Line
Zach Fredman (GRS’16) explores U.S.-China relations during World War II.
About Alumni
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Milton on Her Mind
Living fully to 102, poet Ida Fasel (CAS’31, GRS’45) funded a fellowship in Judaic studies.
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A Field of His Own
From the Green Monster to “Sweet Caroline,” Larry Cancro (CAS’77) dreams up Fenway fun.
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The Last Word
Brain: It’s What’s for Dessert
Alice Cronin-Golomb takes a tantalizing approach to teaching neuropsychology.
From the Dean
Teaching students to see connections, writes Dean Virginia Sapiro, is a hallmark of CAS education and research.
Class Notes
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