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University Provost
David K. Campbell

Associate Provost and Vice President for Research
Andrei E. Ruckenstein

Editor
Cassandra Nelson

Cover
Seeds of Life by Hugh O'Donnell, front-lit digital print, 72" x 120," 2006. Reproduced with the artist's permission.

Photography

Principal Photography: Boston University Photo Services
Vernon Doucette, Fred Sway, and Kalman Zabarsky.

Additional images

Martin Pearlman photo courtesy of Boston Baroque (page 1)
Leher Singh research images taken by BU Productions (page 3)
Graphs courtesy of Melanie Matthies (page 7)
Photos of London and New York courtesy of Nazli Kibria (page 13)
Background image and inset photo courtesy of Timothy Gardner (page 14)
Graph of muscle fiber activation pattern courtesy of Carlo De Luca (page 17)
Images of immortalized cell line courtesy of Kathleen Morgan (page 19)
Photos copyright Lisa Kessler (page 20)
Photos courtesy of Carl Franzblau, Boston University School of Medicine (page 23)
Photos courtesy of Deborah and Richard Cornell (page 25)
Photos courtesy of Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque (page 27)
Photo, lower right, courtesy of Hugh O’Donnell (page 29)
Photos courtesy of the College of Fine Arts (page 31)
Aerial photo copyright CERN, used with permission; dipole magnet photo courtesy of James Rohlf; ATLAS photo courtesy of Steven Ahlen (page 32)
Top right photo courtesy of Kenneth Lane; simulated collision images copyright CERN, used with permission (page 35)
Photos and research image courtesy of James Rohlf (page 37)
Chart courtesy of Megan MacGarvie (page 40)
Graphene image courtesy of Antonio H. Castro Neto (page 48)

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