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New Vision of the Final Frontier
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Untangling the Connectome
MED's Bobby Kasthuri thinks a map of the human brain—the so-called connectome—could help explain how our brains develop from childhood and give deep insights into memory and consciousness. But there’s a problem: the map of one mouse brain would consume about two billion gigabytes of storage.
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Amali Chung (CAS’15) and Yoshua Seidner (SAR’13) are among dancers stepping out at the BU Ballroom Dance Social, held at the GSU Metcalf Ballroom during the Terrier Dancesport Competition February 28. Photo by Esther Ro (COM’15)
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- Honor Diaries: Women's Lives and Human Rights6:30pm
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Thursday
- Ami and Tami, a Purim Soirée5:00pm
- Ami and Tami, a Purim Soirée6:00pm
- Boston University Symphony Orchestra8:00pm
Sunday
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Honor Diaries: Women's Lives and Human Rights
Screening and panel discussion of Honor Diaries, the first film to speak openly about honor killings and female genital mutilation as human rights violations, in the United States, the Mediterranean, and globally. Sponsored by the Pardee School of Global Studies, Iranian Students Organization, and Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, among others. Speakers are journalist and author Raheel Raza and Carole Fontaine of Andover Newton Theological School. George Sherman Union Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Ave.; free and open to the public.
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Video: Secrets of the Three Cranes Tavern
Destroyed in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but still talking to archaeologists
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Picturing a Long-Gone Citadel
Was a Bronze Age city in Turkey abandoned because of climate change or fire?
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Vikings: Menacing Marauders or Homebodies?
Forensic anthropologist Emily Peschel says tooth enamel answers the question
In Your Words
“Everyone always talks about "education" when this issue comes up. What would that even consist of? Abstinence got us nowhere, …”
POV: Fifty Shades of Grey Reflects Continuing Inequality for Women
17“I'd love to see the response if the genders were reversed. The movie would have been blackballed faster than you …”
POV: Fifty Shades of Grey Reflects Continuing Inequality for Women
17“The result on the bully is quite suprising! Kind of curious whether the result would suggest the same tendency in …”
Bully Victims and Bullies at High Risk for Suicidal Thoughts
2“‘There’s always room for one more good one.’ - I am glad to see there was room for you, Mr. …”
Salute to Leonard Nimoy (Hon.’12), Star Trek Icon, Boston Son
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