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New BU Tanglewood Institute Director Strikes Optimistic Chord
Respass seeks to boost profile, forge partnerships
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Women’s Ice Hockey Team’s Unstoppable Marie-Philip Poulin
Two-time Olympic gold medalist has her eyes set on Hockey East, Beanpot, NCAA titles
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Chinatown
Eating, shopping, and hanging out in one of the Hub’s oldest neighborhoods
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BU Today Seeks Sportswriter Intern for Spring Semester
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A centuries-old sport has a home at BU Academy, where freshman Alexander Bizanek keeps a close eye during a BUA fencing meet against St. John's Prep and Dana Hall School on January 14. Photo by Cydney Scott
A Musical Conversation of 35 Years… and Counting
For 35 years, the Muir String Quartet has been touring the nation and the world, taking the stage at concert halls grand and modest, and garnering awards from a Grammy to two Grand Prix des Disques. Since 1983, Boston University has been the celebrated chamber ensemble’s physical and artistic home, and on Monday, January 26, the group will take the stage at Tsai Performance Center.
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Sunday
Monday
- Scars of Partition: Franco-British Colonial Legacies in Borderlands12:00pm
- Inspiration in the Desert, a chamber music concert of works by Max Stern7:00pm
- Muir String Quartet8:00pm
Tuesday
- The Somme, the Suffragists and the Gatling Gun: A Feminist Rethinking for Today of the 20th Century’s “Great War"6:00pm
- Visting Artist: Huma Bhabha6:30pm
Wednesday
Don’t Miss
Italian Holocaust Remembrance Day
This year’s commemoration will consist of a talk by Sergio Parussa, a specialist in Italian Jewish literature and culture under Fascism, and the screening of a newly restored and subtitled version of Carlo Lizzani’s L’oro di Roma (1961), the first film based on events leading to the final deportation of the Jews of Rome. GSU Conference Auditorium, Second Floor, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
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- M. Ice Hockey. No. 3 Terriers Stun No. 12 Vermont in Overtime, 2-1 January 24, 2015
- W. Basketball. Terriers Fall To Bucknell, 72-56 January 24, 2015
- W. Ice Hockey. No. 7/6 BU Edged by Vermont, 2-0 January 24, 2015
Series Spotlight
The Climate Crisis
BU researchers explore the science behind earth’s environmental changes, and what they mean for our future.
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The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?
Research says action on climate change won’t stifle economy
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The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit
The promise, and challenge, of shifting to alternative energy
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Video: The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism
CAS researchers track the city’s carbon digestion
In Your Words
“How inspiring it is read of this man's journey through traditional well-defined paths to expand so his career is about …”
SPH’s Sandro Galea Hopes to “Elevate” Public Health
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A Campus Minority: Students Against Abortion
42“Yes, but at the same time, there are way too many instances in which the women themselves, being living beings …”
A Campus Minority: Students Against Abortion
42“It is as offensive to suggest all or most police officers bring negatively biased assumptions about black people to a …”
POV: An Emerging Movement Reminds Us of the Promise of MLK
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