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Nonhuman Rights: Is It Time to Unlock the Cage?
LAW alum Steven Wise has spent 30 years arguing that chimpanzees should have the rights of persons
Bad Medicine
Fake and substandard drugs endanger hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Two BU professors and an alum are doing something about it.
Seeing the World through the Eyes of BU
Winners of the Global Programs fifth annual international photo contest
Female Activists Behind the Black Power Movement
Ashley Farmer brings to light stories of unsung African American heroines
The Evil Among the Osage
In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann unearths dark days in the nation’s history
How a Cancer-causing Pathogen Survives the Stomach
Physicists uncover secrets of H. pylori bacteria
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Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence
Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
Did noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide
“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Founder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & Sciences
After nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
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Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence
Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
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Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
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A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
Did noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
Inside Summer 2017
Nonhuman Rights: Is It Time to Unlock the Cage?
LAW alum Steven Wise has spent 30 years arguing that chimpanzees should have the rights of persons
Bad Medicine
Fake and substandard drugs endanger hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Two BU professors and an alum are doing something about it.
Seeing the World through the Eyes of BU
Winners of the Global Programs fifth annual international photo contest
Female Activists Behind the Black Power Movement
Ashley Farmer brings to light stories of unsung African American heroines
The Evil Among the Osage
In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann unearths dark days in the nation’s history
How a Cancer-causing Pathogen Survives the Stomach
Physicists uncover secrets of H. pylori bacteria
A Brave, Mad, Strange, Wonderful Job
COM alum makes movie trailers that hook millions
Gallery
The works of David Wells Roth (CFA’05)
Getting the Word In
BU Deaf Studies researchers look for ways to prevent deaf children from being deprived of language
Reviews
New fiction by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (COM’00), nonfiction by Peter Aaron (CGS’85), John P. Mason (GRS’71)
Rankings Put BU Among the Best
U.S. News & World Report, QS release latest assessments
Last Call for BU Pub—for Now
Set to reopen in 2018 following renovation
Bringing Zinn to Class
Alum’s nonprofit offered free books to Arkansas schools amid banning effort
For Love of the Past and Present
University Professor Herbert Mason celebrated voices of the ancient and modern worlds
Game-Changing Foreign Correspondent and COM Dean
Bernard Redmont reported on world events, moved the college forward
Faculty Obituaries
ENG’s Carlo De Luca, COM’s Elaine Lewis, STH’s Richard Nesmith
Team Effort
How Athletics and alumni raised $1 million
Letters
Readers write back
Alumni Obituaries
A selection of published tributes
Also In This Issue
A Storyteller Advises BU Grads to Write Their Own Life Story
Entertainment executive and alum Bonnie Hammer (Hon.’17) addresses 144th Commencement
For CFA’s Cassell, Movement Is an Expression of Inner Truth
“Meticulous, challenging, magical” choreographer
The Queen of the Castle
For four-plus decades, Rose Girouard has been serving table at BU
First Latin American Alumni Summit Burnishes BU Bonds
On the agenda: global roles for the region and the University
Bringing Whimsy to Bay State Road
Daria Lugina (CFA’19, CAS’19) transforms brownstone doors with revolving art project
BU Board Games Club: More Than Just a Roll of the Dice
Complex games test strategic thinking. And they’re fun.
A BU Museum You’ve Never Heard Of
At Metcalf Science Center, efforts to bring an 1800s biology collection to life
A Record 60,000 Apply to BU’s Freshman Class
One reason for surge: more applicants of color
Love and Marriage, BU-Style
Photo essay celebrating Terrier couples who met on campus, said “I do”
The Path of an Aspiring Assistance Dog
Lise Miltner (STH’17) raises prospective assistance dog Gem
Mastering a Grammy Nomination
Two alums make Peerless sounds
Five Alums, BU Academy Graduate on Forbes "30 Under 30" Lists
From YouTube to literature for struggling readers
Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott (Hon.'93) Dead at 87
Taught at BU, founded Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
$10 Million Gift Names New CFA Theater
The Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre rises on Comm Ave
Umoja Turns 50
BU’s black student union promotes unity