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B.U. Bridge is published by the Boston University Office of University Relations.
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Hooked
on Photonics
Science
of light will revolutionalize 21st century, says BU expert
To many people, the word photonics conjures up thoughts of esoteric devices found in supercomputers and in underground telecommunications networks. But according to Cliff Robinson, the assistant director of BU's Photonics Center, photonics is more than a buzzword to describe the way engineers are harnessing light to advance computing technology.
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Alumni
Profile
Carlos Samour: a pioneer
in the field of polymer chemistry
In the late 1980s, Carlos Samour, as chairman of MacroChem
Corporation, focused on a technology that he felt had great promise: transdermal
drug delivery.
BU steps up to the collection platewith $180,000 United Way goal
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Veteran reporter Dick Gordon takes over as host of WBUR's The Connection
Five years ago, Dick Gordon was in Taliban-controlled Kabul, Afghanistan,
covering the factional fighting in the region as a reporter for the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
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Real
life lesson: think
How does one learn to learn?
College is not merely about meeting the right people or preparing for a vocation or filling a knapsack of facts," says George Erhlich, a University of Pennsylvania rheumatologist. "The true objective is to open the minds of students to the world -- and help them to learn to think so they can act appropriately when they encounter new facts and ideas."
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12
October 2001
Boston University
Office of University Relations