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The Brink delivers the latest news from Boston University research. From capturing the first-ever image of a black hole, making leaps in our understanding of why CTE hits some people harder than others, or finding new links between human activities and our changing environment, our faculty and students are on the cutting edge of new discoveries.

The Brink is published by the Marketing & Communications office. Find our stories on Twitter by following @BU_Tweets and @BU_Experts, email us at thebrink@bu.edu, call 617-358-2138, or send mail to The Brink, 985 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215.

**Doug Most**
Assistant VP, Executive Editor, Editorial Department

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Editor, *The Brink*

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Copy Editor

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