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  • 150 Years of Arts & Sciences

    A Continuing Legacy

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    New faculty, programs, and centers reflect CAS’ renewed focus on the environment, equity, data, and the humanities

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    Prospects are bright for adaptable, innovative students of the liberal arts and sciences

  • Reclaiming Their Voice

    Navajo archaeology and anthropology professor Wade Campbell examines his tribe’s history of sheepherding

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    Can data help us solve the world’s biggest problems?

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  • The Optimism of Kenneth Lin

    The alum and Credit Karma founder and CEO has found his calling giving consumers tools to change their financial futures

  • The Cooling Effect of Urban Trees

    BU URBAN’s Ian Smith (CAS’17, GRS’26) studies the ways trees regulate the warming climate

  • (Un)welcome to America

    Sociology professor Heba Gowayed examines how America’s refugee system fails desperate people

  • The Next Use for mRNA?

    Biologist Ana Fiszbein hopes to treat and prevent cancer

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