Table of Contents

Medicine at the Margins

By Cassandra Nelson

  1. Where the Heart Is
  2. Virtual Worlds, Real Gains
  3. Facts and Legal Fictions
  4. Show, Don't Tell
  5. A Passion for Public Health

Brave New (Media) World

By James O’Brien

  1. Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
  2. Inbox Inundation
  3. TMI Index
  4. The Face-Time Continuum

Building Smarter Machines

By Courtney Humphries

  1. Machines That Can Multitask
  2. The Long Way Home
  3. The Math Behind Vision
  4. Model Aircraft
  5. A Hearing Aid That Listens to the Brain

Make It New: Europe and America
Between the World Wars

By Cassandra Nelson

  1. The Way We Were (and Weren’t)
  2. Qui est in, qui est out?
  3. The New New Typography
  4. Reimagining Imagism
  5. Coincidence, Chiasmus, Connection

The Road to Recovery

By Maggie Bucholt

  1. The Dark Side of Dieting
  2. No Quick Fix
  3. A Ticking Clock
  4. Tying It All Together

Highlights

By Vicky Waltz

  1. Tomorrow’s Computers Today
    1. Across the Board
    2. A Win-Win-Win Situation
  2. Leading the Way
    1. From Petrologist to Provost
    2. A Talented Trio
    3. Breadth and Depth

Snapshots

  1. Out of the Shadows

    By Susan Seligson

  2. Someplace Better

    By Katie Koch

  3. Book of Hours

    By John O’Rourke

  4. Connecting the Dots

    By Cassandra Nelson

  5. Of Arms and the Man

    By Susan Seligson

  6. Window to the World

    By Sheryl Flatow

  7. A System of Systems

    By Chris Berdik

  8. The Ultimate Summer Job

    By O’rya Hyde-Keller

  9. Faith and Reason

    By Katherine Calver Hawkins

  10. Smiles Made from Scratch

    By Caleb Daniloff

Award-Winning Faculty

BU at a Glance

  1. From the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research

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