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Photo: Adriana Craciun, a CAS professor of English, outside Mine 3, a shuttered coal mine near Longyearbyen in Svalbard. A white woman bundled up in black winter gear stands and poses in front of an old coal railway in a snowy landscape. Snowy mountains can be seen in the distance.
Arctic Classes

Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic

December 1, 2023
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Today I Learned: Boston’s topography was shaped by glaciers more than 20,000 years ago

May 30, 2023
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Physical Science

POV: Grand Canyon Celebrates 100th Anniversary as a US National Park

February 26, 2019
Jean Morrison
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Office Artifacts: Jean Morrison

March 21, 2018
Yanomami women's leaders Floriza da Cruz Pinto and Maria de Jesus Lima, speak at BU Hillel about struggles over indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
Ecology

Yanomami Women Speak of Amazon Struggles

December 19, 2017
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Mud Stories Forged in Flame

January 11, 2016
Matt Jackson, Boston University, Earth Mantle geology, ancient basalt
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Little Rock at Center of Big Controversy

February 8, 2012

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