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Hempton receives 2004 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award

David Hempton, 2004 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year. Photo by Fred Sway

By Brian Fitzgerald
Can David Hempton ever get enough information about the history of Methodism? That depends on the definition of “enough.”




Eric Schwartz, a CAS professor in the department of cognitive and neural systems, is using this functional magnetic resonance scanner at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s research facility to peer into the visual cortex. The real-time images are shedding light on how the brain makes sense of the visual world. Photo by Bruce Caplan

CAS prof peers into the brain’s visual cortex

By Tim Stoddard
It’s sort of like looking down a hall of mirrors: trying to see how the brain sees while it’s, well, seeing. That’s what Eric Schwartz, a CAS professor in the department of cognitive and neural systems, is doing, harnessing the power of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to watch the visual cortex in action.

New COM dean to demand intellectual rigor

COM Dean John Schulz Photo by Fred Sway

By David J. Craig
As a combat fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, John Schulz faced a tough choice. He had flown 275 combat missions, loved flying fighters, and had the stuff for a successful military career, but he also dreamed of being a foreign correspondent.

Down but not out: saga of 1968–69 world-champ Celtics hooks CGS prof

In a photo from Dynasty's End, Bill Russell, "the eagle with the beard," scores over the Knicks' Walter Bellamy in the Boston Garden. Photo courtesy of the Sports Museum of New England

By Brian Fitzgerald
When it comes to deciding what team can lay claim to the most definitive domination of a professional sports league ever, fugeddaboudit. No, the Harlem Globetrotters don’t count.

On a clear day, you can see the Citgo sign. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
On a clear day, you can see the Citgo sign. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Literally, dangling by a thread, Photo by Pete Wishnok
Literally, dangling by a thread, Photo by Pete Wishnok
       

12 September 2003
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