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ENG prof: DNA forensics can spot guilty twin
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By Tim Stoddard
DNA fingerprinting was discovered 20 years ago this month, and while it has become widely accepted in the judicial system, Smith says that the standard tests used by the FBI and police are not detailed enough to distinguish between identical twins.
Digital imaging arts center opens in Waltham
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By Brian Fitzgerald
Digital imaging has spawned a revolution in photography, filmmaking, animation, and a variety of other communications arts, so it’s apt that the College of Communication has located its new digital imaging arts program in a revolutionary city on the Charles River, says Bob Daniels (COM’70, SED’76, GSM’79), the program’s executive director.
Distance Education programs expand degree possibilities, meet growing market
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By Danielle Masterson
MET offered its first class via the Internet in late 2000 and launched its first master’s degree program, in criminal justice, two years later with just 39 students; it now has about 400 students. At present, BU offers five degrees online through MET and Sargent College, with nearly 1,000 students.
Legalize it: new book argues for drug-law reform
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By Jessica Ullian
In the long-standing argument over whether certain drugs should be legalized, legislators and law-enforcement officials have formulated their stance on moral, ethical, and political grounds. Economist Jeffrey A. Miron has focused on another component of the discussion: the economics of legalization.
Dim sum and duck feet: anthropology students take food tours of Boston
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By Jessica Ullian
Merry “Corky” White will never force you to eat anything, but she would like you to try what’s on your plate. On a field trip for her course Food, Culture, and Society, that could be dim sum. Or durian. Or duck feet.
World-class competitor brings sport of orienteering to BU
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By Danielle Masterson
Orienteering is a competitive form of land navigation in which people locate marked points in a charted course, usually in a heavily wooded area, much like a treasure hunt. Each point has a flag and a distinctive card-puncher that the orienteer uses to mark a scorecard to prove he or she found it.
BU Prison Education Program alum graduates to the big time—publishing his first novel
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By Brian Fitzgerald
Richard Marinick looks down from the roof deck of his condo in South Boston at the streets where he once ran wild with a neighborhood crime gang.
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