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Multilingual Rhodes scholar to study marginalized Indian culture at Oxford
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By David J. Craig
Clean, rich, and friendly. A fantasyland where people smile a lot and have very white teeth. That’s how Anastasia Piliavsky, with characteristic blitheness, describes her image of America before immigrating here from the Ukraine almost 10 years ago.
SHA celebrates launch of $6M building renovation campaign
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By Jessica Ullian
In his nine years at the School of Hospitality Administration, Dean James Stamas has led the institution to some significant achievements — enrollment has grown steadily, many graduating students find industry jobs, and SHA is thriving since becoming its own school within Boston University
BU's Fraser heads research committee steering NASA's moon and Mars missions
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By Brian Fitzgerald
Sending astronauts once again to the moon — and one day to Mars — will require another giant leap for NASA. But the space agency took one of its first steps toward that objective recently with the help of a report from a committee chaired by Donald Fraser, director of the BU Photonics Center.
Polymath prof finds beauty in chaos — in classroom, on Broadway, under sail
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By Tim Stoddard
Robert Devaney’s office is neat, orderly, and, fittingly, chaotic. A CAS professor of mathematics and statistics, Devaney studies dynamical systems, or phenomena that are always changing and thus impossible to predict using mathematics.
SPH researcher aids nuclear arms workers exposed to beryllium dust
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By Cynthia K. Buccini
Lew Pepper leads a team of SPH scientists identifying workers who were exposed to beryllium at three facilities, one in Nevada and two in Massachusetts, to find out if their health has been affected by the substance so that they can get medical help and compensation.
Trustees appoint faculty members, student, and dean to presidential search committee
The Board of Trustees recently selected 5 BU faculty members, a student, and a dean to serve with 8 trustees on a 15-person search committee that will recommend candidates for the University’s presidency.
LAW prof argues before Supreme Court
By Timothy Stoddard
Randy Barnett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at the School of Law, got a chilly reception from both liberal and conservative justices as he defended the medical use of marijuana before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 29.
Mock mediation team wins third straight national title
By Brian Fitzgerald
Last January, Martin Dutcher — a week after being released from a psychiatric facility — was changing a tire on a highway when his car was nearly sideswiped. The driver, a golfer named Tony Kissner, stopped and tried to apologize, but Dutcher flew into a rage, hitting Kissner and a friend with a tire iron.
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School of Theatre Arts delivers Noises Off with a bang at Wimberly
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By Jessica Ullian
Producing Noises Off, the award-winning comedy by Michael Frayn, is always a trial.
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 Moment of glory. |
 Hugo Shong (COM'87, GRS'90) and Ted Koppel. |
 Men's soccer |
 New home for Hillel . |
 Constructing a cure. |
 Stunning lines. |
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 Holiday party to feature festive cheer |
 Emergency closing announcements |
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