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Environment
How and Why the LA Wildfires Grew So Fast—and Lessons for the Future
CAS Earth and environment professor explains how high winds and drought, combined with climate change, created a perfect storm
Film & TV
BU Film Historian Pays Tribute to a “King” of Hollywood—King Vidor
Kevin Stoehr turns a spotlight on the career of the overlooked film director in new book
Today’s Close-up
Winter Calm
A quiet day on Bay State Road in early January. The scene will look very different as students begin returning to campus this weekend. Spring semester classes begin Tuesday, January 21.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Books
The Battle for Inclusion in Boy Scouts
In a new book, COM alum Mike De Socio recounts the decades-long fight
University News
BU Invites Faculty, Staff, Trustees to Submit Honorary Degree Nominations
President Melissa L. Gilliam opens the process to a broader community with a focus on faculty submissions and academic excellence
STAFF
Ceramics, Cake, and Public Service Law: Meet Kim Wong
School of Law careers director spends her days baking, throwing pottery, teaching yoga, and more, all between advising students—and, oh yeah, getting her MBA
We Have Liftoff: BU Telescope Heads for the Moon
Watch launch footage and reactions as NASA’s Blue Ghost moon lander, carrying a BU-created X-ray telescope, blasts off into space
Social Media
Updated: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of TikTok Ban in US Unless Chinese Parent Company Sells
Supreme Court justices appear poised to allow a law banning the social media platform in the US to take effect on January 19, say BU LAW professors
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