Photo: Cynthia Becker, a CAS professor of African Art and chair of the History of Art & Architecture program in her office.
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Office Artifacts: Cynthia Becker

College of Fine Arts professor’s African art collection reflects a lifetime of research and travel

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Photo: Students pose with a snowman shaped like Gumby in this 1983 black and white photo

Flashback Friday: Remember Gumby?

Young people today may or may not be familiar with Gumby, a nostalgic character from the 1950s to the 1980s, but these Terriers did an excellent job creating one of the bendable clay toys (although white, not green) based on the classic TV show for BU’s February 1983 Winterfest.

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