BU astronomer lands $9.5M contract to measure charged particles near the moon
By David J. Craig
NASA scientists and engineers know that spacecraft traveling to the moon in a few years will need to be outfitted with special protection against charged particles that routinely traverse the cosmos at nearly the speed of light.
Music, movie, and software file-sharing causes legal problems for students
By Jessica Ullian
Two years ago, when file-sharing was at the peak of its popularity, BU students often told Jim Stone about their belief in the right to free music.
Provost's SPRInG awards go to nine new interdisciplinary research projects
By Tim Stoddard
Now in its third year, the Special Program for Research Initiation Grants (SPRInG) is aimed specifically at assisting interdisciplinary research projects in their early stages.
School of Management ranks in Financial Times top 30
By David J. Craig
The School of Management was rated America’s 27th best business school by London’s Financial Times, which published its 2005 ranking of full-time MBA programs on January 24.
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Living with Slim gives a voice to children with AIDS
By Jessica Ullian
It has been called minor art, industrial art, and art of second rank. If you can use it, according to the West’s traditional distinction between fine art and decorative art, it’s the latter. That distinction, the paintings of Lise Lemeland seem to insist, ought not exist.
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