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Friday, December 2nd

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Store front of Vivant Vintage

A Guide to Boston’s Secondhand Shops

Where to find used clothing and furniture

Lindsay Hulley defends the goal during a hockey game

BU’s Newest Club Sport: Women’s Hockey

Inaugural season off to a successful start

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Brookline Village

Meandering around a historic Brookline hub

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Jacqueline Kresse (SAR’19) climbing the rock wall at FitRec

Quote of the day: “I’m tired.”—Jacqueline Kresse (SAR’19), at the end of a FitRec rock climbing class. Photo by Olivia Nadel (COM’17)

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Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

What Is Dark Matter?

Alex Sushkov is trying to catch a ghost. Or perhaps, the shadow of a ghost. For decades, physicists have asked: what is dark matter? The CAS assistant professor thinks it might consist of mysterious particles called axions, and he’s built a particle detector to find them.

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Upcoming Events
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Cinematheque: Evening with Ellen Brodsky

When:
December 2 at 7:00 pm
Where:
College of Communication, Room 101, 640 Commonwealth Ave.

Winter Show 2016

When:
December 2 at 7:00 pm
Where:
BU Central, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

Blue Christmas

When:
December 4 at 3:00 pm
Where:
Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Ave.

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Unraveling Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is an epidemic. At Boston University, dozens of researchers are looking for tests that could lead to early diagnosis and interventions to prevent or delay the disease, running clinical trials that may result in treatments and an eventual cure, working to understand genetic risk factors, and studying Alzheimer’s impact on caregivers. In this special report, BU Today examines the work of five BU researchers.

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