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Monday, April 24th

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Illustration symbolizing breast cancer research using zebrafish Special Report

Zebrafish Cancer Genetics Illuminate Human Breast Cancers

MED’s Hui Feng focuses on MYC gene

BU Medical Campus protesters marching past Boston Public Library

Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU

Crowd voices support for science, anxiety over Trump administration

As principal investigators on a yearlong Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant, Juliet Floyd, a CAS professor of philosophy, and James E. Katz, a COM professor of emerging media, will bring together humanists, social scientists, computer scientists, and experts on big data to discuss humans, values, and society in transition.

The Search for Truth in the Age of Social Media

BU symposium today and tomorrow kicks off Mellon Sawyer Seminar

Erin Kerbert with her sculptural paintings at the 808 Gallery.

808 Gallery Showcases Diverse Talent of CFA Grad Students

Annual MFA Thesis exhibitions: painting, sculpture, graphic design

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Terrorism expert Jessica Stern, research professor at Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies

Why Terrorists Kill

BU terrorism expert Jessica Stern believes that to combat evil, it is necessary to understand a terrorist’s motivations and grievances. One of a handful of scholars in this country willing to talk to terrorists and war criminals, Stern meets with them in the field and in prisons.

Upcoming Events
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Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day

When:
April 24 at 9:00 am
Where:
Marsh Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Ave.

Journalism and the Search for Truth in an Age of Social Media

When:
April 24 at 9:00 am
Where:
The Castle, 225 Bay State Rd.

Images of Africa and the History of Race in America

When:
April 24 at 5:30 pm
Where:
George Sherman Union, Conference Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

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Making Research Work

In this four-part series, BU Today explores some of the many challenges faced by university researchers today.

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