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Tuesday, July 5th

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Elie Wiesel smiles during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary.

Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74), Spokesman for Peace and Human Rights, Dies at 87

Auschwitz survivor, Nobel laureate, taught at BU since 1976

Boston University cybersecurity experts Joseph Calandrino, Joseph Lorenzeo Hall, and Sharon Goldberg

Cybersecurity Experts Go to Washington

Sharon Goldberg briefs Congressional staffers on internet insecurities

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Brush Up on History at Paul Revere House

Built in 1680, famed silversmith’s home a Freedom Trail favorite

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Mud Stories Forged in Flame

Joan Lederman makes pottery. But what the CFA alum uses to make that pottery is a bit out of the ordinary: ocean floor sediment, from volcanic rock to asteroid dust, collected by research ships around the world. In the crucible of Lederman’s kiln, mud is transformed into art.

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Upcoming Events
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Opening Reception - Boston Young Contemporaries

When:
July 7 at 6:00 pm
Where:
Stone Gallery, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave.

Unreliable Narrator presents Ultimate Things

When:
July 7 at 8:00 pm
Where:
Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave.

Tech, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll

When:
July 12 at 4:00 pm
Where:
Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Union, Second Floor, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

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One Class, One Day

Class by class, lecture by lecture, question asked by question answered, an education is built. This is a series of visits to one class, on one day, in search of those building blocks at BU.

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In the CGS History, Literature, Film, and Science of Baseball class, Thomas Whalen talks about the historic moment when Jackie Robinson integrated the major leagues. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi

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