Posts by: Tom Testa

James Collins elected to prestigious National Academy of Engineering

February 9, 2011 at 11:03 am

James J. Collins, professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering (ENG) and co-director of the Center for BioDynamics, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for contributions to synthetic biology and engineered gene networks. Collins becomes the third BU professor to be elected to the prestigious group joining President Robert […]

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The Joseph Vacher Trial: Forensic Science’s First OJ Case!

February 1, 2011 at 3:14 pm

It might not be the drama of the OJ Simpson case that drew us in for weeks on end as we waited to see if the gloves fit.  But if televisions were around in the 1890s, viewers might have tuned into watch the 1898 trial of serial killer Joseph Vacher, who had confessed to nearly […]

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