Category: Videos

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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Sizing up Super Bowl Ads

January 27, 2011 at 11:47 am

The Super Bowl is less than two weeks away and aside from the actual game, one of the most popular reasons many people watch is to see the commercials.  Christopher Cakebread, an Assistant Professor of Advertising at COM, breaks down what we can expect to see this year and offers insights into new trends in Super Bowl advertising.   […]

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Meet CFA Dean Benjamin Juarez

January 20, 2011 at 11:27 am

BU’s New Ambassador to the Arts (via BU Today)

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Changing Huck Finn? BU Education Dean Weighs-in

January 19, 2011 at 3:27 pm

Hardin Coleman, Dean of the Boston University School of Education (SED), offers his take on the new edition of Huckleberry Finn being published in February that removes the 219 references to the n-word.  Will this change make the book more accessible to teachers and students in the classroom or is altering Twain’s work censorship?  Dr. […]

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Haiti One Year Later

January 10, 2011 at 7:54 am

Enrique Silva, Assistant Professor and Faculty Coordinator in City Planning and Urban Affairs at MET, has visited Haiti four times since the earthquake that took place on January 12, 2010. Here are his thoughts:

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