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Research professor Jessica Stern of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University is among a team that was awarded a grant from the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. COURTESY OF PARDEE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES

Pardee professor to advise team which was awarded NATO grant

Jenna Manto December 5, 2018

A research team that includes Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies research professor Jessica Stern has received a grant from NATO to conduct two research projects aimed at countering terrorist...

Mary Graham, chief of the CIA office in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, speaks at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies about intelligence efforts after 9/11. PHOTO COURTESY FREDERICK S. PARDEE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES

BU hosts chief of CIA, former CIA officer to describe experiences on 9/11

Sarah Finkel April 25, 2017

The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University hosted Mary Margaret Graham, who was the chief of the CIA office in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, along with former CIA officer...

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey said he supports the push for a congressional debate about the use of military force against the Islamic State and supports U.S. President Barack Obama's actions in Syria. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Mass. leaders call for conversation on action in Syria

Carolyn Hoffman November 17, 2015

  U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling for support for Syrian refugees, following escalating tension surrounding Friday's attacks on Paris by the Islamic State group and U.S. President...

Former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis speaks at a press conference in 2013. Davis is calling for stronger domestic intelligence gathering. PHOTO BY MICHAEL CUMMO/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Report pushes for increased domestic counterterrorism measures

Gabriela Arriaga February 5, 2015

In the wake of the January shooting at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the beginning of the trial for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a report compiled by...

A Thursday report by the National Survey of Student Engagement said that college selectivity or competitiveness does not have a large effect on students’ academic experiences. PHOTO VIA COLLEGEDEGREES360

College selectivity does not correlate with academic experience, study finds

Esha Deshmukh November 24, 2014

Students can have a strong academic experience at their college or university despite the selectivity ranking of the school, according to a Thursday report by the National Survey of Student Engagement...

Panelists at the Rosenberg and Snowden Panel Discussion examined the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Edward Snowden’s role in the National Security Agency and the role of espionage in today’s society at the Metcalf Ballroom Tuesday. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Panel explores Rosenberg, Snowden, espionage in America

Amanda Kaufman October 8, 2014

Experts and Boston University professors convened Thursday at BU’s George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom to speak with a crowd of hundreds about espionage in the United States and to showcase a collection...

Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation all work together to handle any terrorist attack in Massachusetts, such as with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU, City, State detail counter-terrorism measure

Stephanie Pagones September 11, 2014

In the weeks after Islamic militant group ISIS killed two American journalists and made several threats to terrorize the United States from within its borders, representatives from Massachusetts, the...

BU students not threatened by N. Korea’s claims

Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2013

Despite threats of violence against the U.S. made by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a number of members of the Boston University community said they do not perceive the claims as serious and are not...

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