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CAS alumna serves as proud, determined US ambassador to African Union

Nathan Lederman April 24, 2019
Mary Beth Leonard, a Boston University alumna, has served as the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union for almost three years.
The Massachusetts legislature's Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security hears two bills Tuesday morning on the deployment of military-style equipment. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State legislators hear bills against police militarization

Vivian Situ October 10, 2017

Two bills proposing legislation limiting state and local police access to U.S. military equipment were heard at the State House Tuesday.   The bills oppose the U.S. Department of Defense 1033 Program,...

UMass Amherst is leading the way in the partnership with the United States Department of Defense and Massachusetts’ universities in the creation of flexible hybrid electronics. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Mass. universities assist Department of Defense in flexible hybrid electronics development

Olivia Quintana September 2, 2015

Several Boston-area universities will assist the U.S. Department of Defense in developing flexible hybrid electronics, such as wearable healthcare technology, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

RYAN: The Reality of Living in a Rape Culture

Sara Ryan December 9, 2014

We have a major problem with how we treat women in this country. That problem is criticizing a young woman when Rolling Stone fails to do its job before printing a story. That problem is releasing that...

Researchers at Boston University work to develop a prototype of a computational tool used to enhance the identification of DNA at crime scenes. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHERINE GRGICAK

New computational tool developed by BU researchers strengthens DNA analyses at crime scenes

Madeleine O’Keefe November 4, 2014

In shows like "Law & Order" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," it only takes an hour to nab the perpetrator of a crime. And thanks to the creation of a new computational tool by Catherine Grgicak,...

Ex-head of Boston FBI pleads guilty to violation of ethics

Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2013

Former head of the Boston Federal Bureau of Investigation Kenneth Kaiser pled guilty in federal court on Thursday that he had illegal contacts with the bureau after he was retired when he had meetings...

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