November 2011
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BU professors called to Venezuela to teach disaster management
Richard Gordon, Director of the BU Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC), accompanied by Michael Evans (former Director of BUDMC) were invited by the British Embassy to the city of Caracas, Venezuela, to present a five day course on international disaster management principles and best practices to officers of Venezuela’s National Directorate of Civil Protection and Disaster [...]
BU Archaeology Society
Tom Cloherty, President – BU Archaeology Society wrote: Just to give you a run down of what has been going on so far and what is coming up in the near future. Last Tuesday we ran a successful talk on The Swash Channel Wreck by Dave Parham which was very good, so thank you goes [...]
Forensic investigators tweet from crime scenes
The Independent newspaper reports that forensic investigators are tweeting live from crime scenes in west and centre of Birmingham. Twitter updates include forensic facts, photographs of equipment and advice for the public on how to preserve evidence. Follow @brumpolice to receive updates.
Applied Sciences staff join an international team of researchers at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara.
Charlene Steele, Researcher, School of Applied Sciences wrote: Dr Kate Welham, Charlene Steele and Mark Dover from the School of Applied Sciences have recently returned from two weeks field work off the southern coast of Tanzania. Kate, Charlene and Mark joined an international team of researchers lead by Dr Jeffrey Fleisher (Rice University) and Dr [...]
Congratulations to all Applied Sciences graduates
Dear Graduates May I take this opportunity to congratulate each and every one of you on your success and say that I hope you enjoyed the graduation ceremony on November 8th as much as I did? It was delightful to see so many of you there and I trust your family and friends were proud [...]
BU student appears on Channel 4’s Time Team
MSc Forensic Archaeology student Samantha Buchanan appeared on last night’s episode of Time Team. The first episode of the new series, ‘Brunel’s Last Launch’, was based in the East End of London, in which archaeologists including Samantha tried to discover why the launch of the SS Great Eastern in 1858 was such a disaster. The [...]
