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Extreme Dentistry in a Faraway Place

Article and photographs by Robin Berghaus appeared on BU Today and Bostonia magazine Locals call it the bush, a term used to describe anyplace you can’t get to by road. And you can’t get to the tiny town of Bethel, in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, by road. You have to fly in from Anchorage. That’s how…

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Boston University at night

Lights out? Call the Electrician

At 4 p.m., the start of a shift that runs until midnight, electrician Robbie Lohnes — wearing his signature baseball cap and navy blue sweatshirt embroidered with a BU Facilities logo — reports to the 120 Ashford St. stockroom. After requesting three fluorescent bulbs to replace ones that have burnt-out at emergency call stations, he…

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Chris Kwan and Corey Pettit

Big Meaning in the Smallest Movements

Article by Robin Berghaus appeared on BU Today and Bostonia magazine.Above: Chris Kwan demonstrates his Camera Canvas software to Corey Petitt. Photo by Cydney Scott Born with spastic quadriplegia and cerebral palsy, 49-year-old Rick Hoyt has never been able to speak or use his hands to write. But that doesn’t mean he can’t communicate. Hoyt, who is best known…

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