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Boston University professor is found dead in lab - Boston.com

Boston University professor is found dead in lab - Boston.com

Boston University professor is found dead in lab


July 12, 2010
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BOSTON—A Boston University engineering professor has been found dead in a school lab.
A BU spokesman says the body of 62-year-old Franco Cerrina was found Monday morning in a fifth-floor lab at the Photonics Center, where the science and engineering of light are studied. The cause of death hasn't been determined.
Investigators don't suspect foul play. They've ruled out homicide.