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Hockey forward Peter MacArthur receives the first Harry Agganis Scholarship from Michael Agganis (center) and Mike Lynch. Awards for Our Student Athletes
The Terrier Pride Scholarship program for student-athletes, launched last fall, began with a scholarship honoring Harry Agganis (SED’54). Since then, four other individually named Terrier Pride Scholarship funds have been established, thanks to the generosity of Mary Buletza (SMG’80), Emil Solimine, the family of Jill and Clifford Viner, and Ruth and David (CGS’82, SMG’84) Waronker.
Muriel “Midge” Appleton Photo by Mark LaFrance

Still Singing Sargent’s Praises
As a student in Sargent College in the 1940s, Muriel “Midge” Appleton and her classmates — the college was all women back then — lived in the same dorm. She recently made the largest planned gift in Sargent’s history to benefit the Dean’s Fund.

Jack Parker responds to his roasting and toasting at the October gala dedicating the Jack Parker Ice Rink in the Agganis Arena.Photo by Albert L’Etoile And Now, a Few Words About Coach Parker
The Harry Agganis Scholarship, the first awarded in the Terrier Pride Scholarship program, was presented to sophomore and hockey forward Peter MacArthur at an October 6 gala..
Arthritis researchers Tuhina Neogi and David Felson Photo by Kalman Zabarsky Eat Your Vegetables
Researchers at the School of Medicine believe more trips to the produce aisle could mean fewer to the medicine cabinet for millions suffering from osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis.
Charles Kenosian and his sister, Elisabeth Kenosian, at the May 2003 BU reunion Photo by Kalman Zabarsky Lessons in Modern Armenia
Charles Kenosian (GRS’60) wanted Americans — especially young people — to gain a greater understanding of Armenia and now they will, in the form of new courses in modern Armenian history and literature at the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, thanks to a generous bequest from Kenosian through the Charles and Elisabeth Kenosian Endowment Fund.
Women’s Rights
Doris W. York’s father did not believe that women should go to college, nor did he help her to pay her tuition. But that didn’t keep her from gaining a college education — or from helping other young women to do the same.
Alvin Slater (CAS’40) and his wife, Shirley, at their home in Boston last year Photo by Kalman Zabarsky That We May Learn from Experience
As a young man living in the U.S. during the 1930s and ’40s, Alvin Slater (CAS’40) was deeply touched by the Holocaust.
Professor Emeritus Murray B. Levin, 1962 BU Photo Services A Lasting Memorial to a Magnetic Professor
Professors can leave life-long impressions, and for David Solomon (COM’73, LAW’81) and Harvey Boulay (CAS’66, GRS’68,’73), and many other alums, Professor Emeritus Murray Levin is unforgettable.
Norman Barron
 He Took Discounting to the Suburbs
When Norman Barron (SMG’38) set out in the late fifties to found a discount clothing store on an empty lot in the middle of the suburbs, it wasn’t just his wife who thought the idea unrealistic.
Toward Global Health
The goal of the Global Health Initiative, a BU-based effort to reduce health care disparities in rich and poor countries, is to reach across borders — both national and academic — to promote interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach in public health.
Robin and Larry Karp In His Sister’s Memory
When Robin Karp (SMG’90) died last year, her older brother was devastated. “To turn a tragic situation into something positive,” he founded the Robin C. Karp Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The Center for War Peace and the News Media Telling It the Way It Is
With a $40,000 inaugural grant from the Proteus Fund, the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media moves to BU with a burst of energy and innovative programs. The non-profit, non-partisan center, created by Robert Manoff...
President Robert Brown and Vice President for University Development and Alumni Relations Christopher Reaske with Wendy and Christopher Collignon, parents of Sean Collignon (ENG’09) Meeting President Brown
Beginning on September 1, the first day of his presidency, Robert Brown has been traveling to meet alumni at large and small events in his honor.