December 2007
Boston University News
BU Meets China
The BU Alumni Association of China will hold the first global alumni forum, focusing on finance and investment. President Brown will attend, and many notable alumni will speak at the event, on January 18 and 19 in Beijing. Read More
Our World, Beyond Walden
SLIDE SHOW: The Fall 2007 Karbank Symposium at Boston University explored Thoreau’s environmental philosophy. Read More
Law Professor Rocks the Classroom
AUDIO: Mark Pettit spices up his Contracts course with top-forty spoofs. Read More
Story of Fatherhood and Fly-fishing Catches a Big One
SLIDE SHOW: COM’s Lou Ureneck wins a National Outdoor Book Award for Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska. Read More
French, Mass Comm Faculty Earn Top Spots in Research Review
BU lands eight top-ten rankings in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s productivity index. Read More
Smashing Pumpkins
VIDEO: Physicists toss gourds, test velocity, and make a mess. Read More
Fostering a Love of Learning
SLIDE SHOW: CAS Professor Bruce Schulman is named Methodist Scholar/Teacher of the Year. Read More
Alumni News
The $35 Million Man
Terrier hockey star Chris Drury (CAS’98) is at home with the New York Rangers. Read More
Top of the Pops
Life’s a treat for Freezepop singer Jussi Gamache (CFA’94,’00).
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What BU Means to Me
Shelley Uva (CAS’72) comes back to campus with old friends — dubbed the BU Babes — and reflects on her days at the University some thirty-five years ago. Read More
Winterfest 2008
Enjoy ice sculpting, tasty food, kids’ activities, Alumni College classes, hockey, and more wintry family fun at Winterfest 2008, January 25-27. Read More
Red-Hot Hockey in New York
Renewing an old rivalry, the BU men’s hockey Terriers beat Cornell before a sellout crowd in Madison Square Garden. Read More
BUniverse
Catch up with the latest lectures from campus on BU’s multimedia resource, BUniverse, which offers access to videos of cultural and scholarly events at the University. Read More
Did You Know?
The Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) collection at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center will soon be available to a larger audience, as the center enters into a partnership that will create an online catalogue of its King holdings. Read More
Special Offer
Take a holiday from interest payments with U.S. Bank’s Boston University Visa Platinum card, the only card that supports BU and helps to fund important alumni and student programs and activities. Read More
Spotlight
Come back to campus and join the staff at the BU Office of Development and Alumni Relations. We currently have several open alumni relations positions. Read More