February 2006

Boston University News

Robert BrownRobert Brown Inauguration Set for April 27

Robert Brown will be inaugurated as BU's 10th president on Thursday, April 27. Plans are under way to add other components to the festivities, including academic symposia on Friday, April 28. Read More

Boston: The Next New Orleans?

By the end of this century, a heavy storm could make the city's waterfront, financial district, and much of the Back Bay at times resemble Venice, according to a federally funded global warming study. Read More

Alumni News

Nina TasslerAlumni Award Winners Honored

Six alumni were recently honored as Alumni Award winners for their career achievements and service to Boston University.
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Nina TasslerSMG Grad Joins Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

In November and December, Kirsten Levy (GSM'93) spent two weeks in Louisiana as a Hurricane Katrina relief volunteer. She learned that the Gulf Coast is far from recovery. Read More

Alumni Events

Did You Know?

Solomon Carter FullerSolomon Carter Fuller (MED 1897), the first black psychiatrist in the United States...

Solomon Carter Fuller (MED 1897), the first black psychiatrist in the United States, studied the pathology of the brain under Professor Alois Alzheimer, identifier of Alzheimer’s disease.