May 2007
Boston University News
Restoring Order to New Orleans
SLIDE SHOW: This spring, LAW students volunteered their time and skills on the Gulf Coast, providing free legal assistance to communities still struggling with hurricane recovery.
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An Infernal Life, A Divine Legacy
SLIDE SHOW: Metcalf Award–winning Professor Peter Hawkins talks about the great and troubled Dante Alighieri.
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The Tinderbox of the Middle East
Professor Augustus Richard Norton on Hezbollah's rise in Lebanon. Read More
Doing Good Around the World
CAS junior Meghan Desale, who plans a career in international health, is named a 2007 Truman Scholar. Read More
A High Honor
President Emeritus Aram Chobanian joins the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read More
Joining the Board
The BU Board of Trustees names four new members, and six others are elected to the Board of Overseers, including a number of alumni.
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Supporting the Life of the Mind
The CAS philosophy department caps fundraising efforts with a recent anonymous gift of $2,033,875 to endow a Hellenic studies fund.
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Alumni News
Trend Spotter
Strategy diva Cynthia Cohen (MET’77) predicts the future for her client companies and helps them make the sale. Read More
You People: A Graphic Look at Hispanic Stereotypes
SLIDE SHOW: Alumna and graduating master’s student in graphic design Maria Matos (CFA’04,’07) talks about her thesis project.
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New Voices in Fiction
Debut books from Creative Writing Program alums Rishi Reddi (GRS’01) and Jessica Lott (GRS’04) are getting good reviews, including ours. Read More
The Advocate
Leslie Grant (SAR’76) wants to improve dental care for all and has made public advocacy an important part of her practice. Read More
BUniverse
Catch up with the latest videos from campus — ranging from a talk by CAS Professor Stephen Prothero on religious literacy to lectures by Howard Zinn and Andrew Young — on BU’s multimedia resource, BUniverse, which offers round-the-clock access to videos of cultural and scholarly events at BU. Read More
Did You Know?
Fifty years ago, Commencement was a much smaller affair at BU — and it was at the Boston Garden. Read More
Special Offer
You can own a Boston University ring, now available through the official Boston University Ring Collection. Reward yourself with this symbol of excellence. Read More