October 2007
Boston University News
Journey into the Maya Underworld
SLIDE SHOWS: When archaeologist William Saturno, who joined BU as an assistant professor this fall, ventured into the Guatemalan jungle in 2001 and discovered a 2,100-year-old mural depicting the ancient Maya story of creation, he never imagined that he’d become entwined in Maya culture. Read More
How We Pray: “Faith Is What Connects Me to My Creator.”
SLIDE SHOWS: Many hundreds of students are involved in spiritual life at BU, home to twenty-nine religious groups. In the first and second parts of a series, we highlight Jewish and Muslim students and their approaches to religion. Read More
New Residence Hall Is on the Rise
The West Campus skyline is changing, thanks to the construction of two rapidly rising student residence towers. Student Village Phase II is scheduled to open in fall 2009. Read More
Content Is Still King
Sumner Redstone (Hon.’94), the billionaire businessman who built a career at the forefront of the entertainment industry, delivered a message to a standing-room-only crowd at BU: content is still king, but in the digital age, copyright is what matters. Read More
A Prize Proves the Hunger for Religious Knowledge
CAS Prof Stephen Prothero nabs a Quill Award for his latest book, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — and Doesn’t. Read More
Research at BU
Given the breadth of expertise at Boston University, it’s hard not to brag about all the research and scholarship performed on campus. The new issue of Research at Boston University highlights that work, from science to the humanities. Read More
Alumni News
Red Hot Hockey Goes to New York
Get your tickets now — the BU men’s hockey Terriers head to Madison Square Garden to take on Cornell on Thanksgiving weekend, renewing an old rivalry. Read More
Mr. Treasurer
Alexi Giannoulias (CAS’98), the newly elected state treasurer of Illinois, is a rising star in that state. Read More
A Nursing School Grows in Haiti
Ruth Barnard (SON’65) had retired, but then came the call to help improve health care in an impoverished nation. Read More
Community Builder
Hard work, hometown values, and helping hands have enabled Phil Camp (CGS’56, COM’58), owner of the Vermont Standard, to excel in all his endeavors. Read More
Alumni Named to University Leadership
A new trustee and a new overseer are added, and new roles are undertaken by two alumni overseers. Read More
Alumni Events
- 10.24Chicago Alumni College with Dean of Arts and Sciences Virginia Sapiro and COM Dean ad interim Tobe Berkovitz
- 10.25Philadelphia Reception and Town Hall Meeting with Dean of Students Kenn Elmore (SED’87)
- 11.03Boston University Alumni Club of Greater Sarasota: A Tale of Two Cities theater event
- 11.08New York Real Estate and Construction Forum
- 11.24BU-Cornell Men’s Hockey Game and Alumni Pep Rally
BUniverse
Catch up with the latest videos from campus — ranging from a lecture on the study of religious and spiritual experiences by School of Theology Associate Professor Wesley Wildman to talks by experts on subjects from target-date investing to hoarding — 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?
Playwright Eugene O’Neill died at the Sheridan Hotel on Bay State Road, which is now BU’s Shelton Hall, in 1953. Read More
Alumni Insurance Program
Insurance plans designed to help meet a lifetime of needs are available through the Boston University Alumni Insurance Program. Read More