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• September 2008

  Save the Date: Reunion and Alumni Weekend 2008; coming soon: a new Bostonia Web site and e-newsletter; brother, life coach, friend: Wyatt Posig (CAS’07) is making a difference in the lives of Boston’s teens; Robert Carey (MED’54) encourages MED students to remember the world’s poor; Arti Pandey (SED’03,’07) and Damon Luloff (SED’07) are providing access to education in poor South Asian communities; alumni and Olympians gather in Beijing; a short stay, long in memory: civil rights leader James Lawson found a home at BU; Sargent prof offers tips to stop back, neck, and wrist pain from laptop use; SPH students assess health-care needs of Haiti’s rural poor; looking to centenarians for sickle-cell answers; BU researchers track the path of a chemical threat from our living rooms to our hormones; a senior’s thoughts on freshman matriculation; and more...

• August 2008

  Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri (GRS¹93, UNI¹95,¹97) remains focused on love, family, and finding a place to belong in her new story collection; Jamie Kaler (CAS¹87), from stand-up to sitcom star; Carolina Trujillo (LAW¹01) helps families stave off foreclosure; Joe Solmonese (COM¹87) is the public face for gay rights in America; celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of BU¹s Madrid program; Golden Decade Foundation to host networking conference; five Terriers to row in Beijing Olympics; Jim Thistle, Boston journalism legend; remembered as great teacher and mentor; BU Orientation sends students on a scavenger hunt to learn about the city and themselves; part two of a series on asthma research explores the Eastern-Western treatment connection; CFA professor uses technology to recreate Lolita; BU professors say suing students won¹t cure record industry¹s blues; and more . . .

• June 2008

  Fiction-writing spouses produce three books and one baby in two years; Aron Ponticello (GSM'99) wants to do for truffles what Mondavi did for wine; David Nghiem (ENG’00) biked a continent and lived to tell; at farewell reception, international alums are encouraged to stay connected with BU; Gary Ford (LAW’77) works to end world poverty, one small loan at a time; Jim Collins becomes BU’s first Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; stellar lacrosse season ends at NCAA quarterfinals; intensive treatment for adolescent panic disorder shows encouraging results; Kahn Awards provide $10K to three CFA Class of 2008 grads; BU honors three for teaching excellence; cockroaches may unlock asthma answers; and more . . .

• May 2008

  Alumni Q&A: Massachusetts State Treasurer Timothy Cahill (CAS’81); why Mickey Drexler (GSM’68) may be America’s best merchant; Orly Munzing (SED’75) celebrates Vermont’s small farms; D.C. event looks at how politics and the Internet come together; an alumna remembers President and Mrs. Case at home in the Castle; full coverage of Commencement 2008; New deans for COM and SSW; MED professor nabs NIH award for cardiac muscle research; celebrating sixty years of public relations at COM; a physics class uncovers the science of action films; environmental sustainability efforts are under way on BU’s campus; eight seniors honored at Student-Athlete Awards Reception; and more . . .

• April 2008

  Inside the new issue of Bostonia; Alfre Woodard (CFA’74, Hon.’04), a Hollywood stalwart; 2007 grads Amanda Schenck and Jessica Hayden blog about their around-the-world trip; exploring MLK’s cultural legacy in song and verse; CFA’s InCite Festival provides arts network for students, young alums; BU oarsmen look toward Olympic Summer Games; “New College” to replace UNI, according to proposal for undergraduate honors program; BUTV10 celebrates second anniversary with an interview with Will Ferrell; student designer Sam Mendoza (COM’08) is already dressing for success; and more . . .

• March 2008

  New dean named at the School of Education; Andrew Bacevich on presidential campaigns in wartime; Alex Scigliano (COM'07) takes top prize at Redstone film festival; building a computerized ASL dictionary; BU research shows weight lifting improves metabolic health; astronomer Harlan Spence on plans for a long-term space study; new book by John Veneziano (COM'86) and Michael Ferraro (COM'90) feeds sports geeks' fascination with numbers; how Ed Fuller (SMG'68) worked his way up at Marriott International; doctoral student Luis Chavez (GRS'04) helps his Peruvian birthplace recover from disaster; San Francisco Alumni Club hosts BU deans Berkovitz and Sapiro for a talk on the 2008 presidential election.

• February 2008

  BU Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr., Day; BU partners with the Posse Foundation to help urban youth succeed in college; BU professors rate the University in a new survey; five are honored with Boston University 2007 Alumni Awards; Winterfest weekend was a big draw; Lisa Wong (CAS’00, GRS’00) is the new mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts; a documentary by Joshua Weinstein (COM’05) explores a disabled surgeon’s work abroad; Laura De Veau (CGS’87, COM’89, SED’95) and her husband, Shawn De Veau (LAW’94), talk about their adoption of a baby girl from China; and more…

• January 2008 A BU alumna and a BC alumnus take to the streets to find out where Terrier town ends and Eagle turf begins; Maureen Raymo, a CAS research professor, hopes that tiny shells on the ocean floor hold the answer an ancient climate conundrum; CAS biologist Thomas Kunz talks about his newfound method for counting bats; Ha Jin (GRS’94) has published A Free Life, his first novel set in his adopted country, the United States; Amy Doyle (COM’92), MTV senior vice president of music and talent, puts the M in MTV; artist Hannah Cole (CFA’05) takes a fresh look out the windshield; and more…
• December 2007 The BU Alumni Association of China holds its first global alumni forum; the fall 2007 Karbank Symposium at Boston University explores Thoreau’s environmental philosophy; COM’s Lou Ureneck wins an award for his book about fatherhood and fly-fishing; Terrier hockey star Chris Drury (CAS’98) is at home with the New York Rangers; Freezepop singer Jussi Gamache (CFA’94,’00) talks about life with the popular synth band; Shelley Uva (CAS’72) reflects on what BU means to her; and more…
• November 2007 Husain Haqqani explores the state of the Muslim world; Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks at BU; students talk about the role of prayer in their life; Markos Moulitsas (LAW’99), the creator of DailyKos.com, speaks about presidential campaigns and the Web; Marylouise Fennell (SED’76), a star consultant in higher-ed management, celebrates fifty years as a Sister of Mercy; and more…
• October 2007 A new residence hall is on the rise; archaeologist William Saturno discovers a 2,100-year-old mural depicting the ancient Maya story of creation; students talk about the role of prayer in their life; Alexi Giannoulias (CAS’98) is the newly elected state treasurer in Illinois; Sumner Redstone (HON.’94) at BU says content is still king, but copyright is what matters; and more...
• September 2007 President Robert A. Brown urges freshmen toward scholarly research and studies abroad at Matriculation; Jennifer Cermak (CAS’93, MED’94,’98) is keeping a disappearing way of life alive at Berlin Farms; a summer course led students to discover the culture of five major cities in China; BU’s business incubator brings an entrepreneurial culture to campus; Heidi Berenson (COM’81) describes how the connections she formed at BU have influenced her career; and more...
• August 2007 Undergraduates are designing and building BU's entry in an Air Force satellite competition; APARC director brokers the return of African artifacts to Kenya; Alumni Club of Boston keeps the connections strong; UNI program to be replaced; world music with Myke Wieskopf (CAS'00); and more...
• July 2007 Thirty-nine seniors from Boston public schools get full tuition scholarships to BU; a MED study shows the benefits of yoga; SPH professor George Annas talks about the ethics of genetics and designer babies; the Alumni Club of Washington, D.C., is a hit; watch a slide show of historic Boston photos; the Harriet E. Richards Cooperative House is still going strong; and more...
• June 2007 Virginia Sapiro is the new dean of Arts and Sciences; Commencement 2007 is a hit, slide show included; in our “Points of Departure” videos, seniors talk about the future; former Terrier standout Joey Beard (SED’98) makes it playing basketball in Italy; Paramount Pictures COO Frederick Huntsberry (CGS’82, SMG’84) talks about the business of Hollywood; and more...
• May 2007 School of Law students volunteer in New Orleans; Professor Augustus Richard Norton takes on Hezbollah in a new book; Professor Peter Hawkins gets lyrical about Dante; new members join the board of trustees; strategy diva Cynthia Cohen (MET’77) predicts the future for her clients; graphic designer Maria Matos (CFA’04,’07) talks about her thesis project “You People” in a slide show, and more...
• April 2007 Students on Alternative Spring Break help rebuild Biloxi; a video on
  broomball, BU's most popular intramural sport; the Daily Show gets down with
  God and religion professor Stephen Prothero; Ross Romeo (GRS'87) and his
  Double R Heart Ranch provide a haven for abused animals; mystery writer
  Robert B. Parker (GRS'59,'71) donates his papers to BU; and more...
• March 2007 Geneticists find another path to Alzheimer's, the Terriers win the Beanpot
  again, a video on the secret of the West Campus (it's a burger!), Josh
  Safdie (COM¹07) heads to the Slamdance Film Festival, Rebecca Sachs Norris
  (UNI'99) explores religion through board games, and more...
• February 2007 BU faculty get high marks, the Alumni Award winners for 2006, a video
  charting the line between BU and BC in the neighborhoods of Boston, a slide
  show of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS'55, Hon.'59) letters at BU, a grad
  student's mission to Burma, and more...
• January 2007 BU sets a course for its future, Parkinson's patients find relief, Terrier
  sports docs to the rescue, a course on the Rolling Stones, and more...
• December 2006 BU scientists explore quick and cheap DNA sequencing for individuals, search the journals of Henry David Thoreau for hints of global warming, and try to turn sharks into underwater sentinels, and more...
• November 2006 Four promising new faculty members recently received a jump start on the road to recognition in their fields, thanks to a gift from Peter Paul (GSM'71), and more.
• October 2006 Meet three new BU trustees, sit in on a Chinese medicine class, take an advance look at new dorms, read about Hugo Shong Award winner David Barboza (CAS'90), and more.
• September 2006 A new test for lung cancer, welcoming the class of 2010, the gift of music education, what BU means to me by Nancy Livingston (Com'69), a new home for SHA, and more.
• August 2006 A new dean at ENG, BUTI's 40th anniversary, a sculptor takes on George Washington, a new look at sleep, and more.
• July 2006 In mid-June, forty Boston public high school seniors received full-tuition scholarships to BU, presented by BU President Robert A. Brown and...
• June 2006 The 5,000 members of Boston University's Class of 2006 wore robes, rain boots, plastic ponchos, and huge smiles at BU's 133rd Commencement exercises...
• May 2006 In an Agganis Arena packed with academic gowns of blue, scarlet, kelly green, purple, and black, Robert A. Brown was inaugurated April 27 as the 10th president...
• April 2006 "The ceremonies attending my installation as Boston University's tenth president are fast approaching, with the University's 133rd Commencement exercises...
• March 2006 President Brown has been appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)...
• February 2006 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,...
• January 2006 Just after being named president of BU, Robert Brown sat down in September with members of the BU community for an informal conversation...
• December 2005 At his first major alumni event in Boston, University President Robert Brown told the more than 600 people assembled at the Fairmont Copley Hotel...
• November 2005 During the September meeting of the Boston University Alumni Council, President Robert A. Brown told Council members that there needs to be greater awareness...