- 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...