October 2006
Boston University News
BU Names New Trustees
With the charge of helping to chart a course for BU's future, business leaders Richard Cohen (SMG'69), Cleve Killingsworth, and Allen Questrom (SMG'64) were recently named to the BU Board of Trustees. Read More
Say Ahhhh
A Chinese Medicine class offers more than just another technique for doctors and doctors-to-be: it's another way of looking at health. Read More
Drinking — and Learning?
A School of Public Health professor studies the effects of drinking on student academic performance. Read More
New Dorms Planned
Student Village 2 will add almost 1,000 beds to campus. Construction is scheduled to begin in early December, and the project should be finished in 2009. Read More
Alumni News
Best of Both Worlds
When Johanna Buchholtz-Torres (COM'89) was approached to launch the Spanish-language magazine, Siempre Mujer, she jumped at the chance. Read More
Boom-Time Reporter
New York Times writer David Barboza (CAS'90) reports from Shanghai on China's wild growth; he recently won the Hugo Shong Journalist of the Year Award for reporting on Asian affairs.
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Banking on Relationships
In his new book, The Accidental Investment Banker, Jonathan Knee (UNI'81) tells the tale of the rise and fall of the glory days of investment banking. Read More
Cinéma Vérité
Documentarian Lisa Russell (SPH'98) uses film to expose the truths of international health crises. Her latest focuses on the West African country Niger. Read More
Alumni Events
- 10.22BU Alumni of Greater New York Broadway Event: Wicked
- 10.26Boston Alumni Event with President Brown
- 10.30New York Alumni Event with President Brown
- 11.02Howard Zinn Lecture Series
- 11.07My Campus In New York Lecture with Jay A. Halfond Dean
- 11.09Alumni Club of Greater New York Broadway Event: A Chorus Line
