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Why We
Are Fat

A biochemist says the obesity epidemic is not just
about calories. It could be the chemicals.| Feature Article

Squeezebox Diaspora Tracking the spread of accordion music worldwide

Revisiting Auto Row BU buildings tell tales of Boston’s old Auto Mile

Change of Venue From Boston prosecutor to Hollywood writer. And back.

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Web Exclusives

Weekend of New Zealand Beauty Ends in Tragedy

Full Article | May 14, 2012

Three students die in road accident

Roman Totenberg Dies at 101

Full Article | May 14, 2012

Violinist, beloved CFA professor, classical music legend

Points of Departure: Coming Back from Cancer

Video | May 14, 2012

Diver Bailey O’Brien (SAR’12) was diagnosed with end-stage melanoma. She now has a clean bill of health

Google Chairman to Deliver Commencement Address

Full Article | May 14, 2012

Schmidt took company from start-up to the stars

BU Taps Experienced Advocate for New Washington Office

Full Article | May 14, 2012

Remade liaison efforts with national leaders completed

BUniverse Videos

Meet a ‘Mad’ woman

Terrier Tech: Google Privacy Policy

Defying the Odds: Rehabilitation and Perseverance after Spinal Cord Injury

Alumni Events | Or click here for just campus events

Explore The Gardner Museum's Story Past and Present
May 31, 2012
Join fellow young alumni for a private tour of the newly renovated Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Don't miss out on this opportunity to witness the the visual splendor of the courtyard garden and surrounding galleries.

Seattle Alumni Happy Hour
June 14, 2012
Grab your business cards, pack up your memories of Commonwealth Ave. and head to Brave Horse Tavern to join alumni host Jason Kahn (CAS’09) to spend the evening reminiscing about living in West Campus—or just network with fellow Terriers.

Innovation and Invention: BIO 2012 Alumni & Friends Networking Reception
June 19, 2012
Join friends, colleagues, and fellow alumni as the Boston University Alumni Association and Venable LLP welcomes the Biotechnolgy world to an alumni & friends networking reception at the 2012 BIO Conference.

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Alumni Notes | Or click here to submit a note

Anna Dunwell (CFA’79) of Newton, Mass., was appointed clinical instructor of family medicine at BU’s School of Medicine. She is the yoga team leader for a clinical trial of yoga for chronic and lower back pain. Anna also teaches classes to employees and doctor-referred patients, to torture survivors at Boston Medical Center, and to students in her studio, Soul Sanctuary, in Newton.

Carl Phillips (GRS’93) of Saint Louis, Mo., was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry for his collection Double Shadow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011).

Karla Leandri Rider (CAS’01) of Auburn, Maine, joined the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston, Maine, and is the team leader for the Androscoggin County Animal Response Team.

Jack Nicas (CGS’08, COM’11) of Chicago, Ill, is a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, covering airlines and the Midwest out of the paper’s Chicago bureau.