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- Free Pilates (and Snacks) Tonight July 28, 2014If you’ve been sitting hunched over at a desk all day, chances are you’re in need of a good stretch. Tonight, join an instructor from the Seaport Hotel’s Wave Health & Fitness for a free pilates class on Atlantic Wharf. Pilates emphasizes a focused awareness of the spine, proper breathing, core strength, and flexibility through […]
- Using Light to Diagnose Parkinson’s July 28, 2014Xue Han investigates Parkinson’s disease with an unusual tool: light. Han is a pioneer in the young field of optogenetics, in which scientists reengineer nerve cells, or neurons, to respond to light, using molecules called opsins. Like ice cream, opsins come in many flavors—there’s rhodopsin in the human eye and halorhodopsin in bacteria, for instance—but [ […]
- Saying Goodbye to BU’s Former “First Lady” July 28, 2014Jasmine Chobanian, who was regarded as the “First Lady” of Boston University during the many years that her husband Aram V. Chobanian, MD, served in University leadership, both as dean of the School of Medicine and the ninth president of Boston University (2003–2005), died last Friday after a brief illness. “Jasmine was our beloved first […]
- Veteran Broadway Team Endows Musical Theatre Program July 25, 2014For nearly a quarter of a century, producers Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley have been the toast of Broadway, winning nine Tony Awards between them, including this year’s Tony for Best Musical for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. They’ve also been generous supporters of BU’s College of Fine Arts. Lane (CFA’73) cochairs […]
- Celebrating the Bard at Breakneck Speed July 25, 2014As Polonius said in the second act of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “Brevity is the soul of wit.” In their latest production, the Hub Theatre Company of Boston is clearly taking the line—now a familiar idiom—seriously. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is a 90-minute comedy that, with only three actors on stage, manages to […]
