Media Relations

News Releases

2000

December 12

Local Resident Receives Prestigous Award

December 11

BU Hosts American Premiere of Theodore Antoniou’s Concerto for Violin and Strings

December 4

Boston University Receives $1.75M Grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund for New Neuroscience Program

December 4

Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Holds Conference of Young Leaders at Boston University

December 4

Nutrition Awareness Day

December 2

Elie Wiesel to Hold Press Conference to Announce Formation of Youth Initiatives Commission

November 30

BU Presents "Objects of My Affections:" Photographs by Paul Cary Goldberg

November 20

Lucent Technologies Announces Global Mobility Innovation Research Initiative to Focus on the Business Impact of Mobility and the Internet

November 17

BU Center Marks 10th Anniversary of Supercomputing Center for Computational Science Symposium Explores 'Visions of the Future'

November 15

Boston University Unveils Ulrich Mack's Island People Exhibition at Boston University’s 808 Gallery

November 2

Massachusetts Can Afford Health Care For All

November 1

Mefield Resident Joins Boston University Medical Center

October 31

Jorge Martin's Comic Opera Tobermory

October 27

BU Presents "Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato’s Photographs of China" at the Boston University Art Gallery

October 27

Six New Members Join Boston University Board of Trustees

October 26

Major Study Evaluates the Impact of Downsizing And Reorganization on Employee Health Restructuring in the Defense Industry Prompts Research on Health Effects

October 26

Wrestling with Jacob: An Evening with Frederick Buechner

October 24

Photonics Center at Boston University and Beacon Telco Partner with Verilink Corporation New Optical Networking Venture will Focus on Meeting Demand for Bandwidth

October 20

The Current Research Status on Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction

October 19

Boston University Political Scientist Refutes Myth that Big Business Opposes Social Policy Contrary to Popular Belief, Large Corporations Support Social Policies

October 19

Boston University Professor Marilyn Halter Explores the Marketing of Ethnicity

October 18

Bob Dylan to Perform at Boston University Folk and Rock Legend to Play as Part of Dedication Events for New Student Residence

October 17

2000 Alumni Award Winners From Boston University

October 16

Second Annual William J. Bicknell Lectureship at Boston University to Feature Kurt L. Schmoke, MD, Mph Former Mayor of Baltimore to Discuss Drug Control Policy

October 12

New Chairperson Of Radiation Oncology Named At Boston Medical Center

October 10

The Deep End of the Gene Pool: An Installation by Ann Tracy Montero at Boston University's Sherman Gallery

October 5

Boston University School of Medicine Awarded Four Year NIH Grant

October 3

Boston University's Metropolitan College Offers Boma Curriculum

October 3

Lecture: "Lost & Found: The Bible and its Literary Afterlife"

October 2

Boston University Announces Release of an Advanced New System to Rate Players in Head-to-head Competition

October 2

Geriatric Memory Assessment Clinic Opens at Boston Medical Center

September 28

National Science Foundation Establishes Multi-institutional Engineering Research Center with Million Grant

September 26

Boston Medical Center Researcher to Chair Alzheimer's Association Board of Directors

September 26

Knight Foundation Awards BU $1.2M for Science-medical Journalism Center

September 25

Local Resident Receives Award From American Academy Of Otolaryngology-head And Neck Surgery

September 25

New Venture Targets Creating Communications Focused Optical Companies Beacon Telco Formed by Beacon Photonics to Jump Start Early-stage Optical Networking and Broadband Communications Companies

September 25

Parental Eating Habits May Play Role in Development of Obesity in Children

September 22

Boston University Poet to Receive T.s. Eliot Award on September 23

September 14

Boston Medical Center Receives Award from the National Association for Women's Health

September 13

Partisan Review Hosts Autobiography, Biography & Memoir Conference at Boston University, October 6-7

September 12

Congress 2000 to Explore the Impact of Religion on a Diverse Society

September 1

"One Day in September," Winner of The 2000 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, Reveals the Untold Story Behind the Massacre of 11 Israelis at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich

September 1

Arthur Cohn Producer, "One Day in September" Bio

September 1

Arthur Cohn Talks about "One Day in September"

September 1

Boston University Hosts Screening of Arthur Cohn's Academy Award-winning Documentary "One Day in September" Six-time Academy Award Winning Producer Arthur Cohn to Introduce Film

September 1

Student Village

August 29

The Future Of Light: The 4th Annual Symposium on Emerging Business Opportunities in Photonics

August 25

Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Impotence

August 24

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Boston University School of Medicine $300,000 for Early Childhood Literacygrant to Support Reach Out and Read

August 23

BU Faculty Elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

August 21

Dance Showcase at Boston University Work by Ramelle Adams, Christine Bennett, David Connolly, Margot Parsons, Brian Perry, Micki Taylor-pinney, Idy Codington and Bob Thomas Of Kamikaze Jitterbugs is Featured

August 21

Objects Of My Affections: Photographs By Paul Cary Goldberg at Boston University's Sherman Gallery

August 16

Alzheimer Investigator Joins Boston University School of Medicine

August 16

New IBM Supercomputer Puts ‘ASCI White’ Power to Work for Researchers at Boston University

August 11

Summer Program Puts High School Students in Studio and Spotlight

August 9

"Differences Preserved: Reconstructed Tombs From The Liao And Song Dynasties"

August 9

Ann Tracy Montero: Deep End of the Gene Pool at Boston University's Sherman Gallery

August 9

High Performance Computing in the Arts at Boston University's Sherman Gallery

August 9

Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China at the Boston University Art Gallery

August 9

Photonics Center Company Receives Million Dollar Investment Photosecure, Inc. Emerges From Bu Photonics Center Business Incubator With Venture Funding From Genuone, Inc.

August 9

Ulrich Mack: Island People At Boston University's 808 Gallery

August 7

Boston University Art Galleries 2000 - 2001 Schedule - At-a-Glance

August 7

BU School of Management Announces Partnership with Dong Hua University in China

August 1

Boston University Medical Center Names New Director Of Laboratory Animal Science Center

July 27

Boston University School Of Medicine Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

July 26

New England Journal of Medicine Article Reports New Drug may be Useful for Patients Hospitalized with Acute Congestive Heart Failure

July 18

Boston University Launches Washington Journalism Program New Internship Program Combines Learning and Practice

July 12

Boston University Scientists Uncover the Secret to Movement in Super-cooled Water

July 6

Boston University Awards Medeiros Scholarships to Area Students

June 27

David Hoose, Julian Wachner, Ann Howard Jones, Frank Battisti, and Lan Shui to Conduct BU Tanglewood Institute Young Artists

June 22

Brookline Resident Joins Staff at Boston University School of Medicine's Slone Epidemiology Unit

June 19

Massachusetts Dedicates New Courthouse In Honor Of Sen. Edward W. Brooke Today, June 20

June 19

School of Medicine's Mobile Lab on Display at the U.S. Capitol

June 16

Boston University Students Receive Graduate Level Certificates at New England College of Finance Commencement on June 22nd

June 16

BU Student-built Rocket, Spectre, Launched Successfully

June 14

University of New Hampshire Hosts Largest Meeting of Mammalian Biologists in the World

June 12

New Director at Boston University to Expand Scope of African-american Studies

June 8

Richard Saitz Receives Million Grant from National Institutes of Health

June 8

White Led Wins Discover Award for Technical Innovation Boston University Engineer Creates the Ultimate Light Bulb

June 5

New Cancer Therapy: Developed in Boston, Licensed in Britainoxford Biomedica to Put P450 Gene to the Test in Clinical Trials

June 5

Women Medical School Faculty Perceive Gender Bias, Sexual Harassment Male Faculty Seem Unaware, Unaffected

June 1

Study Shows Possible Link Between Drinking, Smoking And Risk For Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

May 26

New Ground-based Photos of Mercury's Unseen Surface Obtained by BU Astronomers

May 25

Local Residents Named Boston Scholars at BU's 28th Annual Ceremony

May 22

Classical Studies on the Rise at BU

May 22

Studia Classica Resurgunt in Universitate Bostoniensi

May 19

Boston University Awards the Reverend Anthony Campbell School of Theology Alumni Award

May 19

Metropolitan College Awards Evergreen Student Lifelong Learning Award Bertha Bachner Continues to Take Boston University Classes at Age 91

May 18

Alumna Jhumpa Lahiri to Receive Pulitzer May 22

May 18

The Days of Boston University

May 17

Shedding Light on Luminescence

May 15

Boston University School of Management Announces Creation of MS.MBA

May 12

Boston University Trustees Name New Dean of Metropolitan College

May 12

Chautauqua 2000 Demonstrates Cutting-edge Web-based Remote Conferencing Technology

May 11

Hidden Persuaders or Market Conscious Followers

May 10

Boston University School of Medicine Announces Commencement Speaker

May 9

Boston University Toasts Recipients of Case, Melville, and Trustee Scholarhips at Ceremony

May 9

Robert Pinsky Bids Poet Laureate Post Adieu With Reading on May 10 Pinsky’s Video Archive of Poetry will Continue on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer for the Next Eight Weeks

May 8

A New Picture of the Brain may Reveal the Key to Alzheimer'sboston University Physicists Correlate Disappearance of Vertical Structures with Loss of Brain Function

May 2

Does Shortening Length of Stay Reduce or Shift Costs?

May 2

Studies Document Female Sexual Dysfunction and Potential Treatments

April 27

B.U. School for the Arts Presents Tom Stoppard’s On the Razzle

April 26

B.U. Announces Recipients of the 2000 Perkins Award for Distinguished Service

April 26

Palmetto, Fla. Resident Named Student Employee of the Year at Boston University

April 20

Boston University College of Communication Announces Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

April 19

Boston University Occupational Therapy Students Present National Initiative Against Violence

April 19

Boston University Political Scientist Refutes Myth that Big Business Opposes Social Policycontrary to Popular Belief, Large Corporations Support Social Policies

April 19

Older Workers Key to Continued Economoic Growth in Massachusetts, Commission Finds

April 19

Symposium on Literacy, Commerce, and Eyeglasses in Late Medieval Italy at Boston University

April 13

Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow to Join Boston University Faculty Renowned Physicist Named First Metcalf Professor of Science

April 12

Nobel Laureate Confronts Infinity at Boston University Gerard ’t Hooft To Present Dean S. Edmonds, Sr. Memorial Lecture

April 12

Roscoe Giles Lands Prestigious Award for Promoting Diversity in Computing Research

April 11

Winner of Pulitizer Prize in Fiction has Strong Boston Ties

April 7

Biomathematician Named First Aurelio Professor of Mathematics and Science at B.U. Nancy Kopell Honored for Groundbreaking Interdisciplinary Work

April 5

Patient Rights in America: Emergence, Effect, Enforcement, and Enhancement

April 4

Boston University School of Medicine Receives Financial Gift from the Gerry Foundation

April 4

Preventive Medicine

April 3

Mary Ellen Doyle, Luoyongwang, and Lan Shui to Receive Boston University School for the Arts Alumni Awards

March 30

Alea Iii Presents First Annual Benefit Concert

March 30

Outstanding Defensive Player: Boston Univeristy Robot Heads to Nationals at Disney

March 30

Video Archive Shows Poetry is Alive and Well in America U.S. Poet Laureate Kicks Off National Poetry Month by Presenting Favorite Poem Project to Library of Congress

March 29

FDA Approves Effective New Test for Underlying Cause of Ulcers Boston University Teams with Metabolic Solutions to Diagnose Active H. Pylori

March 17

"Yan Can Cook" Star to Perform and Cook at BU's Dinning Halls

March 14

Medical Students to Celebrate Match Day

March 14

One Week Away: The First National Workplace Napping Day, April 3 BU Professor Advocates Napping at Work to Regain Lost Hour of Sleep and Productivity

March 6

Study Shows Women-owned Firms Lagging in Venture Capital Financing the Newly-launched "Diana Project" Explores Gender Gap in Start-up Funds

March 1

Neil Welliver: Recent Paintings and Prints at Boston University's 808 Gallery co-sponsored by L.L. Bean and Putnam Investments

March 1

Stage Luminaries Return to Boston as Huntington Theatre Company Hosts a Tribute to Peter Altman March 27

February 29

Nadine Zanow: Recent Paintings at Boston University’s Sherman Gallery

February 29

Teens Exposed to Anti-smoking Ads Half as Likely to Start Smoking, Reports Study in Peer-Reviewed Journal

February 23

BU School of Management Announces the Michael Bronner E-Business Center and Hatchery

February 17

Boston University Creates Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future Million Center to Study Choices for the Future

February 10

David Campbell Named Dean of BU College of Engineering Distinguished Physicist to Lead College into the New Millennium

February 9

Josef Albers in Black and White Boston University Art Gallery Exhibits Works in Black and White by 20th Century Master of Color

February 3

Terriers Hockey Team Spends Time with Youths from Ellis Memorial and Eldridge House

February 2

Photonics Incubator Hatches a New Company Mosaic Technologies Graduates from Boston University Photonics Center Business Incubator

January 29

Boston University Hosts First-ever "e-day"500 To Attend First And Largest Student-run Event About Challenges Of E-commerce Economy

January 26

Windscape to Perform at Boston University Featuring a Boston Premiere by Bruce Maccombie

January 24

Opera Institute to Present Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Dominick Argento’s Postcard from Morocco

January 19

First Genetic Toggle Switch Engineered at Boston University On/off Switch Holds Promise for Biotechnology, Biocomputing, and Gene Therapy

January 17

Boston University to Celebrate Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 16

New Book Shows How To Lower Blood Pressure Without Medication

January 12

Study Shows Quality of Pressure Ulcer Care Improving in Nursing Homes

January 10

Boston University School of Medicine Names New Assistant Vice President of Development

January 9

Study Finds Youth Drinkers More Likely to Drink and Drive, Get in Alcohol-Related Crashes as Adults

January 3

Bon Á Tirer (Good to Pull) at Boston University's Sherman Gallery

January 3

Mapping Cities, Celestial Images, and Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth