Media Relations

News Releases

2005

December 13

BU Banking Law Center Gets New Director

December 12

BU Researchers Discover New Star Clusters in Milky Way

December 8

BU School of Medicine Professor Appointed to ICS Hall of Fame

December 8

BU Photonics Center Director to Be Honored by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

December 5

Boston University College of Communication Holds Annual Portfolio Café

December 2

Noted Archivist Dr. Howard B. Gotlieb Dies Dec. 1, 2005

December 1

Boston University's CELOP Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary

December 1

Tulane University President to Outline Recovery in New Orleans

November 30

Boston Medical Center to Observe World Aids Day 2005

November 22

BU Sargent College Nutrition Professor Named Spokesperson for the American Heart Association's Childhood Obesity Initiative

November 22

BUSM Mobilelab Visits Boston Communities

November 18

BUSM Pharmacology Professor Wins Women in Neuroscience's Lifetime Achievement Award

November 17

Boston University Launches New Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in Rehabilitation Outcomes Research

November 16

Screenwriter, Journalist and Author Bruce Feirstein to Speak at Boston University

November 16

Founding Director of National Public Radio and President of American Public Media to Speak at Boston University

November 15

Boston University's Distinguished Creative Writing Faculty to Perform Annual Reading

November 15

Boston University College of Communication Celebrates More than 30 Years of Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalism

November 14

Trim Down Your Turkey Day

November 14

Boston Medical Center Conference Focuses on Spinal Cord Research

November 14

Boston University School of Music Presents Haydn's The Creation at Symphony Hall

November 10

Media and Politics Conference at Boston University

November 9

Actress Mary-Louise Parker to Be Interviewed by Robert Brustein about Her Life and Career

November 8

Tim Russert to Receive Dennis Kauff Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism

November 8

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Promote the Use of Rehabilitation Research

November 8

Boston Medical Center to Observe World AIDS Day 2005

November 7

Boston University School of Medicine to Present International Alzheimer's Disease Research Symposium

November 7

Boston University Scholar To Lecture On Bioethics After Nuremberg

November 3

U.S. Surgeon General, International Experts Gather for Boston University Global Health Summit

October 31

Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize Winner Announced

October 28

Futurist Freeman Dyson at Boston University

October 27

Boston University Sherman Gallery Presents Dana Clancy: Intimate Distance

October 24

Boston University Hosts Ambassadors Updating the State of Transatlantic Relations

October 20

United Nations Foundation Policy Adviser to Speak at Boston University

October 19

Boston University Metropolitan College Honored for Excellence in Online Programming

October 18

Health of LGBT Community Focus of Lectures, New Program at BU School of Public Health

October 18

Nobel Prize Winning Author Saul Bellow to Be Honored Posthumously by Boston University

October 17

Retired CNN President to Discuss His Years at CNN with Ted Turner

October 17

BUMC Outreach Van Receives Product Grant from Timberland Company

October 13

Boston University Launches Two Distance Education Graduate Programs for Working Music Educators around the World

October 13

BU Health Policy Institute Launches Nationwide Hospital Study to Assess Patient Care and Perceptions

October 11

Long-Time ABC News Correspondent to Discuss Israel and the Palestinians

October 4

AGNI Magazine to Celebrate Publication of Latest Issue on October 19

October 3

Harlan Ellison, celebrated futurist, to Speak about His Life and Career at the Friends Speaker Series October 11

September 29

New Report Shows Thousands of Eligible People in Boston Not Receiving Food Stamps

September 28

Thomas Moore, Pioneer of the DASH Diet, to Deliver Annual Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture at BU Sargent College

September 27

Taking Action to Prevent Mild Cognitive Deficit After 60 May Hinge on Knowing Levels of Factor in Blood

September 26

The Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series at BU to Present Another Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet

September 22

Boston University Names David K. Campbell Provost

September 21

BU Sargent College Kicks off Second Yearlong Healthy Lifestyle Challenge

September 21

United Nations Film Festival Comes to BU this Weekend

September 20

Boston Ballet Offers Sneak Preview to Boston University Community

September 20

Boston University Hosts Debate on Values and Social Policy

September 16

Boston University to Open New Brussels Campus

September 14

BU to Celebrate Constitution Day

September 14

Boston University Honors Senator Edward William Brooke III

September 13

Boston University's Culinary Arts Program Presents a Culinary Retrospective with Jacques Pepin

September 13

Dr. Dale P. Andrews Joins Boston University School of Theology as Martin Luther King, Jr. Chair

September 13

Noted Journalist Ida E. Lewis Establishes Boston University College of Communication Scholarship Fund

September 12

BUMC Presents Fourth Annual Immunology Lecture on Influenza

September 9

Driving and Dementia: BU Medical Researchers Aim to Aid Those Addressing Issue with Aging Loved Ones

September 7

ESPIONAGE: Intelligence, Secrets and Spies

September 7

Paul La Camera Named WBUR General Manager

September 7

Leading Historians to Discuss Future of American Politics During BU Seminar Series

September 7

“Turbos to Speed!” Boston University Rockets to 59th Spot on World Supercomputer List with Gain of New IBM Unit

September 7

Boston University Biologist Honored for Leadership in Estuarine Education

September 3

Boston University Sherman Gallery Presents "Skyline"

September 2

Pandemic Influenza Will Be Focus of BU School of Public Health Public Lecture Event

September 2

Boston University Opens Doors to Tulane University Undergraduate Students for Fall Semester

September 1

BU Professor Recognized by American Sociological Association for Book on Sociology of Religion

August 30

It's Move-In Weekend at Boston University

August 24

Boston University Mathematician Receives Writing Award from National Society

August 23

Seasonal Weather Forecasts plus Workshops Boost Efforts of Subsistence Farmers in Zimbabwe

July 25

Boston University Researchers Find the Effects of Parental Alcoholism Explained by Family Environment

July 21

Excessive “Social” Drinking Adversely Affects Long-Term Health of Individuals, Society

July 14

Boston University Photographers Recognized for Outstanding Work

July 11

Boston University's Summer Poetry Institute Offers Daily Poetry Readings

July 8

What Makes a "Good" Christian?

June 27

BUMC Rheumatologist Named One of America's Top Doctors

June 24

Iraqi Delegation of Educators and Scientists to Visit Boston University

June 23

Genetic Testing Causes No Increase in Anxiety or Depression Among Children of People with Alzheimer's

June 21

Researchers Find Maine Adolescent Girls at Risk for Bone Loss and Future Fractures

June 21

Boston University Awards $7.5 Million In Full-Tuition Scholarships as Unrivaled Program Tops $108M Mark

June 21

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition

June 17

Boston University College of Communication Graduate Awarded Publicity Club Grant

June 15

Boston Firefighters Honor BU COM Students for Video Contribution to Burn Foundation

June 15

Boston University and the WBUR Group Announce Public Radio Will Remain in Rhode Island Indefinitely

June 15

Boston University Management School Economist Michael Salinger Named to FTC Post

June 15

Boston University's Boston High Scholar Program Passes 1,600-Student Mark with more than $108 M Given

June 15

BMC Names New Senior VP, Chief Medical Officer

June 14

When Believing Becomes Seeing, or How the Brain Learns to Fill in the Blanks

June 13

Paul Barber, BU Biologist, Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Research Endeavors

June 10

Boston University Board of Trustees Elects Newest Member

June 9

BU Journalism Students Win Top National Award

June 9

Statement of Alan M. Leventhal Chairman of the Boston University Board of Trustees

June 7

BU APARC Director Charles Stith to Address African Statesmen

June 6

Resettling the "Lost Boys of Sudan" in the United States

June 4

Robert A. Brown Named President of Boston University

June 2

BMC Is First Hospital in Boston to Mount Widespread Use of Robotic Technology

June 2

Boston University Names Gary Nicksa Vice President for Operations

June 1

BU Health Care Experts Lead Call for U.S. Hospitals to Reevaluate Patient Scheduling and Nurse Staffing Practices

June 1

Boston University Board of Trustees Elects Newest Member

May 27

BU Researchers Report Latest Patterns of Medication Use in the U.S.

May 26

Boston University Psychologists Find Neurological Mechanism for Subliminal Learning

May 26

Archdiocesan High School Graduates Receive Medeiros Scholarships from Boston University

May 25

Short-Term Radiation for Cancer Pain As Effective As Longer Regimen

May 25

Bill Smyth Named Boston University Head Swimming Coach

May 24

Boston University to Host 2007 America East Men’s Basketball Championship

May 24

Boston University Names Gail Steketee Dean Ad Interim of School of Social Work

May 22

Transcript of President Hamid Karzai's Commencement Address to Boston University Class of 2005

May 22

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Challenges Boston University Graduates to Be Guided by Humanity

May 22

Boston University Recognizes Three Professors for Excellence in Teaching

May 20

Boston University Engineers Develop Low-Cost, Highly Sensitive Underwater Listening Device

May 20

Washington Post Shanghai Bureau Chief Receives BU Journalist of the Year Award for Reporting on Asia

May 19

Boston University Graduate Wins The Gerald Powers Public Relations Award

May 19

Ceremony Held for Opening of New Life Science and Engineering Building

May 18

A. Elizabeth Jones to Deliver Keynote Address at BU Metropolitan College Commencement

May 17

Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to Speak at Boston University Academy Eleventh Commencement

May 17

Boston University College of Communication to Present 2005 Distinguished Alumni Awards

May 16

BU Students Dominate Boston Press Photographers Association Collegiate Contest

May 16

Boston University Engineering Team Wins First Place for Vision-Based Parking Monitor System

May 13

Boston University Recognized by Real Estate Group for Excellence in Corporate Real Estate

May 10

Massachusetts Senator Frederick Berry to Speak at BU Sargent College Commencement

May 9

Terriers Score in the Top Tier for NCAA Academic Standards

May 9

Boston University Opens $83 Million Life Science and Engineering Building

May 6

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to Speak at Boston University's 132nd Commencement May 22

May 6

Boston University to Hold Grand Opening Ceremony for New Center of Jewish Student Life

May 5

BU Professor Receives Fulbright Award to Teach in Iceland

May 5

A Whole Lot of Shaking Goin’ on Triggers Early Hatching in Red-Eyed Tree Frogs

May 2

mtvU, MSN and Boston University Team to Create Student-Produced Sitcom Pilot to Premiere on mtvU Spring ‘06

May 2

African President Visits Boston's Minority Community

April 28

Marie Brenner, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist, to Speak at Friends of The Libraries' Annual Meeting

April 28

Boston University Professor Named to Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 25

Boston University's Metropolitan College Creates New Scholarships for Mass. Community Colleges

April 20

Boston University – University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ Team Find Artifacts of Ancient Egyptian Sea Vessel

April 20

Commander of the Navy Region Northeast to View Annual Tri-Service Pass In Review of BU ROTC Programs

April 19

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold — Boston University Academy Holds Annual Auction

April 14

BU Undergraduate Garners International Recognition for Research on Protein System in Cells

April 14

Miramax Executive Hausfater to Speak at Boston University

April 14

Boston University College of Communications Wins Numerous Mark of Excellence Journalism Awards

April 13

African Presidential Roundtable at B.U. Ends with Call to “Tell Africa's Whole Story”

April 13

Joint Statement by Participants in Boston University African Presidential Roundtable 2005

April 13

Boston University School of Theatre Arts Presents "The Laramie Project"

April 12

Boston University Opera Institute Presents Mozart's "La Finta Giardiniera"

April 11

The Marathon Effect: Tips for Spectators Inspired by the Race

April 11

People with Parkinson’s Disease Find New Hope with Self-Management Rehabilitation Study at Boston University

April 8

Boston University Concludes African Presidential Roundtable with Public Forum, News Conference

April 8

Boston University Opens Trans-Atlantic African Presidential Roundtable

April 8

Boston University to Honor Missionaries Bishop James K. Mathews and Eunice Jones Mathews

April 7

Stanford Physicist Robert Laughlin to Describe ‘A Different Universe’ at Boston University Event

April 6

Comments on the Passing of Boston University Professor Emeritus Saul Bellow

April 5

Boston University Hosts Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Mann for Futuristic "Big Picture" Lecture

April 5

Craig Lucas, Award-Winning Playwright, to Speak About His Life and Career

April 5

Senator Kennedy Announces BU to Receive $1.25 Million Grant from the Department of Education to Help Struggling Readers

April 4

Boston University International Conference Focuses on Complex Role of Muslims in Europe

April 1

Boston University Chemists Probe Secrets in Ancient Textile Dyes from China, Peru

March 30

Boston University's ‘Great Debate’ to Focus on Effect of Overseas Outsourcing on the US Economy

March 30

Boston University School of Visual Arts Presents Graduate Student Exhibitions 2005, April 15 — May 8

March 29

Memorial Service for Long-Time Boston University Professor C. Allyn Russell to Be Held in Concord

March 29

National Napping Day Helps Americans Adjust to Daylight Savings Time

March 28

Modular Genetics, Inc., Strikes Deal with Monsanto

March 28

Discovery of Gene Will Likely Lead to New Treatments for Inflammatory Diseases, Cancer

March 26

Kathryn Underwood Silber: Visiting Hours Today; Memorial Service May 9

March 25

Boston University School of Music Presents Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"

March 22

Boston University Team Finds Link Between High Cholesterol and Better Cognitive Performance

March 21

National Academy of Sciences Taps Techno-Savvy Lia as Animated Star of New Website

March 11

Botswana Former Leader Ketumile Masire Is Newest African President-in-Residence at Boston University

March 10

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet to Inaugurate The Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series at BU

March 10

Researchers Discover Gene Believed Responsible for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

March 9

WBUR Named Boston News Station of the Year by Associated Press

March 8

Computational Tool Predicts How Drugs Work in Cells, Advancing Efforts to Design Better Medicines

March 8

BUSM Researchers Find Key Pathway Linking Oxidation Chemical Reaction to Heart Failure

March 3

Ambassador Dennis Ross to Speak at Boston University on Middle East after Arafat

February 25

Renowned Scientist to Lead Tularemia Research at Boston University Medical Center

February 24

Satellite to Connect Boston University Hillel Celebration with Sites Across North America

February 22

BMC Surgeon Performs World's First Stand-Alone Erratic Heartbeat Procedure Using New Technology

February 17

First Corporate/University Partnership in Nation to Fund Dental Education for Low Income and Minority Students

February 16

Saturn's Aurora Defy Scientists' Expectations

February 15

Boston University Names Karen Antman Provost of the Medical Campus and Dean of Medicine

February 14

Boston University Statement on Death of Rafik Hariri

February 14

Study Finds Most Publicly Funded Research Does Not Compensate Research Subjects Who Become Injured

February 14

Waters Named to Boston University's Presidential Search Committee

February 11

BU Nutrition Professor's "Virtual Salad Bar" Teaches Salad Smarts

February 9

Health Costs Absorb One-Quarter of Economic Growth, 2000-05

February 9

Statement of Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore on Deaths of Boston University Students

February 9

World's Fastest Oscillating Nanomachine Holds Promise for Telecommunications, Quantum Computing

February 3

Boston Medical Center to Observe Black HIV Awareness Day

February 1

Many Alcohol-Dependent HIV Patients Need Assistance Adhering to Medications

January 31

Boston University Presidential Search Web Site Launched

January 28

David Aronson: a Retrospective on Display February 4 – April 3, 2005

January 27

Boston University Opera Institute Presents Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia"

January 26

BU Computer Science Professor Named One of New England's 10 "Women to Watch"

January 25

Boston University School of Management Ranked in Top Thirty by The Financial Times

January 25

Boston University Hosts the Boston Printmakers' 2005 North American Print Biennial

January 25

Boston University's Charles Stith on Eight-Nation Fact-Finding Tour of Africa

January 21

Boston University Professor Resigns from Presidential Search Committee

January 19

Sensor System to Gauge Effects of Cosmic Rays on Lunar Explorers

January 12

Boston University to Celebrate Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 17

January 10

Boston University Board of Trustees Names Twelve Members to Board of Overseers

January 10

Boston University Sherman Gallery Presents Lise Lemeland: Dragons and Lace