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Silber looks to maintain University's momentum

Chancellor John Silber: assuming the duties of president. Photo by Fred Sway

Chancellor John Silber, who was president of Boston University from 1971 to 1996, was assigned the duties of the presidency on July 9, when Jon Westling, president of BU from 1996 to 2002, resigned from the position, citing his desire to teach and the need for a president who can make a long-term commitment to implement the University's strategic plan.

University fundraisers top record $90 million mark in fiscal 2002

Christopher Reaske, vice president for development and alumni relations, Richard DeWolfe (MET'71), chairman of the Board of Trustees, Edward Masterman, cochairman of the board's development committee, and Chancellor John Silber (from left) gathered on July 11 at a tropical Hawaiian theme party to thank Office of Development and Alumni Relations staff for the University's seventh consecutive record-breaking year in fundraising. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

By David J. Craig
Despite the continuing stock market slump and the tightened economy following September 11, Boston University's fundraising efforts brought in a record-setting $90.6 million during the 2002 fiscal year.

Data-gathering space missions SPIDR satellite will map universe's cosmic web

By Brian Fitzgerald
How do galaxies form, evolve, and cluster with other galaxies? Hoping to provide answers to these questions, this summer NASA chose the Center for Space Physics' SPIDR satellite as the next mission in the agency's Small Explorer (SMEX) program.

Oral AIDS clinic a model for teaching and care

At the Oral AIDS Clinic, Laisheng Lee Chou (right) guides senior dental students in the examination and treatment of HIV-positive patients. Photo by Kent Dayton

By Tim Stoddard
The white spot under Morris' tongue is the sort of thing that most dentists would overlook on a routine checkup. But in Laisheng Lee Chou's Oral AIDS Clinic at the School of Dental Medicine, that innocuous white spot is a tip-off to a potentially dangerous infection or tumor.

Under the hardtop
Urban archaeology digs life in colonial Boston

By Brian Fitzgerald

Scholars revisit fiery '57 critique of black middle class By Hope Green

Click-a-print
BU's Image X-Press accepts electronic requests for print jobs
By David J. Craig

ARTS
Doctor(al) dramas
Staffer-scholar takes literary path to stage

By Hope Green

ASK THE BRIDGE
I've heard of numerous accounts of identification theft ...
By Nick Pinheiro

Poised for the start of the academic year, this red-tailed hawk rests on the rail of the ninth floor balcony at the School of Management building. "This is one of the hawks' favorite lookouts," says Moncef Eladhari, an assistant director of project management, who photographed the hawk on a July afternoon. Eladhari, an amateur photographer, keeps a digital camera handy for such close encounters of the bird kind.
Poised

At a School of Social Work reception in Conant Lounge in July, Salvadoran Vice President Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt and his wife, Alejandra de Quintanilla, greet SSW Clinical Associate Professor Kay Jones (left), and SSW Dean Wilma Peebles-Wilkins. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
Salvadoran Vice President

This summer's demolition of the Commonwealth Armory is part of the next phase of construction for the Student Village. On the cleared site, construction will begin on a premier sports and entertainment arena and a fitness/recreation center. Photos by Vernon Doucette and Kalman Zabarsky
Progressing

This summer's demolition of the Commonwealth Armory is part of the next phase of construction for the Student Village. On the cleared site, construction will begin on a premier sports and entertainment arena and a fitness/recreation center. Photos by Vernon Doucette and Kalman Zabarsky
into

This summer's demolition of the Commonwealth Armory is part of the next phase of construction for the Student Village. On the cleared site, construction will begin on a premier sports and entertainment arena and a fitness/recreation center. Photos by Vernon Doucette and Kalman Zabarsky
BU's future

       

30 August 2002
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