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Dean Helps Revitalize Marketing Approach of Boston’s New
Convention Center
By
Brian Fitzgerald
It’s being built, but will they come? Approval for the $800 million
Boston Convention and Exposition Center came from the state legislature
in 1997, long before the post–September 11, 2001, dip in tourism
and a nationwide recession.
MED
researchers probe HIV in the lung
By Tim
Stoddard
When HIV ravages the immune system, even the most
benign microbes are potentially deadly. Patients with full-blown
AIDS are at high risk of developing opportunistic infections, most
commonly in the lungs, but also in the mouth, the eyes, and the brain.
Lung infections are a hallmark of AIDS, but they are surprisingly
understudied.
Women-led
businesses need more capital, says SMG prof
By
David J. Craig
Venture capitalists want returns, plain and simple. So naturally, says
Candida Brush, they don’t intend to discriminate on the basis of
gender when deciding which entrepreneurs to finance.
Signing
for the Boss
By
David J. Craig
As the lights dimmed to signal the start of Bruce Springsteen’s
September 6 concert at Fenway Park, few of the 36,000 Boss fans in
attendance had Laurie Shaffer’s butterflies. Like the E Street
Band, she too had rehearsed for the performance.
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Five
alumni were presented with BU’s Alumni Award, the highest
honor bestowed on BU graduates, during Homecoming and Parents
Weekend
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The annual United Way fund drive began on October 1. |
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