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By Lauren Domingos Boston) – Boston University Academy (BUA) student and Lexington resident Elizabeth Synge won $20,000 for first place in the Advantage Testing Foundation's Math Prize for Girls competition held at New York University on November 14, 2009. With an additional $23,000 in prize money for n...

By Jean Connaughton Boston) – The Boston University College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the second season of the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP), Boston University’s professional performing arts initiative. This season, BCAP will feature two productions running at the Stewart F. La...

By Gina M. Digravio Boston) - Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions. The study, which appears on-line in Ob...

By Jean Connaughton Boston) – The Boston University Symphonic Chorus, under the direction of Ann Howard Jones, will perform a free concert at First Church in Cambridge on Tuesday, November 17. The concert will feature Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych, Stephen Paulus’ Poe...

By Michelle Roberts Boston) – The Vasculitis Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has received a five-year $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will be used to research new biomarkers for vasculitis disease activity and prognosis. The research will also devel...

By Gina M. Digravio Boston) - Jerrold J. Ellner, MD, has been appointed chief of the section of infectious diseases at Boston Medical Center and professor of medicine in the department of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Ellner previously had served as chair of the department of medicine at...

By Allison Rubin Boston)– Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center found that yoga may be more effective than standard treatment for reducing chronic low back pain in minority populations. This study appears in the November issue of Alternative Therapie...

By Colin Riley Boston) – Civic leader Andrea L. Taylor, director of North America Community Affairs for Microsoft Corporation and a former UN delegate, was appointed a trustee of Boston University at its recent board meeting, announced Board Chair Robert A. Knox.

By Allison Rubin Boston)- Ashvin N. Pande, MD, has been appointed as an attending physician and director of Endovascular and Structural Heart Interventions in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and recommended as assistant professor of medicine at Boston Unive...

By Allison Rubin Boston)- Claudia P. Hochberg, MD, has been appointed an interventional cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and has been recommended as assistant professor of cardiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

By Allison Rubin Boston)- Robert Helm, MD, has been appointed as an electrophysiologist in the Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and has been recommended for assistant professor of medicine and radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff They didn’t come to see Boston University take on the US Under-18 national team. They didn’t come to see how the freshmen look and where they will fit into the 2009-10 landscape. They didn’t come to see an exhibition game. The real motivation for the 5,403 fans who came to Agganis Arena last nig...

By David Filipov, Globe Staff Shortly after 11 a.m. on a sunny Thursday, a most astounding thing happened on the busy intersection of the Boston University Bridge and Commonwealth Avenue. Alexandra Slender, a BU sophomore, stopped at a crosswalk, waited for the white gleam of the “Walk’’ sign, and crossed.

Last year, we scoured the 58 Division I hockey schools for the best players we could find. As the 2009-2010 season gets underway this weekend, and Boston University tries to defend their dramatically-won NCAA title, it's time to take a sneak peek at this year's top talent. 

A 23-year-old Boston University medical student who died after a three-story fall from an apartment building fire escape had been drinking before his death.

By Allison Rubin Boston)- Duyen Ngo, MD, has been appointed Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Instructor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

BOSTON A small number of Massachusetts college and university students are reporting flu symptoms, health authorities said yesterday. Possible flu cases have been seen at Boston University and Northeastern University, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. Officials at...

By Jean Connaughton Boston) - Robert K. Dodson, an educator with over 30 years’ experience as a teacher and administrator at prestigious music schools in the United States and Canada, will serve as Director of the School of Music in the Boston University College of Fine Arts, announced Walt C. Meissner, Dean a...

BOSTON Boston University received a $10 million pledge from the founder of Beacon Capital Partners LLC yesterday, according to the university. Alan Leventhal, chairman and chief executive officer of the Boston real estate investment firm, and his wife, Sherry, made the contribution...

A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music.

By Ronald Rosenberg Boston) --- The American University in Beirut will honor Boston University professor Farouk El-Baz with a Doctor of Science degree for his outstanding contributions to geology and a better understanding of the Earth and its environment.

By BU Athletics For the fourth consecutive year and the seventh time in the past eight years, Boston University has captured the America East Stuart P. ... and more »

By Tom Testa Boston) — Ten students from among the graduating seniors of the parochial high schools in the Archdiocese of Boston will receive four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Boston University through the Cardinal Medeiros Scholarship Program at a June 1 ceremony at BU’s George Sherman U...

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By Phil Gloudemans Boston) – Speaking today at Nickerson Field to over 6,300 Boston University graduates and 20,000 guests at the school's 136th commencement, U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano exhorted the Class of 2009 to find fulfillment in their lives by improving the world they are inheriting.

By Michelle Roberts Boston)—Thirty-one students graduated from Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) CityLab Academy today. CityLab Academy is a free nine-month academic and laboratory skills training program for qualified high school graduates interested in pursuing a career and further e...

By Phil Gloudemans Boston) – U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano, who has emerged as a major voice in Congress concerning the ongoing atrocities and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, will deliver the commencement address at Boston University’s 136th graduation ceremonies at BU’s Nickerson Field at 1:00 p.m. on S...

 WA Charles River Challenge: The Gonzaga women's Novice 8+ won one race and was second in another to highlight the Bulldogs' first day in Boston. GU defeated Boston University and Northeastern University in the afternoon and finished behind Virginia in ...

Approximately 1,800 people were evacuated from a Boston University dormitory last night after a large electrical cable blew out of the socket in the school's mechanical room, said Steve MacDonald of the Boston Fire Department. Firefighters freed about 20 people who were trapped in the...

Boston University men's hockey is a well-established national power, having won four championships and appeared in nine title games before 2009. Miami University men's hockey has never even been to the Frozen Four before 2009, and their school has never won a national championship in a...

by Bruce CiskieFiled under: College Hockey It's been a dream season for Boston University defenseman Matt Gilroy. Not every player who spurns offers to play professional hockey actually improves their stock and has a great season when they return to school.

The "No one respects us" mantra is way overused these days in sports. No matter what happens in Washington this weekend, no one on Boston University will be able to use it. The Terriers are the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament, and the only top seed to advance past the four regionals hel...

The Catamounts aren't quite the Cinderella story of Bemidji or Miami, and they're playing a fellow Hockey East team, Boston University, that's been among the top-ranked teams in the country all season. What people don't realize - or completely forgot about - is that Vermont went 2-1 agai...

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BOSTON Hundreds of Boston University students were displaced for two hours last night after a dormitory was evacuated because of a spill of 50 gallons of heating oil. The heavy-grade heating oil spilled from a broken furnace in the basement of Myles Standish Hall, said Steve McDonald, sp...

Through the first seven games of regional play, higher-seeded teams are just 2-5. While Boston University won comfortably over Ohio State in the Northeast Regional, Minnesota-Duluth needed a minor miracle to beat Princeton in the West on Friday. 

You have to feel for Ohio State, even if only a little bit. After all, Boston University has 20 Frozen Four appearances. North Dakota has gone four years in a row and 18 overall. New Hampshire hasn't been to the Frozen Four since 2003, but they have gone seven times and played in the championship...

3 Boston University smoked Merrimack 7-1 in the quarterfinals before beating Providence 7-5 at the Garden. With Maine moving past UMass Lowell and Northeastern, it would be a Terriers-Black Bears finals on Causeway Street. BU added some drama to the ...

By Alex Beam, Globe Staff A few years ago, I made a small, vociferous - but high-toned - coterie of enemies by writing about former Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Charles Munch's activities in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. Boston University professor Jeffrey Mehlman offered evidence that the A...

One of the locations was the railroad trestle by the landmark Boston University bridge over the Charles River, police said. Fairey, 38, of Los Angeles, ... Designer of Obama "Hope" Poster Detained by Police ToTheCenter.com Artist Of Famed Obama Poster Arrested In Boston TheDenverChannel.c...

By Compiled by USCHO Staff OTTAWA, Ont. — James van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J./University of New Hampshire) scored a highlight-reel goal in overtime to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over the Czech Republic Sunday in the fifth-place game at the 2''9 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championsh...

By Compiled by USCHO Staff Boston University Terriers (11-4-1, 6-4-1 Hockey East) Head coach: Jack Parker Leading scorers: So. Colin Wilson (7-14—21), Sr. Chris Higgins (8-8—16), So. Nick Bonino (6-1'—16) Leading netminder: Fr. Kieran Millan (8-1-1, 1.79 GAA, .922 SV%)

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By Jon 1. Ohio University - 1,287 2. Purdue University - 1,068 6. University of Massachusetts at Amherst - 897 8. Howard University - 572 12. Syracuse University - 488 15. Boston University - 470 21. Indiana University - 353 23. Seton Hall University - 338 25. Marshall University - 331

In his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan reflects upon the haunting spiritual state of New Orleans, and offers the opinion that, “The past doesnt pass away so quickly here. You could be dead for a long time.

By educationload The members of the BLC are Boston College, Boston Public Library, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, the Marine Biological Laboratory & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT, Northeastern University, the State Library of Massachusetts, Tufts Un...

David Rosenbloom, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, explains how much drinking of alcohol is TOO much.

When this hit my inbox yesterday, my heart skipped a beat. DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. 1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich, 27, of Walpole, Mass., died May 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered...

By self I haven't read the study — I'm about to get on a plane from Helsinki, where, by the way, I had a wonderful time but slept like a dog on a rocking chair (assuming dogs don't sleep well on rocking chairs) — and the summary raises lots of questions that I'm sure the study itself addresses. Anyway, it...

By Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: Rich sez, "After receiving some copyright violation warnings from various notifying agencies, forwarded to me by Boston University, my school account was shut down. To get it back, I had to have a talk with Jim Stone, self-proclaimed 'DMCA Enforcer.' I think I might have be...