Archive for ‘July, 2008’
Jim Thistle, media leader and BU professor, is dead at 66
When Jim Thistle’s broadcast journalism students found out their professor had been diagnosed with cancer, the legendary newsroom director and Boston University professor gave them a straight answer about the semester and his illness. “He said to us, ‘There’s nothing that can stop me from finishing this class with you guys.
Wilson to return for sophomore season
Colin Wilson is returning to the Boston University men’s hockey team for his sophomore season, multiple media outlets reported Monday. The 18-year-old forward, who was selected by the Nashville Predators with the seventh overall pick of last month’s National Hockey League Entry Draft, has opted for another year at the collegiate level instead of kickstarting his professional career.
Gerald Tsai Jr., trustee emeritus and university benefactor, dies at 79
Boston University trustee emeritus Gerald Tsai Jr., who donated the Tsai Performance Center to the College of Arts and Sciences, died July 9 of multiple organ failure. He was 79. Tsai, a fund manager and financier who attended BU in the late 1940s, arrived in Boston after growing up in Shanghai, China.
BMC names new chief of trauma surgery
July 1 — The Boston Medical Center named its new chief of trauma surgery Friday to replace Erwin Hirsch, who died in a boating accident last month and had held the position for 25 years, officials said. Peter Burke, current BMC chief of surgical critical care, will take over today after nearly 10 years of service to the center’s intensive care and trauma units, according to a BMC press release.
Wilson to return for sophomore season
Colin Wilson is returning to the Boston University men’s hockey team for his sophomore season, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
News
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- Author says Occupy movement just beginning
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
Campus
- BUSI aims to educate students about peace, water relations with Jordan
- BU students stopped at U.S.-Canada border, found with illegal substances
- Judge turned down for School of Law job after controversial decision
- BU alum, news reporter dies at 83, known as devoted reporter
- FOX executive tells students to take industry challenges head on
Politics
- Panelists weigh in on election-year issues, voter participation
- Smoking, cage-free eggs proposals among Union’s successes, members say
- Parliament proposal would unite student leaders, supporters say
- Mass. legislature prepares gaming bill provisions in winter recess
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
Finance & Economy
- Judge extends Occupy’s temporary restraining order against city
- Study reports income inequality a growing trend in Boston
- Fee free: Occupy demonstrators encourage opening credit union accounts
- Students say Obama’s loan proposal has potential to alleviate debt
- BU students express frustration over new Bank of America annual charges
Science & Technology
- BU enrollment in math, sciences, tech rises slightly
- BU profs find DNA connection to onset of menopause
- The real butterfly in your stomach: Scientists explore the possibility of a “second brain” in our gut
- Tournament encourages entrepreneurship with $200,000 prize
- Mass. gives BU biolab preliminary approval to operate
International
- Study Abroad, COM to send 15 students to London to cover Olympics
- Holocaust survivors share experiences with students
- Protesters flock to streets in opposition of Palestinian occupation
- Students say Amanda Knox scandal does not affect decisions to study abroad
- Study Abroad encourages students to immerse themselves fully, officials say
