Archive for ‘January, 2009’

Break sees few crimes

Students reported that only two large-dorm burglaries occurred over winter break to police, a decrease in crime over past years.

Obama selections science-forward

The first president to grow up with information technology will kick-start an invigorated science program nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy’s revolutionary space program, leading scientists said. President-elect Barack Obama’s administrative appointments announced in the past month have shown that the new administration will be science-forwad.

BU profs. provide Ponzi expertise

As investigations into Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme continue, two Boston University professors have been working to bring what may prove to be an elaborate fraud to light by contributing their expertise in Ponzi schemes to news outlets and congressional hearings.

Bostonians seek to witness history in the making

Long before President-elect Barack Obama was declared the winner of the presidential election in November, Beeline Transportation’s event coordinator Dwayne Evans was thinking about Inauguration Day.

Farmer calls for ‘social justice’ in health

Injustices in health care are among the most shocking and inhumane in the world, Partners in Health founder Dr. Paul Farmer told 1,400 people gathered at Boston University for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.