Archive for ‘January, 2011’
I Got a Feeling: ESP study could suggest more about methodology than mind-reading
Something’s telling the scientific community that extra-sensory perception could be real. It might just be a funny feeling – or it might be the statistical findings of Daryl Bem, a renowned psychologist at Cornell University.
BU-based record label makes noise for local acts in industry
In December, Reputations Records, a non-profit, student-run record label based out of Boston University, saw its Brooklyn-based band, Blue Pages, become one of Hot Topic’s Unsigned Bands of the Month. With that accomplishment, the on-campus club dedicated to helping local bands make it in the music industry decided it was time to select two more [...]
Moore honored as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
After being kissed, flattered and roasted, Boston University alumna Julianne Moore was honored with The Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year award on Thursday. “The Kids Are Alright” star received the 61st Annual Harvard University Pudding Pot for her “exceptional range” and “outstanding work in both box office hits and independent features,” according [...]
Boston protestors lend voices to Egyptian cause
Despite fatigue, slushy roads and voice loss, supporters of the coup in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak gathered at Harvard Square to march on Saturday. About 600 people joined the march to support the protests in response to decades of oppression and corruption as well as an increasingly high level of unemployment, hunger and food [...]
Managing the competition
While college graduates all over the country struggle to get jobs, Boston University’s School of Management is working hard to ensure its students’ success, despite a slow economy and stiff competition from students at high profile business schools nationwide. As unemployment continues to hover at more than nine percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of [...]
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
