Archive for ‘January, 2012’

The Future Is Crystal Clear

Scientists defy the laws of nature by creating quasicrystals, an innovation that won a Nobel Prize in 2011. In 1982, Dan Shechtman, a materials scientist at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, discovered quasicrystals in a synthetic material. This discovery won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry, which was awarded to him in October [...]

CityFeast hopes to raise $40,000 for diabetes research this year

Food lovers flocked to CityFeast in the North End to indulge on Italian food while raising funds for diabetes research. About 235 people came to Antico Forno, Terramia Ristorante, Lucca, Taranta and Tresca to participate in CityFeast on Sunday. The festival raises money for Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, which aids diabetes research, according [...]

ASB registration site crashes due to heavy traffic, spots filled rapidly

Registration for Alternative Spring Break 2012 was postponed until 7 p.m. Sunday night after overwhelming traffic caused the host website to crash early on Sunday. While Boston University students resumed registration, spots filled up within minutes and left many without program options. ASB registration, originally scheduled for 8 a.m. on a site hosted by the [...]

‘Homeland’ star, Emmy winner Claire Danes named Hasty Pudding Woman of Year

Actress Claire Danes paraded alongside rainbow-clad men in drag and spanked a costumed cow as part of Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year award celebration. Danes, a “Homeland” actress and Emmy winner, received Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award from Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding society on Thursday. “I wish every award ceremony was [...]

Students more liberal, but less active, study says

Freshmen may be decidedly more liberal in their political and social views, but less politically active than ever, according to a Higher Education Research Institute report published Wednesday. The survey, conducted annually by the University of California, Los Angeles, examined 204,000 freshmen at 270 four-year colleges. The survey showed an increase in support for same-sex [...]