Piracy case bumped down to appeals court, Tenenbaum looks ahead
After celebrating his graduation from Boston University Sunday, Joel Tenenbaum received news Monday that the Supreme Court refused to hear his case, but is looking ahead in his future academically as he continues to teach statistics at the School of Management in the fall. Through its ruling, the Supreme Court left him with a $675,000 [...]
Doomsday no more: BU researchers find oldest Mayan calendar
The world’s end may not arrive in December 2012 after all. An archeology expedition led by Boston University researchers and students gives insight into recently discovery Mayan calendars. The Xultun lunar calendar, roughly five centuries older than previously discovered Mayan calendars, was recently discovered, according to a Science Magazine report released Thursday. The calendar debunks the [...]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells BU grads to solve world’s problems through technology, innovation
Standing before Boston University’s Class of 2012, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told graduates although the economy is not good, they have a competitive edge. “You have an innate mastery of technology, an ability to find, build, foster connections that no generation before you has ever possessed,” Schmidt said at BU’s 139th commencement at Nickerson [...]
SHA student who drove in NZ crash faces charges
A Boston University student appeared before the Auckland District Court Friday afternoon New Zealand time for charges related to the car crash on Saturday involving eight students, officials said. The student, who drove the vehicle that crashed and killed three students, faces three counts of careless driving causing death and four counts of careless driving [...]
CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Dylan Turk saw Roch Jauberty not only as a basketball buddy and a roommate, but as a brother. “There were no barriers with Roch,” Turk said in an email interview. “He was extremely genuine and open-minded with everyone. In that sense, he personally connected with us in a way that [...]
Campus
- Piracy case bumped down to appeals court, Tenenbaum looks ahead
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells BU grads to solve world’s problems through technology, innovation
- SHA student who drove in NZ crash faces charges
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
City
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Marchers protest for workers’ rights, honor May Day
- Bankers urge customers to use caution when swiping cards at ATMs
- Theft high among cell-phone bearing pedestrians, police say
- Free fitness classes offered in Hub after finals, during summer
National
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Violin prof. Roman Totenberg dies at 101, leaves behind legacy of devotion
- Seau family considering brain donation to BU, still undecided
- Brown, Warren among top earners, tax records show
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
International
- CAS sophomore Roch Jauberty remembered as true friend, excellent student
- Student injured in crash in critical condition
- Daniela Lekhno remembered by friends, professors
- Vigil attendees remember BU students killed in New Zealand
- Three BU students killed, five injured in car accident while studying abroad in New Zealand
