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BOSTON UNIVERSITY INFORMATIONBoston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and is a private college. Boston University is a four year college and offers Bachelor's Degrees, Master's Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, and a number of different programs and courses. Boston University is in a relatively urban area (in or near a city), which may be something you prefer if you like a city lifestyle as a student. Boston University does not have a rolling admission policy, and you will want to make sure that you get your application in before January 1. Boston University is a larger college with an enrollment of 31,697 students. Boston University accepts about 58% of its applicants on average, and 65% of the students receive some sort of financial aid for college at Boston University. If you are looking for more information on financial aid at Boston University, you can may want to contact Christine McGuire, who is the Director of Financial Assistance at Boston University. You may also qualify for free grants for college in Massachusetts to attend Boston University. You may also need to take one or more of the following tests to qualify for admission at Boston University:
If you are interested in joining the Army, Boston University does have an ROTC Army program that is available for attending students. If you are interested in joining the Navy, Boston University does have an ROTC Navy program that is available for attending students. If you are interested in joining the Air Force, Boston University does have an ROTC Air Force program that is available for attending students. If you have taken some advanced placement courses with an applicable test, or obtained credit from an other college, you may be eligible to transfer that credit to Boston University. Boston University offers the following co-op opportunities and programs to its students:
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On a 4.0 scale, the average high school gpa for students that are entering Boston University is 3.5. You may want to brush up on your ACT preparation as well, because the average ACT score for students that are entering Boston University is 28. Don't forget to study for the SAT, because the average SAT score for students that are entering Boston University is 1300. Do a lot of students come from out of state to attend Boston University? Well, about 78% of the student body at Boston University comes from outside the state of Massachusetts. Are you thinking of joining a fraternity or a sorority while you are attending Boston University? You're not alone - about 8% of the students at Boston University join a fraternity or sorority. Do a lot of the students at Boston University live on campus? Well, about 74% live on campus, while 26% live off campus and commute to school every day. QUICK FACTS ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Data provided by Data-lists.com Universities and Colleges Database. Data last updated on 2007-10-25. BOSTON UNIVERSITY IN MASSACHUSETTS GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATIONAcademic Competitiveness (AC) Grant Program Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program Grants and Scholarships available in Massachusetts BOSTON UNIVERSITY NEWSSh*t Nobody Says at BUIt all started with a Twitter feed. In August 2009, comedy writer Justin Halpern started to post his father’s often salty, always opinionated, observations. The site, “Sh*t My Dad Says,” became an instant sensation and morphed into an eponymous best-selling book and a short-lived CBS sitcom, starring William Shatner. Like most popular ideas, Halpern’s creation [...] Reefer Madness If you have a serious medical ailment and if your doctor recommends medicinal marijuana to alleviate pain or other symptoms and your state allows medical marijuana use, the law has two words for you: You’re fired. Employers nationally are canning medicinal pot users who flunk workplace drug tests, and courts uniformly are approving the dismissals, [...] Little Rock at Center of Big Controversy In an office on Commonwealth Avenue sits a small rock that is shaking geology to its core. About an inch long, gray and a little chalky, to the untrained eye it’s indistinguishable from any other lying on the sidewalk. It’s a small piece of basalt, derived from some of the Earth’s oldest mantle, the big [...] Terrier Icewomen Fall to Huskies in OT A heartbreaking 4-3 overtime loss to the Northeastern Huskies put paid to the women’s hockey Terriers’ quest for their first Beanpot championship in program history Tuesday night. In a back-and-forth game highlighted by a breakneck pace, 13 penalties, and near-magical goaltending, the Terriers and Huskies were dead even after 65 minutes and 27 seconds, when [...] Terriers Shoot for 30th Beanpot Title The men’s hockey Terriers will attempt to regain ownership of Boston’s college hockey scene when they face off against the Harvard Crimson tonight in the 60th annual Beanpot tournament at the TD Garden. In a town where hockey is the predominant collegiate sport, the Beanpot affords the winning team bragging rights for an entire year, [...] The Art of Fantasy For centuries, art frequently depicted fanciful creatures such as unicorns, angels, and Roman gods passing themselves off as bulls or swans. Think Hieronymus Bosch’s busy canvases or the vast number of Renaissance religious paintings. Artists used these imaginary figures to tell pictorial fables and parables. Modernism, especially minimalism and abstract expression, seemed to put an [...] Tweet the Beanpot BU Today will be at TD Garden tonight to cover every face-off, penalty, and goal as the BU men’s hockey team (15-8-1 overall, 12-6-1 Hockey East- TKTK need to change after Friday night’s game) takes the ice against the Harvard Crimson (6-6-9 overall, 5-4-7 Hockey East) in the first round of the 60th annual Beanpot [...] Teaching Doctors How to Close Life’s Last Door At age 78, Charles Swanigan could jog three miles at a stretch. One year later, with the prostate cancer he had battled for a decade spread throughout his body, he could hardly move. Just getting out of bed, he tells his doctor and two BU School of Medicine students paying him an autumn house call, [...] YouSpeak: Who Best to Beat Obama? Last Tuesday’s Florida GOP primary handed Mitt Romney a decisive victory. The former Massachusetts governor beat Newt Gingrich 46 percent to 32 percent. But Romney’s support among Florida Tea Party supporters, white evangelicals, and voters who identify as “very conservative” remained soft. Those voters are sticking with Gingrich, who has vowed to stay in the [...] Kenmore Square Will Close During Super Bowl With Kenmore Square under lockdown on Super Bowl Sunday, the University will broadcast the New England–New York football face-off on Agganis Arena’s JumboTron, adding free skating, free food, and a “touchdown dance contest” with prizes into the mix. Boston police will shut Kenmore to all pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic after the game’s third quarter [...] Super Bowl Mentality Super Bowl fever has hit Boston, and Sunday night’s game is one of the most eagerly anticipated in years. The showdown between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants pits two equally talented longtime rivals, one with a burning desire to avenge 2008’s heartbreaking loss (in case you’re from Mars—Giants 17, Pats 14). [...] Tracking the Elusive Orangutan Crashing through undergrowth, splashing through creeks, Cheryl Knott races to keep up with the 100-pound ape adroitly clambering through the lush canopy overhead. She’s following the wild orangutan, whom she calls Beth, through the Indonesian rain forest, documenting the animal’s daily search for fruit to feed herself and the newborn infant clinging to her reddish [...] Lunch, Anyone? An Ethiopian meal among friends is the very definition of breaking bread. There are no utensils, just stacks of the spongy flat bread known as injera, used both to cradle and to scoop a range of mild to spicy salads and stews served on a common plate. A recent, welcome addition to the string of [...] BU Abroad: Hands-on in Dublin Coming out of high school, Matthew Whitney thought about studying finance and trying to play hockey at the collegiate level. A shoulder injury put that plan to bed. The physical therapy that followed, he says, “really changed my mind about what I wanted to do with my life.” As Whitney (SAR’12) was treated in various [...] Weekender: High Culture, Low Food, Ultimate Football This Weekender features comedy, music, film, and yes, Super Bowl festivities. Got some other ideas about weekend happenings that readers shouldn’t miss? Tell us where to go. Write them up in the comment space below. Thursday, February 2 Sundance Shorts As part of the Sundance Institute Art House Project, a series of short films from [...] Mad Men Director Comes to COM Tomorrow Fans of AMC’s critically acclaimed series Mad Men may well recall an episode from 2010 titled “The Suitcase.” In the episode, Peggy (Elizabeth Moss) ditches her birthday dinner with her family and boyfriend to help her boss, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), put together a last-minute ad campaign for a suitcase company. After pulling an all-nighter, [...] Terriers, Crimson Face Off in Beanpot Tonight With the coveted beanpot trophy, and its attendant bragging rights, at stake, the women’s hockey Terriers square off tonight against the Harvard Crimson in the 34th annual Women’s Beanpot Tournament. The opening round for all four teams is at Walter Brown Arena, starting at 5 p.m. One of the longest running women’s tournaments in college [...] BU Launches Virtual Concert Hall When Melanie Burbules (CFA’14) walked onto the stage of Symphony Hall last spring to perform in a BU production of Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, both of her parents were watching, despite the fact that her father was stationed in Baghdad and her mother was home in Chicago. Each viewed a live-stream of the performance on a [...] Terrier Icewomen Take Round One of Beanpot The Boston University Terriers are on target in their quest for their first Beanpot championship, skating to a 5-2 victory over the Harvard Crimson last night in the first round of the 34th annual Women’s Beanpot Tournament. They’ll face Northeastern next Tuesday night in the championship game. A victory in that game would give them [...] Wanted: One Good Physics Teacher Michael Thees wants to rearrange molecular and atomic structures and study what happens. The senior physics major has applied to graduate programs and is waiting on a response. But should Plan A not work out, he has a Plan B: becoming a high school physics teacher. “I have been known at BU to talk about [...] Hometown Role Model At first glance, the athletic training room at Boston’s English High School seems standard-issue: a stack of multicolored exercise balls in one corner, resistance bands attached to the wall, a locked closet housing first-aid equipment. To gain a real appreciation for the cinder-block room in the school’s basement, ask licensed athletic trainer Shari Davis what [...] YouSpeak: Combating Piracy on the Internet Two Congressional bills designed to curb pirated content on the internet were stopped dead in their tracks earlier this month after a massive protest by Wikipedia and other websites persuaded lawmakers to take a closer look at the legislation. The bills, known as PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) in the House and SOPA (Stop Online [...] Developing a New Weapon Against HIV The latest news on AIDS is sobering. In 2009, 2.6 million people became infected with HIV, according to data released in November by UNAIDS. That’s down from 3.1 million in 1999, but still amounts to 7,000 new infections and nearly 5,000 deaths every day. Deborah Anderson is working to reverse this trend. Armed with a [...] Winterfest Brings Alums Back to Campus The action on the ice at Walter Brown Arena Saturday afternoon was fast and furious. Shots pounded against the plexiglass. Goalies defended their nets. Players cheered and high-fived when a teammate scored. But this wasn’t Terrier hockey by any stretch of the imagination. This was broomball—no skates (except for the refs), pucks, or hip checks [...] Sometimes, Nice Guys Finish First If you argue hockey with Canadians, it helps to have your facts straight. It helps even more to have a diplomat’s finesse. Women’s hockey coach Brian Durocher needed both last year during a practice where several of his Canadian players were flubbing their signature power play. That’s when a team tries to muscle past an [...] Warm Up at Winterfest Quidditch is back, but the broomball tournament is new. The cooking class and the ice sculpting competition are back as well, but a panel discussion on the state of Africa is new. All are part of the seventh annual Winterfest, taking place this weekend on the Charles River Campus. The event will offer two dozen [...] Green Eyes: Steamy, Intimate Play Tennessee Williams’ Green Eyes starts with a tousled young newlywed fixing her wide eyes on the audience and saying in a come-hither drawl, “Welcome to my honeymoon.” She means it. The new Company One production of the one-act play, written in 1970 but discovered as a series of rough drafts after the playwright’s death, is [...] New Bus Service Caters to College Club-Goers With the thermostat hovering in the 20s last Friday night, BU alums Ryan Kaplan, Eric Pasinski, and Jonathan Castillo gingerly applied a sticky sign the size of a giant toboggan to the side of a charter bus. They were shooting for zero bubbling and a level presentation, and they nailed it. Castillo squeezed out extra [...] Weekender: Local Thrills, Plus Some Chills This week BU Today launches Weekender, a weekly listing of area happenings both on and off campus that will run each Thursday. Plus, BU Today asks readers to do everybody a favor and tell us where to go. Got some other ideas about weekend events that readers shouldn’t miss? Write them up in the comment [...] NEIDL Goes Public John R. Murphy and Ronald Corley may be the most highly educated tour guides in Boston. Murphy, a School of Medicine professor of medicine and microbiology, researches the ways that bacterial protein toxins get into cells. Corley, a MED professor and chair of microbiology, investigates immune responses to viruses. But much of their time recently [...] All-Nighters Hazardous to Health, Grades, Happiness Every night, nearly 60 percent of Americans are awake and staring at the ceiling when they should be in the arms of Morpheus. We are a nation of insomniacs, according to a string of studies, most recently a 2011 poll of 1,500 adults by the National Sleep Foundation. And when it comes to sleep deprivation, [...] Lunch, Anyone? Campus Trolley Food trucks come and go at BU, but Campus Trolley has stayed put since 1988, when it started serving Lebanese fare on the busy corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Granby Street. The diminutive red trolley, which draws a long lunch line even in January, is a whimsical counterpoint to nearby Warren Towers. Nadim Kiwan and [...] BU’s Road to Washington Newt Gingrich’s stunning come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s South Carolina Republican presidential primary has thrown a turbulent primary season into further chaos, with no clear GOP front-runner yet emerging just a week before the next big contest, in Florida on January 31. Gingrich captured 40.4 percent of the vote January 21 to Romney’s 27.8 percent, handing [...] High-Heeled Scholarship Academic research often requires great personal sacrifice, like stepping into stilettoes. That was the case for Ashley Mears, who spent three years lugging her portfolio to casting calls and strutting runways in addition to interviewing agents, magazine editors, and models for her new book Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model. The College of [...] Solar Storm Hits Earth A record 14 weather and climate disasters, each causing more than $1 billion in damages, hit the United States last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Now, just weeks into 2012, the Earth is in the midst of the largest solar storm in more than six years. But experts say there’s no [...] Student Injured in Blaze Remains Critical A 19-year old Boston University student who suffered severe head injuries after jumping from the second floor of a burning Allston apartment early Sunday remains in critical condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The father of Joshua Goldenberg (COM’14) says that while his son’s medical condition had not changed, a neurological examination on Tuesday [...] How Far Would You Go for $20? Remember that hit from TV’s golden era, The Millionaire, about an inexplicably generous rich guy who gave away a fortune each week to a total stranger? This is not that story. In this one, the stranger comes away with only $20, but the story has the advantage of being true. Since September 21, Richard Cook [...] Allston Blaze Sends Seven Students to Hospital One BU student is in critical condition after leaping from the second floor of a burning Allston apartment early yesterday morning and six others were taken to area hospitals, where they were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries. Boston Fire Department spokesperson Stephen MacDonald says that more than 60 firefighters battled the fire at [...] YouSpeak: New Year’s Resolutions Every new year comes with resolutions: lose weight, quit smoking, study harder, save more. A nationwide survey recently found that two-fifths of Americans planned to make New Year’s resolutions, but the same poll showed that only one out of four people who had made resolutions the previous year thought their plans led to “significant, long-term [...] Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back…Sort Of Jesse Garlick bears little physical resemblance to Frank Sinatra. With his untucked shirt, rolled-up sleeves, and sneakers, neither does his appearance have any of the great singer’s famously elegant style. And for the record, Garlick’s eyes are brown, not the famous azure that earned his hero the nickname “Ol’ blue eyes.” But when Garlick (CFA’14) [...] COM Prof Pleads Not Guilty in Vehicular Homicide A court entered a not guilty plea Friday on behalf of a distinguished former ABC journalist and BU professor facing misdemeanor charges of vehicular homicide and failing to yield after an October crash that killed a motorcyclist. A pretrial hearing was set for Robert Zelnick, a College of Communication professor of journalism, on May 25 [...] Brookline Blaze Puts Renewed Emphasis on Fire Safety A four-alarm fire in Brookline left 10 School of Law students homeless Monday. The students have found shelter with help from BU and others. While the cause remains under investigation, the blaze prompted University officials to remind students about fire safety precautions, as outlined on a University website. “The University’s interest is, let’s all be [...] Grownups Behaving Badly Grownups behave very, very badly in Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award–winning God of Carnage, the new Huntington Theatre Company production. As the two couples navigating the stylish set of the fast-paced one-act play regress from polite restraint to mouth-foaming profanity, the proceedings invite comparisons to the vitriolic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (Hon.’10). [...] Trivino Back in Court Former BU hockey star Corey Trivino returned briefly to Brighton District Court on Wednesday, where the case charging him with indecent assault and battery and breaking and entering was continued until March 22. Trivino pleaded not guilty to all charges. Trivino, who was flanked in court by his parents, was arrested on the night of [...] BU Bridge Project Nearly Finished At last. After more than two years of traffic-tangling renovations, the BU Bridge now has bike lanes, and two experimental reconfigurations of auto traffic will be test-driven between now and summer on the crucial Calvin Coolidge–era artery. The prerenovation bridge had four car lanes—two in either direction—and no bike lanes. The current configuration, put in [...] ENG Student Makes Forbes 30 Under 30 List Most scientists spend years striving for the kind of recognition that 26-year-old Kyle Allison has achieved in the past few months. In November, the College of Engineering PhD candidate won first place and $15,000 in the annual Collegiate Inventors Competition for his discovery of a simple and inexpensive therapy for persistent infections. Now, Allison’s research [...] Celebrating a Century of Performance Art There’s something a bit ironic about 100 Years (version #4 Boston, 2012), the Boston University Art Gallery’s new show examining the evolution of performance art over the last century. As Roselee Goldberg, one of the exhibition’s organizers, notes, “Performance art is the avant avant-garde.” Yet as the show makes clear, the cutting-edge, genre-bending art form [...] Lunch (or Breakfast), Anyone? Who doesn’t love a good breakfast joint? The food is filling, delicious, and usually cheap, the perfect antidote to a late night out. The Boston area offers a number of restaurants serving up innovative breakfast fare, one of the best being the Friendly Toast in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. The restaurant makes almost everything they serve [...] Throwing Punches When boxing teacher John O’Brien sends his students to the equipment room at the FitRec Center for gloves and pads, they often notice a laminated news clip tacked to the door. The headline reads, “Hull Native Returns as National Boxing Champ,” and the story beneath it recounts how O’Brien won the 201-pound National Masters Championship [...] Celebrating MLK Day at BU BU will celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) with a special service at Marsh Chapel, a remembrance ceremony with speakers and jazz music, discussions on King’s legacy and on nonviolent resistance, and a classical piano recital. Events will take place across the Charles River and Medical Campuses. King, [...] MLK’s Mentor Revealed He criticized Christianity for its racial segregation, the New Deal for being half-hearted, and America for mimicking, in its Jim Crow laws, the fascistic tendencies of Europe’s real fascists. Having already labeled Jesus’ virgin birth a myth, albeit a religiously instructive one, he was no stranger to hot-button commentary. Howard Thurman (Hon.’67) (pictured below) expressed [...] Ghost in a Red Hat When her close friend, the writer Deborah Tall, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, it was almost inevitable that poet Rosanna Warren would record snippets of their conversations and her own feelings of anguish in her notebooks. For Warren, recording in journals what she reads, sees, and hears is a way of making sense of the [...] See the Hottest Cars in the Coldest Month If you’re in the market for a new car or just get goose bumps ogling a sleek metal torso, kick off the new year’s show circuit with the 2012 New England International Auto Show. Held for 55 years, this year’s show will display the latest in hot cars (Chevy Sonic, Fiat 500, VW Beetle, Subaru [...] Still Devastating 2,000 Years Later The guard dog struggles to dig his way up through the volcanic ash as it falls around him. His paws scrape at the air. He twists madly to free himself from his chained collar. It is all in vain: the animal suffocates in the toxic ash on August 24, AD 79, in the Roman city [...] Explore Winter Trails Those new to Boston might be surprised to learn that skiing New England doesn’t require a four-hour car trip and the expense of overnight lodging. There are several snowshoeing, downhill, and cross-country skiing spots within a 30-minute drive of Boston. Here is a quick list of spots north, west, and south of the city. Add [...] A Debut Novel Nearly Two Decades in the Making Jessica Keener has had a rich and varied literary life, including stints as a freelance journalist for the Boston Globe, a literature and writing teacher, and author of numerous short stories that have appeared in such publications as Wilderness House Literary Review and Night Train. Her debut novel, Night Swim (Fiction Studio Books), comes after [...] Goddess of Love and Beauty Takes Center Stage Valentine’s Day may be more than a month away, but a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts is already celebrating the goddess of love and desire, Aphrodite. Aphrodite and the Gods of Love is billed as “the first ever exhibition dedicated entirely to the goddess” who was known as Aphrodite to the ancient [...] The World Watches North Korea With the official mourning period now over for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who died December 17, attention has turned to his youngest son and successor, Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-il ruled the secretive state with an iron fist for 17 years, succeeding his father, Kim Il-sung, in 1994. In late December Kim Jong-un was officially [...] Ringing in the New Year Celebrate a brand-new year by checking out the activities and happenings Boston has to offer. Explore new museums, see new musical groups, and get to know this beautiful city better. First Night For the past 35 years, First Night, a local nonprofit that promotes Boston’s artistic and cultural diversity, has become synonymous with New Year’s [...] Athletes + Books = Holiday Cheer Joe Walsh has several reasons to support the Boston public schools. He and his two sons attended Boston schools. His wife taught in the school system for many years. And as BU’s executive director of community relations, Walsh is familiar with the University program that awards full scholarships to as many as 25 Boston public [...] Have Yourself a Merry Boston Christmas Winter break is almost here. So as of noon tomorrow, December 22, all University residences will close and not reopen until 10 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012. Residence dining service ends with dinner today, December 21, and will resume with dinner on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Shelton Hall, West Campus, and Warren Towers. All [...] We’re Taking a Break As the University prepares to go dark for the holidays, BU Today is doing the same. We’ll resume publishing on January 9, and we’ll add a list of New Year’s Eve–related events next Monday, December 26. The staff of BU Today wishes all of our readers a joyous holiday season and a happy and healthy [...] Exploring Mexico’s Gardens in All Their Mystery Another New England winter officially begins on Thursday, ushering in a season of bitter cold, gray skies, and barren trees. For those already anxious for spring, consider stopping by the current show at the BU Photographic Resource Center (PRC), titled Los Jardines de México. Featuring verdant images of Mexican gardens by noted photographer Janelle Lynch, [...] Fungus Found to Be Killer of Little Brown Bats On October 26, the day BU biologist Thomas Kunz was seriously hurt in a car accident, a government study confirmed that a fungus Kunz and other researchers have investigated is the mystery killer ravaging little brown bats in North America. Saving the ecologically vital bats has been a passion for Kunz, an internationally known researcher [...] Link Found Between Contaminated Water, Risky Behavior From the late 1960s to 1980, an estimated 600 miles of water pipes contaminated with a known neurotoxin were installed in nearly 100 cities and towns in Massachusetts. According to a new study by researchers at the BU School of Public Health examining Cape Cod residents exposed to the neurotoxin PCE, children in contact with [...] French Cuisine for the Young and Broke Eléonor Picciotto’s love affair with French cuisine and all things culinary began as a child. Growing up in Paris, she had a mother who didn’t like to be in the kitchen and would put her in charge of dinner. The experience came in handy when Picciotto (COM’11) arrived at BU. Undeterred by the lack of [...] Gingerbread Wars Diminutive gingerbread houses, their doorways framed with peppermint canes and cinnamon candies dotting their gabled roofs, can bring out the competitor in some people. “I plan to win,” said Marissa Schneider (CAS’15), sitting at a table loaded with marshmallows, M&Ms, gummy bears, and a pastry bag of white icing, the tools provided for Boston University’s [...] Where Deans Go for Guidance Karen Antman was fortunate: when the School of Medicine dean arrived in 2005, she inherited an advisory board that was eager and engaged. At her first meeting with the board, Antman asked for suggestions about how to raise money for scholarships. Her advisors brought up the possibility that decreasing costs for medical students might accomplish [...] Michael Chiklis on How It’s Done, Seriously Michael Chiklis’ blue eyes bore into his audience with a wattage that makes people want to confess. Anything. Chiklis (CFA’86), the Emmy- and Golden Globe–winning actor who played morally sketchy Detective Vic Mackey on FX’s The Shield, returned to the College of Fine Arts TheatreLab stage last Friday to chat with School of Theatre and College of [...] Ethics for Eighth Graders It’s 9:30 a.m. on a typical Tuesday, and a group of eighth graders is discussing the philosophical ideas of Thrasymachus and the fall of Yertle the Turtle. The former is a Greek sophist and a character in Plato’s Republic who unsuccessfully argued that “justice is the advantage of the stronger”—or, in plainer terms, that might [...] Cairo, Up Close and Personal A year ago, when Margaret Litvin decided to spend her upcoming sabbatical in Cairo, she had one concern. “My husband and I were afraid we’d be bored,” she says. “We thought that Egypt was so stable it wouldn’t be that interesting. That didn’t end up being a problem.” Litvin, a College of Arts and Sciences [...] BU Men’s Hockey Star Arrested The starting center on the BU men’s ice hockey team was arrested Sunday night and charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery after he allegedly entered the room of a female student and attempted to kiss and grope her. Corey Trivino (MET’12), the leading scorer in Hockey East, was also charged with two [...] As Protests Against Putin Mount, Where Is Russia Headed? To steal political pundit Monica Crowley’s line, how crummy a dictator are you when you rig an election and almost lose it? Such was Vladimir Putin’s fate after the Russian prime minister’s United Russia party barely won a parliamentary majority on December 4. International and local election monitors condemned the regime for widespread fraud, prompting [...] Coping with Stress See if this sounds familiar. It’s the first day of the study period. Finals start on Friday. You’ve got papers to write, projects to complete, and exams to prepare for. The holidays are looming and you haven’t shopped at all. And the boss at your part-time job wants you to work just one more night [...] Lunch, Anyone? Soulfire BBQ The Boston restaurant scene is known more for seafood than for barbecue. Yes, there’s Redbones, in Somerville, Blue Ribbon Barbecue, in Arlington and Newton, and the upscale East Coast Grill, in Cambridge. But happily, BU students can find genuine Memphis-style barbecue much closer at hand: Soulfire, in Allston. The restaurant’s ribs, fried catfish, pulled pork, [...] 2011’s 10 Worst Toys A duck pull toy with a 33-inch-long cord that could strangle a child. A “sword fighting Jack Sparrow” with a stiff plastic sword activated at the push of a lever that could wound a child’s eye. A trampoline whose package insert instructs that it should be used only with a “controlled bounce.” (How do you [...] What Happens if We Run Out of Doctors? A doctor deficit plagues the country, and persuading more medical students to become old-fashioned general practice family docs requires three measures: more public subsidies for medical education, more primary care provided by nurses and foreign doctors, and a stomach for alphabet-soup abbreviations. Those conclusions spring from two studies now being conducted by Stephen Davidson, a [...] Changing the World Through Service On a recent Thursday night, Alex Reese pulls open the doors of a 12-passenger van in front of Panera Bread on Comm Ave and deposits a trash bag full of day-old pastries. Reese (COM’13) is among 95 volunteers participating in Student Food Rescue (SFR), one of 13 programs run by BU’s Community Service Center (CSC). [...] CFA Presents Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid Emily Ranii prefers to direct plays that terrify her. Near the top of that list is Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, a 16th-century satire about hypochondriacs, quack doctors, and thwarted lovers. “If it’s not something that scares you, the challenge isn’t worth it,” says graduate student Ranii (CFA’13), who is directing a production featuring students and [...] Green Light for Biosafety Lab The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has announced a draft decision that would allow researchers to conduct lower-level biosafety research in BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on the Medical Campus in Boston’s South End, where controversy has precluded all such work since the building was finished three years ago. The [...] Healthful Cooking Made Easy Long before cooking became a competitive sport, Deborah Chud’s grandmother was a top chef in her own right—a restaurant owner and caterer who created sophisticated sauces and exquisite, multi-tiered wedding cakes. “She was the sort of chef who in those days used wine in cooking,” says Chud (MED’84) of her paternal grandmother, Leah Friedson, who [...] Malibu, Mount Gay, or Molson? Almost 15 years ago, the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ended its Joe Camel advertising campaign after research suggested that the cartoon character was fueling an uptick in youth smoking. Now, a team of researchers from the BU School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will examine the correlation [...] The ABCs of HPV Here’s a rather sobering statistic: at least half of sexually active people will contract the human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives, and most won’t even know it. Currently, 20 million Americans are infected with HPV, and another 6 million become infected each year, making it the most common sexually transmitted infection, according [...] What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about War Think ancient literature is only for scholars? The Pentagon paid almost $4 million to Theater of War, a New York performance company, to present Sophocles’ Ajax at military sites around the country. Why would the brass promote a play about a mythical Greek hero who tries to assassinate his generals after the Trojan War for [...] |
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