Media Relations

News Releases

2009

November 25

Researchers Identify Proteins In Lung Cancer Cells That May Provide Potential Drug Targets

November 16

Boston University Academy Student Awarded $20,000 for First Place in Math Competition

November 13

The Boston University College of Fine Arts presents the second season of the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP)

November 13

BUSM Researchers Find Fat Collections in Certain Body Areas Linked To Decreased Heart Function

November 12

New Chief And Chair Of Dermatology Named At Boston Medical Center And Boston University School Of Medicine

November 10

The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music presents BU Symphonic Chorus performing free concert at First Church, Cambridge

November 10

BUSM’S Vasculitis Center Receives $6M Grant from National Institutes of Health

November 9

BUSM Researchers Show Dieters can Experience Neurobiological Similarities of Drug Addicts and Alcoholics

November 9

Boston Medical Center Will Study Testosterone In Older Men

November 9

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Chief Of Infectious Diseases

November 9

Boston University School Of Medicine Appoints First Chief Of Computational Biomedicine

November 5

Boston University to Honor Real-Life Hero of Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina and Distinguished Poet Sonia Sanchez

November 5

BUSM Professor Receives Award from American College of Gastroenterology

November 4

Researchers Find Yoga May Be Effective For Chronic Low Back Pain In Minority Populations

November 3

Boston University’s Metropolitan College Awards Noted Intellectual Property Attorney Distinguished Alumni Award

November 3

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents Phantom

November 2

Boston University’s Metropolitan College Awards Local Computer Science Professional with Distinguished Alumni Award

November 2

Poorly Cleaned Public Cruise Ship Restrooms May Predict Norovirus Outbreaks

October 29

BMC’S Elders Living at Home Program Receives Grant from Administration on Aging

October 28

Boston University College of Fine Arts announces 2009 Distinguished Alumni & Faculty Award Winners

October 28

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents CREATING FREEDOM: FROM POST-REVOLUTIONARY TO POST-COMMUNIST ART IN HUNGARY

October 28

Member of NFL Hall of Fame Diagnosed with Degenerative Brain Disease

October 27

Award Winning Actress and Singer Betty Buckley to Speak at Boston University

October 27

New Director Of Endovascular And Structural Heart Interventions Appointed At Boston Medical Center

October 27

Researchers Find Web-Based Nutrition Program Reduces Healthcare Costs For Employees With Cardiac Risk Factors

October 27

Microsoft's Andrea Taylor Named Boston University Trustee

October 26

NPR’s Chana Joffe-Walt Named 2009 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize Winner

October 26

New Interventional Cardiologist Appointed At Boston Medical Center

October 26

Surgeons at BMC Offering New Procedure for Acid Reflux/GERD

October 26

Researchers Find Weekly and Biweekly Dose of Vitamin D2 Treats and Prevents Recurrence of Vitamin D Deficiency for up to Six Years

October 23

Boston University’s Metropolitan College Awards Local Information Technology CEO with Distinguished Alumni Award

October 22

Boston University Scientists First to See RNA Network in Live Bacterial Cells

October 22

Boston University School Of Medicine Citylab Program Awarded Grant From NIH-National Center For Research Resources

October 22

First Former College Football Player Diagnosed With CTE

October 21

Mass. Governor Patrick Unveils Collaborative Plan to Build High-Performance Computing Center in Holyoke by 2011

October 19

Farouk El-Baz Appointed to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation

October 16

The Boston University Art Gallery Presents Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England

October 16

New Cardiologist Appointed At Boston Medical Center

October 15

IBEX Discovers That Galactic Magnetic Fields May Control the Boundaries of Our Solar System

October 15

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents the Sixth Annual Tim Hamill Visiting Artist Lecture: Thomas Struth

October 14

Boston University School Of Medicine Awarded Grant To Create A Molecular Roadmap For Chronic Lung Disease

October 13

Digital Reef CTO Steve Akers Awarded Boston University 2009 Metropolitan College Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Award

October 9

Boston University Astronomers Detect Sodium Gas Ejected by Lunar Impact

October 9

Researchers Find Cancer Drug Is No Different In Effectiveness As More Costly Gold Standard Treatment For Macular Degeneration

October 8

Simple Tool Can Boost Motivation, Improve Health In Older Adults

October 7

Researchers Identify Genes Associated With Onset Age Of Parkinson’s Disease

October 6

BUSM Researchers Identify Better Laser For Treating Facial Spider Veins

October 5

Researchers Find Demand For Cosmetic And Surgical Procedures In Dermatologic Surgery Rising Rapidly

October 5

Vitamin D Expert Receives Award From North American Menopause Society

October 5

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents BU School of Music and School of Theatre with the BU Opera Institute in the 13th Annual Fall Fringe Festival

October 5

BUSM’S Framingham Heart Study Receives $1M Challenge Grant

October 1

Researchers At Boston University School Of Medicine Incorporate Multisite Geriatric Clerkship For Fourth-Year Medical Students

October 1

Researchers Develop An Integrated Treatment For Veterans With Chronic Pain And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

October 1

A Need for Leadership in Primary Care A Call to Action

September 29

BUSM'S Black Women's Health Study Receives $9.1M Award to Continue Research

September 29

Training Clinicians Helps Reduce Rates Of Early Childhood Cavities

September 28

Hormone Therapy Should Not Be Stopped Prior To Mammograms

September 25

BUSM Researchers Propose A Relationship Between Androgen Deficiency And Cardiovascular Disease

September 25

Celebrating Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and H. C. Robbins Landon at Boston University

September 23

Jacques Pepin to Host 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston University Culinary Arts Program through Metropolitan College

September 23

Feld Family Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Boston University

September 21

Boston University Academy Student Performed at 2009 Boston Arts Festival

September 16

Award-Winning Journalist Christopher Dickey to Speak at Boston University

September 16

InCite Arts Festival Weaves Together Art, Science, and Politics

September 15

Boston University & Nature's Classroom Finalize Lease to Operate Sargent Center

September 15

New Hematologist And Oncologist Appointed To Boston Medical Center

September 15

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents Casual Males

September 14

Robert Dodson Appointed Director of the Boston University School of Music

September 14

Three Active NFL Pro Bowl Players To Donate Brains To Research

September 14

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Neurosurgeon

September 11

Alcohol Education For Youths: A Laboratory-Based Experience

September 10

Leventhals Pledge $10 Million to Boston University

September 9

BUSM Lecture To Honor Victim Of 9/11 Tragedy

September 3

Boston University J-School adds Pulitzer Winner, Online-News Pioneer

September 2

Boston University's James Winn Named Warren Distinguished Professor

September 1

Pipeline Goes Statewide: BU’s Dental School Will Expand Children’s Health Education Programs with $2.1 Million Federal Grant

August 18

The Boston University Art Gallery Presents Missionary Photography in Korea: Encountering the West through Christianity

August 14

Boston University College of Fine Arts 2009-2010 Season Highlights

August 11

Researchers Find Alcoholics Display Abnormal Brain Activity When Processing Facial Expressions

August 10

Metropolitan College Offers Scholarship to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patients and Survivors

August 10

Boston University Launches Online Component of Sargent Choice

August 4

BU’s Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Wins Johnson & Johnson Grant

July 29

Julie Sandell Named Associate Provost for Faculty Development

July 29

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Co-Director Of Endovascular Surgery

July 29

Dr. Richard Saitz Certified By New Addiction Medicine Board

July 28

Dr. Daniel P. Alford Certified By New Addiction Medicine Board

July 28

WBUR Launches New & Improved Web Site

July 27

Healthcare Veteran Appointed COO of Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab

July 24

WBUR, The Globe, NECN and WGBH Collaborate to Host Mayoral Debate

July 23

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Obstetrician And Gynecologist

July 23

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Dermatologist

July 17

A Global Model for the Origin of Species Independent of Geographical Isolation

July 15

Stopping Oral Cancer in its Tracks

July 14

Understanding he Process of Homosexual Identity Formation Among Asian and Pacific Islander Youth

July 14

Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis

July 14

National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Appoints Director of Aerobiology Core

July 10

New Oral Agents May Prevent Injury After Radiation Exposure

July 9

Boston University Selects SAP Software to Streamline Business Processes

July 8

Researchers Identify Potential Patient Safety Risks Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients

July 8

Researchers Find Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Pregnant Women Reduces Risk of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

July 7

Intensive Management Can Improve Blood Pressure In Non-Adherent Hypertensive Patients

July 7

Martha Little Appointed WBUR News Director

July 7

Middle School Students Participate in Unique Summer Program Hosted by Boston University Academy

July 7

Study Shows Endoscopic Surgery As Effective Open Surgery For Nasal Cancer

July 7

College of Arts & Sciences to Offer Public Health Dual Degree

July 1

Dr. George Huang appointed as the Herbert Schilder Chair in Endodontics and Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

July 1

Dr. Leslie Anne Will appointed as the Anthony A. Gianelly Chair in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics and Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Orthodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

June 25

BU Professors Nancy Kopell & Laurence Kotlikoff Win Distinguished Faculty Award

June 25

Raysa Tapia Named Director of Community Outreach at Boston University's Medical Campus

June 24

Boston University Graduate and Instructor Win U.K. Fulbright Awards

June 23

Metropolitan College Offers Accelerated Summer Certificate Programs for Recent College Graduates

June 22

Boston University in Lease Negotiations with Nature's Classroom to Operate Sargent Center

June 17

Boston University Awards Over $5.2 million in full scholarships as Unique Program Nears $130M Mark

June 15

Professor Farouk El-Baz to be honored by American University of Beirut

June 9

In Memory of Dr. Anthony A. Gianelly, 72

June 9

Researchers Estimate Risk of Transmission of Huntington's Disease to Offspring Among Male Carriers of “High Normal” Variant

June 9

Researchers Identify Structure of Bacteria Responsible for Traveler’s Diarrhea

June 8

Top Notch Decisions in Developing Airways Bring Insights Into Lung Disease

June 5

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents three students with prestigious Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Awards

June 5

BMC Receives National Environmental Leadership Award from Environmental Protection Agency

June 5

Boston MedFlight introduces new helicopter at Boston Medical Center

June 1

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents Boston University Tanglewood Institute 2009 Season

May 29

Boston University to Award Full-Tuition Medeiros Scholarships to 10 Archdiocesan High School Graduates

May 27

Boston University to Host International Conference on Food Styling & Photography

May 27

Boston University Overseer & Philanthropist Robert Hildreth Pledges $2 Million to CAS Creative Writing Programs

May 26

BUSM Researchers Find no Adjustment Method Fully Resolves Confounding by Indication

May 21

Boston University’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work Awarded $3.1-Million Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies

May 20

Understanding the Therapeutic Process of Mother-Infant Psychotherapy

May 19

George Annas & James Collins Win BU's Distinguished Professor Award

May 19

Dr. Jeffrey H. Samet Certified By New Addiction Medicine Board

May 18

Vitamin D Expert Receives Linus Pauling Prize for Health Research

May 18

BUSM Study Finds Higher Prevalence of Early Menarche among Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

May 17

Rep. Capuano Urges BU Grads To Seek Fufillment By Bettering Society

May 17

Boston University Commencement Address 2009

May 17

Boston University Baccalaureate Address 2009

May 15

Alumnae Donates $1.5 Million to Boston University's College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

May 15

BUSM Researchers Find High Frequency of Gram-Negative Rods in Two Philippine Neonatal Intensive Care Units

May 15

Boston University School of Medicine’s CityLab Academy Graduation a Success

May 13

Bloomberg’s Andrew Lack, CBS Entertainment’s Nina Tassler & Overseer Chair Richard Reidy Elected Boston University Trustees

May 5

Examining TLR4 influences of B cell response to chronic Periodontal Disease

May 1

U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano Tops Ticket for Boston University Commencement

May 1

Boston University Recognizes Three Professors May 17 for Excellence in Teaching Honors

May 1

BUSM Researchers Find Prenatal Cocaine Exposure May Compromise Neurocognitive Development During Middle Childhood

April 30

Special Olympics Special Smiles® Founder and Senior Global Clinical Director Dr. Steven Perlman Named Commencement Speaker for Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

April 30

Research Finds Photos More Useful Than Words for Memory Recall in Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease

April 29

WBUR Wins Corporation For Public Broadcasting National Community Impact Award

April 23

BUSM Study Finds Photographs of UV Exposure Can Impact Sunburns in Preteens

April 23

BUSM Researchers Find That Medical Inpatients With Unhealthy Alcohol Use May Benefit From Brief Intervention

April 22

Boston University Dean Named Co-Chair of Board of Governors at The English High School

April 22

Boston Medical Center Becomes A National Leader In Local, Sustainable Foods

April 22

Using Combinatorial Libraries to Engineer Genetic Circuits Advances Synthetic Biology

April 21

University of San Francisco's CIO to Spearhead Boston University's Information Systems & Technology Office

April 17

The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music presents Boston University at Symphony Hall: Mozart, Argento, and Cornell, with guest conductor Craig Jessop

April 15

BMC Receives Outstanding Achievement Award From Commission on Cancer

April 15

The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre presents Trumpery

April 15

The Boston University College of Fine Arts presents the Boston Center for American Performance production of I Am My Own Wife

April 15

Audrey L. Holland, Ph.D. to Deliver Inaugural Meredith E. Drench Lecture at BU Sargent College

April 14

Tucson marathoner has motivation to spare

April 14

Milton Resident Receives The Helen B. Spaulding Community Conscience Award

April 13

New Orthopaedic Surgeon Appointed To Boston Medical Center

April 13

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents MFA Student Exhibitions 2009

April 10

Boston University Film Professor Sam Kauffmann Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

April 9

Boston Medical Center Researchers Studying Tendon Stiffness In Boston Marathon Runners

April 3

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series: Yvonne Rainer and Robert Storr

April 3

Researchers Identify Personality Traits of Centenarian Offspring Which May Influence Longevity

April 3

Retired NHL Star Keith Primeau to Donate Brain Upon Death to Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy

April 3

BU Trustee Sidney Feltenstein Pledges Million Dollar Annual Fund Challenge

April 2

Boston University in Brussels Announces New Leadership Degree

March 31

Boston University School Of Medicine Names New Chair Of Department Of Biochemistry

March 31

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

March 31

Cancer Genomics Browser Gives Cancer Researchers A Powerful New Tool

March 31

WBUR and WGBH Invite Viewers and Listeners to Participate in Project Dropout, a Live Multi-Media Special

March 26

Christine King Farris to give MLK, Jr. Leadership Lecture

March 20

BUSM Researchers Identify Gene Variant Associated With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

March 19

Boston University School of Medicine Receives $10.5 Million Pledge to Create Breast Cancer Research Center

March 19

New Study Finds Hospital Practices Strongly Impact Breastfeeding Rates

March 19

Boston University School of Medicine Celebrates Match Day

March 19

Researchers Find Majority of Fire and Ambulance Recruits Overweight or Obese

March 19

Researchers Discover Ways Of Integrating Treatment Of Traumatized Tibetan Refugee Monks

March 17

WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Public Radio International® & BBC World Service Partnership Expands Editorial Output of Signature Midday News Program

March 17

Boston University Professor Honored as Outstanding Dietitian

March 13

Researchers develop a structural approach to exploring DNA

March 13

Researchers Discover Ways Of Integrating Treatment Of Traumatized Tibetan Refugee Monks

March 11

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Obstetrician

March 11

BMC Researchers Find That A Single Question Can Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care Patients

March 10

Friendly Competition among Area Dental Schools to Educate about Oral Cancer

March 10

New Opthamologist Appointed to Boston Medical Center

March 10

Botswana's Former President Festus Mogae Newest Boston University African President-in-Residence

March 4

Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarships Available to Greek Students at Boston University

March 3

How Multiple Childhood Maltreatments Lead to Greater Adolescent Binge Drinking

March 3

New Study Shows How Spikes in Nitrite Can Have a Lasting Protective Impact on the Heart

March 3

BUSM Geneticists Report First Series of Prenatal Molecular Diagnosis for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

March 3

Researchers Discover Gene Variant Associated with Cocaine Dependence, Cocaine Induced Paranoia

February 26

BUSM Researchers Encourage Use of Potassium Iodide in Prenatal Vitamins

February 25

The Boston University School of Theatre and Dance program present Aurora Borealis 7: A Festival of Light and Dance

February 25

BUSM Receives $260,000 Grant from Lincy Foundation

February 23

Anatoli Polkovnikov, Assistant Professor of Physics, Awarded Prestigous Sloan Research Fellowship

February 19

UN Secretary-General Nominates Boston University Professor Adil Najam to Committee on Development Policy

February 19

BUSM Researchers Find Parental Dementia May Lead to Poor Memory in Middle-aged Adults

February 18

Award Winning Sportscaster Bud Collins to Speak at Boston University

February 18

BUGSDM offers free dental health fair for at-risk Boston children

February 17

New Associate Provost For The Division Of Graduate Medical Sciences Appointed To Boston University School Of Medicine

February 17

Boston University Endorses Institution-Wide, Open-Access Research Archive

February 12

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents InCite 2009: Art Never Backs Down

February 12

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents Tobias Picker’s Therese Raquin and Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

February 12

New Neurologist Appointed To Boston Medical Center

February 10

BMC Cardiologist Receives Drake Award

February 9

AAAS Science Journalism Radio Award to be Presented to Daniel Grossman & WBUR-FM

February 5

WBUR-FM and WGBH-TV Collaborate to Examine the Massachusetts High School Dropout Crisis with Project Dropout

February 3

The Boston University Art Gallery Presents Sidney Hurwitz: Fifty Years

February 3

Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Researchers Design Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge Program To Reduce Rehospitalization

February 3

Researchers find Culture of Academic Institution May Influence Health Care Delivery

January 30

Boston University School of Visual Arts and the Boston Printmakers present The 2009 North American Print Biennial

January 30

AG Lynch Approves Final Sale of WRNI 1290 AM

January 29

Study Finds Preemies More Likely to Score Positive on Checklist for Autism

January 27

Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy Announces New Findings Linking Football and Progressive Brain Damage

January 27

Metropolitan College Introduces New Scholarship for Boston Area Parents

January 27

Boston Medical Center Appoints New Family Medicine Physician

January 22

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents Boston University Tanglewood Institute Benefit Concert

January 22

BUSM Researcher Solves Mystery of 9-Month Old with Seizures and Bulging Soft Spot

January 21

Johnson & Johnson Vice Chair Named Boston University Trustee

January 16

BU to Honor Legacy of Alumnus Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 16

Boston University School of Visual Arts presents Boston University and Beyond: Twenty-Five Years of Prints by Andrew Raftery

January 15

Boston University Launches Pioneering Investigative Journalism Collaborative

January 14

The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music presents Menahem Pressler Residency

January 13

Researchers Identify Another Potential Biomarker for Lung Cancer

January 12

Dr. Judith A. Jones Receives the William J. Gies Award for Innovation Presented by the ADEAGies Foundation

January 9

Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Urologist Named One Of America's Top Doctors

January 8

Quincy Medical Center President, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Vascular Surgeon Named One Of America’s Top Doctors

January 8

Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Surgeon Named One Of America's Top Doctors

January 8

Converting Adult Somatic Cells to Pluripotent Stem Cells Using a Single Virus

January 8

New Orthopedic Surgeon Appointed To Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine

January 7

Local Resident Named Director Of Head And Neck Surgical Oncology And Skullbase Surgery At Boston Medical Center

January 5

Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon Named One Of America's Top Doctors

January 5

Boston Medical Center, Boston University School Of Medicine Otolaryngologist Named One Of America's Top Doctors