http://www.bu.edu/news/ News releases from Boston University. en-us Copyright 2003, Boston University. All Rights Reserved. webmaster@bu.edu Thu, 08 May 2008 12:03:49 EDT Thu, 08 May 2008 12:03:49 EDT PHP/MySQL http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1585 (Boston) – Entrepreneur Dean Kamen, playwright Craig Lucas, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and Marriott President Edwin Fuller headline the array of individual school and college convocations that follow the institution-wide Boston University commencement on Sunday, May 18. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1585 Colin Riley 2008-05-13T09:03:25-05:00 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1584 Boston - Boston University’s 135th Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 18, with the Baccalaureate Service at Marsh Chapel at 9:00 AM, followed by the All-University Commencement Exercises on Nickerson Field at 11:00 AM. The College of Fine Arts Convocation will be held at 4:00 PM at the Boston University Theatre at 264 Huntington Avenue. This year’s speaker for the CFA Convocation will be Craig Lucas (CFA ’73), an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1584 Jean ConnaughtonEllen Carr 2008-05-09T15:06:19-05:00 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1582 (Boston) – Boston University and the University of Warwick, one of Britain’s leading research universities, have announced a partnership to leverage the strengths of each institution through research collaboration in new and emerging disciplines. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1582 Colin Riley 2008-05-09T10:23:50-05:00 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1581 (Boston) –Boston resident Deborah Lee, OD, has been appointed to the position of attending optometrist in the Department of Ophthalmology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and will be recommended for clinical instructor of ophthalmology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1581 Allison Rubin 2008-05-09T10:17:21-05:00 http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1583 (Waltham, MA) - Boston University President Emeritus and University Professor Aram Chobanian, M.D. has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, given each year to a member of the Society who has made a lasting contribution to the practice of medicine over a lifetime and who has made significant contributions to the goals of the Society. The award will be presented at the Society's annual meeting May 8 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=1583 Richard GullaColin Riley 2008-05-08T12:03:49-05:00