July 13, 2009 at 10:18 am
Alcohol consumption — one to two drinks a day — lowers the risk of dementia, based on a six-year study of people aged 75 years or older. Although there is no explanation why a moderate amount of alcohol is good for the brain, Robert Stern, Co-Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical & Research Programs, cited studies where the […]
July 13, 2009 at 10:14 am
Reports say BusinessWeek, which lost 30 percent of its ad revenue in the second quarter, is up for sale. College of Communication Professor Lou Ureneck, a former deputy editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer who now chairs the Journalism Department, can discuss how this fits into the dismal economic state of the news media. Contact Lou […]
Washington eyes are on Sonia Sotomayor as she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee considering her nomination to the Supreme Court. School of Law Professors Jack Beermann, a SCOTUS authority, and Jay Wexler, who clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsberg, can offer perspective on the hearings and the court’s future. Contact Jack Beermann, 617-353-2577, beermann@bu.edu; Jay […]
July 10, 2009 at 12:18 pm
In a recent post on Politico.com’s “The Arena” blog, political expert Thomas Whalen, a professor of social sciences in the College of General Studies, writes “the admission erodes the public’s already waning confidence in our intelligence community.” Whalen can be reached at tjw64@bu.edu
School of Education professor Charles S. White was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Civic Engagement and Learning. The purpose of the Commission is to assess the status of civic education from kindergarten through undergraduate college education in Massachusetts. Activities will involve investigating the […]
Obese children hospitalized for such related conditions as asthma, diabetes, gallbladder disease, pneumonia and mental disorders soared dramatically, both in patient numbers and total costs. The published study prompted Caroline Apovian, MD, Boston Medical Center director of the Obesity Research Center, to call for a national health plan effort “to stave off a curtailed healthy future […]
Leaders at the Group of Eight summit meeting failed to make a breakthrough to cut in half the global production of greenhouse gases by 2050 as India and China claimed an unfair burden when their economies are growing rapidly. But Adil Najam, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a BU professor of international relations, […]
A congressional hearing was held yesterday to discuss quality regulations of both tap and bottled water here in the U.S. Findings of two recent studies stated that bottled water can often come from unknown sources and questions whether bottled water is trulysafer than tap. Nutrition professor Joan Salge Blake addressed this topic in her most […]
With a filing in U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts becomes the first state to challenge the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. School of Law Professor Linda McClain, an authority on family law and gay rights, can discuss the legal […]
The School of Ed’s hippest student group SEDGreen is premiering its brand new web magazine Stomata which features information on the group’s activities, highlights current green initiatives taking place at BU and in the City of Boston, and plans to provide relivant information on ecological sustainability. For more information on SEDGreen and Stomata, please contact […]
