September 9, 2009 at 12:04 pm
According to Nutrition Professor and healthy eating expert Joan Salge Blake, September (National Food Safety Month) is a good time to take a look in your fridge to determine what’s safe. Salge Blake also encourages consumers to take this brief food safety quiz administered by the FDA. She can be reached at (978) 436-0341 or salgeblake@comcast.net.
September 3, 2009 at 10:15 am
New York City is well prepared for the potential outbreak of swine flu, even ahead of other major metropolitan centers. But that’s not enough said Al Ozonoff, School of Public Health associate professor of biostatistics. I believe that New York City has done a very good job of planning and preparation. That being said, nobody […]
September 3, 2009 at 9:09 am
AAA is reporting that labor day travel is going to slump this year not because of the economy but, rather, due to it’s placement on the calendar: September 7. Dean of BU’s School of Hospitality Jim Stamas is available to comment on school year travel and the hospitality industry’s reaction to a later-than-usual Labor Day […]
September 3, 2009 at 6:00 am
The Women’s Studies Program is hosting a panel discussion entitled “Three Perspectives on Technology and Childbirth in America” today beginning at 4 PM in the lower level of the Women’s Resource Center at 775 Commonwealth Ave. Professors Claudia Olivetti, Christina Michaud and Eugene Declercq will offer an overview of the economic, mental, and health implications […]
September 2, 2009 at 7:09 pm
September 2, 2009 at 12:28 pm
The world’s biggest drug maker, Pfizer, pleaded guilty to a criminal charge to settle allegations of improperly marketing 13 medicines “off label” — paying a record $2.3 billion fine. School of Law Professor Kevin Outterson, director of the Health Law Program and an authority on drug marketing law, says “off-label” promotion is a signficant problem […]
September 2, 2009 at 10:30 am
Speculation is rumbling that liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, may retire — because he has hired fewer law clerks than usual — giving President Obama another chance to nominate a new justice. Law Professor Jack Beermann, an authority on the high court, can offer thoughts on what may be coming. Contact Jack Beermann, […]
September 1, 2009 at 4:39 pm
In this post-identity age when one’s sex, race, or ethnicity should not matter, why still speak about gender? School of Law Professor Linda McClain, co-author of “Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship,” says gender still matters because “there is still a gap between ideals of sex equality and of equal citizenship in the reality […]
September 1, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Four years after outbidding Google to buy it for more than $3 billion, eBay has now sold the majority interest in the online calling service Skype to a group of private investors for $2.75 billion. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, who chairs the Information Systems Department, can discuss winners and losers. Contact N. Venkat […]
September 1, 2009 at 3:36 pm
After eight years of diminishment, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is being reshaped and emboldened by new Attorney General Eric Holder. Law Professor Robert Volk, an authority on the law and sexual minorities, can discuss what this reemphasis on civil rights could mean. Contact Robert Volk, 617-353-3156, rvolk@bu.edu
