June 21, 2010 at 10:38 am
A new study from Yale University published in the journal Pediatrics has found that popular cartoon and other characters can influence children’s food choices, and even preference, for the taste of a food. According to the research, “children significantly prefer the taste of junk foods branded with licensed cartoon characters on the packaging, compared with […]
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Tagged Boston University, BU SAR, cartoon characters, children's foods, children's snacks, Joan Salge Blake, Nutrition, Pediatrics, Sargent College, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Task Force on Childhood Obesity, Yale university
Members of Congress came down hard on BP CEO Tony Hayward (r.) as he testified about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But political science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Business and Politics,” wondered why the spotlight over American’s worst-ever spill hasn’t shone on Transocean, BP’s partner in the Gulf of Mexico oil rig that exploded in […]
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Tagged April 2010, Boston University, BP, Business and Politics, Congress, Deepwater Horizon, Graham Wilson, Gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, Political Science, Tony Hayward, Transocean
The newly elected Japanese ruling Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (l.) has pledged to rein that nation’s huge debt, the world’s largest, calling for drastic tax reform including a hiking the sales tax. Public opinion polls show Japanese citizens prepared for tax increases and budget cuts if they can reduce the risk of […]
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Tagged Boston University, Democratic Party of Japan, East Asian political culture, economic problems, France, International Relations, Japan, Naoto Kan, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, tax reform, Thomas Berger
June 17, 2010 at 11:43 am
Israel announced a relaxation of the 3-year-old blockade of Gaza, promising to ease the importation of some goods by land but not offering to lift its navel embargo. The move came weeks after Israeli commandos killed nine people on an aid flotilla trying to breach the blockade. International relations Professor Augustus Richard Norton, author of “Hezbollah: A Short […]
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Tagged Augustus Richard Norton, flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Hezbollha: A Short History, International Relations, Israel, Israeli commandos, Middle East peace, Middle East politics, navel embargo, President Obama, United States
June 17, 2010 at 10:34 am
Twenty-one of the best and brightest of this year’s Boston public high school graduates are the latest class of honorees in the Boston University Boston High School Scholarship Program, the largest and longest-running such program for urban public high school students in the nation. In ceremonies hosted by BU President Robert Brown and Mayor Thomas Menino, the […]
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Tagged "upward bound", Boston High School Scholarship Program, Boston Public Schools, Boston University, Boston University Class of 2014, BU President John Silber, BU President Robert Brown, full-tuition, John Silber, Mayor Menino, New Hampshire, scholarship, Thomas Menino
On the heels of passing a controversial law involving screening illegal immigrants, the Arizona legislature is considering a bill that would deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, despite the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that specifically grants naturalized citizenship to such children. Law Professor Susan Akram, an authority on immigration law, says getting such […]
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Arizona, Arizona immigration, Boston University, BU School of Law, Congress, Constitution, immigration law, law school, Senate, Susan Akram, U.S. Constitution. Fourteenth Amendment, undocumented immigrants, United States, US Constitution
Congressional negotiators working out difference between the House and Senate financial reform bills are hammering out compromises right and left. One would permanently (and retroactively to January 2008) move from $100,000 to $250,000 the deposit insurance on individual bank accounts. Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law and […]
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June 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm
The BP oil spill now has released at least 1.3 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on June 15th. What’s that equivalent to? Professor Cutler Cleveland, director of the BU Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and editor of Encyclopedia of Earth” suggests some possibilities […]
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Enemies on all sides are coming down on Arkansas Democratic U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln’s amendment to the regulatory reform bill that would rid banks of their lucrative derivatives business which played such a huge rule in the 2008 financial crash. Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law and […]
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Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas Democratic Senator, Blanche Lincoln, Boston University, BU School of Law, Cornelius Hurley, Democrats, derivatives, Federal Reserve, financial regulatory reform, Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
