April 30, 2010 at 11:50 am
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, will deliver the commencement address at Boston University’s 137th graduation ceremonies at BU’s Nickerson Field at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 16. Holder, the nation’s 82nd Attorney General, will speak before more than 5,000 graduates and 20,000 guests at New England’s largest graduation ceremony and will receive an honorary Doctor of […]
April 27, 2010 at 4:01 pm
With senators in a confrontational mood, top executives from Goldman Sachs testified that while the investment-banking industry made mistakes, they personally did nothing wrong and rejected responsibility for the housing bust that plunged the nation into financial crisis. Law Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, a former SEC lawyer and Wall Street attorney, says the world’s largest investment […]
April 21, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Kathryn Bard, a Boston University Associate Professor of Archaeology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bard, who has conducted pathbreaking excavations in Egypt, is among 229 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, the humanities, the arts, business and public affairs to become members of the Academy — one of the nation’s […]
April 20, 2010 at 12:28 pm
A new study produced by Boston University and the Project for Excellence in Journalism that outlines media coverage of the Massachusetts special senate election has revealed some interesting points about the recent race. According to the report, national media initially lost interest in a “fairly dull and utterly local contest.” But, “when it became […]
A new study from Bruce Anderson, Ph.D., of Boston University’s Dept. of Geography and Environment has found that the summertime conditions in the Northeast have the potential to change dramatically as the century progresses. According to Dr. Anderson, the study found “there is the threat that conditions across the Northeast are going to become significantly […]
As Tiger Woods readies for his return to golf on Thursday (his tee time is 1:42 p.m. to be exact), Boston University Professor of Sports Journalism Frank Shorr talks to BU Now about what Tiger can expect from fans and the media, and the impact of his presence at Augusta on the rest of the […]
April 1, 2010 at 11:07 am
Come to Marsh Chapel (735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston) on Tuesday, April 6th at 7pm, to experience a diverse array of sacred music offered by the Boston University School of Theology Seminary Singers. The choir has recently returned from their spring 2010 tour and is presenting this homecoming concert as a benefit for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The […]
February 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Tiger Woods, who has been in hiding for the past three months, will speak publicly for the first time tomorrow, marking the beginning of what his agent calls “the process of making amends.” What does this mean for the golf legend with the once squeaky-clean image? Frank Shorr, professor of sports journalism and director of the […]
February 8, 2010 at 10:20 am
The troubles for Toyota keep mounting with a recall of 311,000 of its 2010 Prius expected this week. BU College of Communication Professor and veteran PR reputation management expert Peter Morrissey offers his thoughts on the embattled carmaker: “Toyota’s reputation is its most valued asset. They are putting it at unacceptable high risk and they […]
February 2, 2010 at 11:40 am
The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards are in! BU’s Paul Schneider, Chairman of the College of Communication Department of Film & Television and a member of the Directors Guild of America, shares his predictions for who may be going home with a statue on March 7th: “The Academy seems to have achieved one of […]
