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National Backpack Awareness Day
September 15, 2010 at 8:00 am
Today, September 15th, marks the 10th Anniversary of National Backpack Awareness Day sponsored by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) . Professor Karen Jacobs of Sargent College is commemorating this occasion with a family style initiative from 12:30-2 PM, at St. Mary of the Assumption Rectory School, in Brookline. There, along with 49 BU entry-level occupational therapy students, Jacobs will host educational programs and outreach activities geared toward backpack safety for the entire family. Professor Karen Jacobs is available for comment on the topic of backpack safety and can be reached at (617) 353-7516 or at kjacobs@bu.edu.
Looking toward midterm elections
September 14, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Political science professor Graham Wilson, author of "Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective," gives his outlook on the midterm elections.
"Maybe the Tea Party is the Democrats' last hope."
Contact Graham Wilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu
Lehman Brothers’ collapse
September 14, 2010 at 12:24 pm
September 15th marks the 2nd anniverary of Lehman Brothers' collapse. Mark Williams, a former Federal Reserve Bank examiner, is the author of "Uncontrolled Risk." He is Executive-in-Residence/Master Lecturer in the School of Management.
"It has been two years since Lehman Brothers fell and almost brought down the entire financial system. Despite the financial pain uncorked by the collapse the collapse, adequate controls are not in place - global systematic risk remains and the likelihood of another Lehman-like crash is high."
Contact Mark Williams, 617-358-2789, williams@bu.edu
New Basel III rules decided
September 13, 2010 at 11:07 am
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced new rules in hopes of making the global banking industry safer. Will the new rules work? LAW professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law and former counsel to the Fed Board of Governors, gives his view on the impact of the new agreement.
"The Basel agreement reflects two troubling phenomena: first, international acquiescence to the continued existence of 't00 big to fail' banks; and second, the exultation of capital over risk management as the primary supervisory tool."
Contact Cornelius Hurley at ckhurley@bu.edu, 617-353,5427 or on Twitter @ckhurley
Art Gallery Opening Today
September 9, 2010 at 6:00 am
The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) presents American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print, featuring the work of one of the nation’s oldest printing shops, Nashville, Tennessee’s Hatch Show Print. The exhibition illustrates the fusion of art with popular culture and music history, highlighting the uniquely American posters produced to advertise everything from vaudeville shows to Elvis Presley albums. The opening will take place tonight from 6-8 PM at the Stone Gallery (855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston).
Poll shows GOP gaining on Dems
September 7, 2010 at 12:34 pm
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows the GOP gaining on Democrats heading into the midterm elections. Political Science professor Graham Wilson, author of "Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective," offers his view.
" Obama is the victim of two totally unrealistic expectations, one of which he encouraged himself. One is that the U.S. economy could recover in 18 months from the economic disaster he inherited from Bush. The other unrealistic expectation Obama himself created was that simply because he had been elected, our political system would work differently."
Contact Graham Wilson, , 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu
Joan Salge Blake and Hardin Coleman talk about health & nutrition education and healthy school lunches
September 1, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Registered Dietitian and Sargent Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake and School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman joined us this morning on UStream for a live chat about the importance of healthy school lunches. They also talked about the importance of health and nutrition education. You can view the full chat below:
An analysis of President Obama’s Iraq Address
September 1, 2010 at 10:56 am
President Obama spoke from the Oval Office on Tuesday night declaring "it's time to turn the page" on the seven-year combat mission in Iraq.
International Relations professor William Keylor gave his analysis of the president's speech in an interview on NECN saying "This war is coming to an end not with a bang, but with a wimper."
Contact William Keylor at 617-358-0197, wrkeylor@bu.edu
