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News Notes – February 18

stephenbrophy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:49:32 +0000

BU reasearchers contribute to medicinal advancements by Alex Nawar/BU Daily Free Press – Feb 15, 2011 Researchers from Boston University’s Schools of Medicine, Management and Law and the National Institutes of Health have found that public sector research since the 1970s has been responsible for many pharmaceutical advancements over that time frame. According to the [...]

News Notes – November 18

stephenbrophy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:06:38 +0000

Making it to Year 2 – Effort to help Boston graduates stay in college is showing early success By Akilah Johnson – Globe Staff / November 18, 2010 A fledgling program to stanch the flow of Boston public school students who make it to college but then drop out is showing early signs of success, [...]

News Notes – September 13

stephenbrophy — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:20:40 +0000

Apparent suicide by cyanide prompts safety fears – NU lab tech found dead By Edward Mason/Boston Herald – September 13, 2010 A Northeastern University lab tech’s suspected suicide by cyanide – 30 miles away from campus – is raising public safety fears over easy access to deadly chemicals days after the ninth anniversary of 9/11. [...]

NEC Mourns the Death of Jazz Drummer Sa Davis, A Faculty Member for 30 Years

stephenbrophy — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:56 +0000

New England Conservatory is mourning the death Aug. 25 of percussionist Sa Davis, 56, who taught hand drumming to NEC’s College, Preparatory, and Continuing Education students from 1980 until his death. According to his brother Richard Harris, Davis’s death came as a shock because he had not been ill. Davis will be remembered at a wake/funeral [...]

News Notes – September 3

stephenbrophy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:19:07 +0000

BU goes for the gold – In the post-Silber era, the university pursues its first capital campaign By Alex Beam – Globe Columnist / September 3, 2010 This summer the Boston University trustees quietly green-lit the university’s first-ever, big-time fund-raising campaign. It sounds like a small thing, but it is a big thing. Unlike almost [...]

NEC Mourns the Death of Horn Faculty Jay Wadenpfuhl

stephenbrophy — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:07:49 +0000

Played with Boston Symphony for 29 Years, Taught at NEC for 23 Years New England Conservatory is mourning the death of Jay Wadenpfuhl, who played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s horn section for 29 years and was a member of the NEC faculty for 23 years. Wadenpfuhl died June 19 of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [...]

News Notes – June 16

stephenbrophy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:58:00 +0000

1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called “Bloomsday,” More anniversaries. William J. Mitchell, Architect and Urban Visionary, Dies at 65 By WILLIAM GRIMES/NYT – June 15, 2010 William J. Mitchell, an [...]

Walter Kouyoumjian Obituary in Globe

stephenbrophy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:22:54 +0000

[We missed this when it was published last week - ed.] Walter L. Kouyoumjian, mechanical engineer and city activist By Emma Stickgold – Globe Correspondent / February 12, 2010 Sitting at outdoor cafes in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, Walter Leon Kouyoumjian talked with neighbors about how to improve the lives of area residents, and politicians often [...]

News Notes – January 20

Fenway News Staff — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:20:00 +0000

Robert B. Parker, the Prolific Writer Who Created Spenser, Is Dead at 77By BRUCE WEBER/NYT – January 20, 2010 Robert B. Parker, the best-selling mystery writer who created Spenser, a tough, glib Boston private detective who was the hero of nearly 40 novels, died Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 77. The [...]

Walter Leon Kouyoumjian – Memorial Tomorrow

Fenway News Staff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Walter Kouyoumjian shares cake withHelen Cox at her birthday party last December. Photo by Tracy Cusick KOUYOUMJIAN, Walter Leon Born 03/24/1928 in New York to Rose and Leon Kouyoumjian Sr. , and died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston of heart related illness on 12/21/2009 at approximately 11:30 am. Walter served in the United [...]

News Notes – December 13 – Addendum

Fenway News Staff — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:49:00 +0000

Paul A. Samuelson, Groundbreaking Economist, Dies at 94By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN/New York Times – December 13, 2009 Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass. He was 94. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute [...]