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News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
News Notes – March 8
President’s visit leads to parking ban Tuesday in the Fenway by Sara Brown/Boston.com – March 7, 2011 After year of natural disasters, universities in Boston prepare for their own by Alexandros Letsas/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 8, 2011 The 2011 Boston Urban Symposium, hosted by Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs, addressed [...]
News Notes – February 18
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 – February 3
University evacuates 3 students from Egypt By Colin Young/The Huntington News – 2/03/11 Three students enrolled in the university‘s study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt returned to Boston last night after spending more than a week in the politically unstable country. Danielle Kluger, a middler criminal justice major who was one of three Northeastern students [...]
News Notes – December 25 – Christmas
Two charged in alleged designer bag heist – Officials say pair foiled in bid to hit Boylston St. Saks By L. Finch – Globe Correspondent / December 25, 2010 Two Boston men were in court yesterday to answer charges that they allegedly tried to run out of Saks Fifth Avenue on Boylston Street Thursday night [...]
News Notes – December 23
Hearing sets stage to sentence Wilkerson – Businessman says he gave her $6,500 By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / December 23, 2010 A Dorchester businessman testified yesterday that former state senator Dianne Wilkerson pressured him to pay her several thousand dollars from 2002 to 2006 to help relieve her financial problems and that he [...]
News Notes – December 19
SUSPECT LOCATED AND CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHER Posted by BPD MediaRelations on December 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment At about 8:43pm, on Friday, August 27, 2010, officers from Area D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for an unconscious male inside 270 Huntington Ave. On arrival, officers observed and located a 51 year-old male [...]
News Notes – December 10
Taking a new legal direction: Genes are not patentable – A judge’s controversial ruling spurs debate By Jingyun Fan/The Tech – ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR – December 10, 2010 The legality of patents on genes is in jeopardy after a judge ruled that genes were ineligible for patents because they involved “laws of nature.” Twenty percent [...]
News Notes – December 8
City Councilor Arroyo Explains Chuck Turner Vote by Dave Goodman/Open Media Boston – Dec-06-10 BOSTON – The “power” to decide a politician’s fate, says City Councilor At-Large Felix G. Arroyo, ultimately rests with the people who live in that politician’s district. In a brief phone conversation with Open Media Boston this past Friday evening, City [...]
News Notes – December 2
Amid outcry, council expels Turner – Talk of race, justice fills chamber By Andrew Ryan and Travis Andersen – Globe Staff / December 2, 2010 The Boston City Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to throw Chuck Turner out of office because of his bribery conviction, an unprecedented rebuke after a racially charged hearing that elicited tears [...]