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Week of 16 January 1998 Vol. I, No. 16 News & Features Boston University Books of 1997 During the coming semester, the Bridge will publish a list of books written by BU faculty and staff members during 1997. If you had a book published in 1997, please send its full title and publisher, together with your name, rank or position, and department, to the BU Bridge, 10 Lenox Street, Brookline, MA 02146; e-mail to msawey@bu.edu; or fax to 353-6488. BU scientists awarded $1.8 million for Gulf War syndrome research BU launches Marathon Biopharmaceuticals BUILDing for tomorrow BU's elementary school literacy program is area's largest Sargent professor: you're never too old to lift weights BU School of Medicine faculty, staff, and students gathered together for a special reception on January 13 to kick off BUSM's yearlong 150th anniversary celebrations. The sesquicentennial marks the founding of BUSM in 1873 and of its predecessor school, the New England Female Medical College -- the first institution in the United States to provide women with a medical education -- in 1848. Preparing to cut the birthday cake are (from left) Provost of the Medical Campus and BUSM Dean Aram Chobanian, Deena Atieh (MED'00), vice chair of the student committee on BUSM affairs, and Don Grande (MED'73), president of the BUSM Alumni Association. Photo by Vernon Doucette