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P&G donation of oral care technology boosts periodontal research at SDM

Thomas Van Dyke, director of clinical research at SDM (right), accepts the patents for H2 antagonist technology from Scott Whalen, director of Procter & Gamble’s oral and personal health-care technology division, at a press conference in April. Photo by Vernon Doucette

By Brian Fitzgerald
Although the American public doesn’t usually think of gum disease as a killer, studies have shown that associated infections can lead to an increased risk of heart disease.

Arthur Hulnick, a CAS associate professor of international relations, is teaching a new course entitled Intelligence and Homeland Security. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

New course raises intelligence on homeland security

By Tim Stoddard
Arthur Hulnick's popular new course Intelligence and Homeland Security is one of the first in the nation to examine the sprawling responsibilities of the six-month-old Department of Homeland Security.

$8.4M NIH grant creates Autism Research Center

Helen Tager-Flusberg, a MED professor of anatomy and neurobiology and a CAS psychology professor (right), and Susan Folstein, a Tufts psychiatry and genetics professor, are codirectors of the new BU Autism Research Center of Excellence. Photo by Vernon Doucette

By David J. Craig
This year, Boston University received a five-year, $8.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create the BU Autism Research Center of Excellence, which will participate in one of the largest autism research efforts ever undertaken.

Maureen Ramos: studying 40 million years of climate change

Maureen Raymo

By Brian Fitzgerald
Maureen Raymo has certainly received her share of awards — and her share of notoriety — in two decades of studying the causes of climate change.

Not an easy rider

End of the road: After cycling more than 7,800 miles across all of Russia and Europe, David Montgomery (GRS’05) (right) celebrates the monumental achievement with his comrades in the North Sea.

This summer David Montgomery (GRS’05) rode his bicycle more than 7,800 miles, from Vladivostok, Russia, across 13 time zones to Scheveningen, a coastal city in the Netherlands.

Daniel Goldin, president-elect of Boston University, winds up for the ceremonial first pitch
Daniel Goldin, president-elect of Boston University, winds up for the ceremonial first pitch

The 12th annual Boston University Golf and Tennis Tournament was held at Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley on Monday, September 22.
The 12th annual Boston University Golf and Tennis Tournament was held at Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley on Monday, September 22.
       

26 September 2003
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