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Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Man delivers the final 2003-2004 Pardee lecture on Wednesday, December 10, 6 p.m., SMG Auditorium
Week of 5 December 2003· Vol. VII, No. 13
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$10 million NSF grant launches training program for math teachers

Wayne Harvey

By David J. Craig
Children typically are taken with mathematics when they are young and the basic concepts of the field seem new and exciting.

 

SPH team conducts checkup on proposed national health-care reform

Gary Young

By Tim Stoddard
It's a clinical trial of sorts, an experimental therapy for the nation's health-care system

 

NCAA tournament loss no reflection on turnaround season

By Brian Fitzgerald
Cold and flu season is upon us, but BU women's soccer coach Nancy Feldman may be coming down with an acute case of the “what-ifs.”

ARTS

Capote's sentimental Holiday Memories a nontraditional seasonal treasure

Buddy, played by Chris Conner (CFA'06), and Aunt Sook (Helen-Jean Arthur) are social outcasts -- and best friends -- inseparable until

By Brian Fitzgerald
Clint Eastwood built his acting career on stoicism, so it wasn’t surprising that he demanded a little from BU’s Terrier Marching Band when directing his latest film, Mystic River.

Students, staff, and friends of Boston University Hillel gathered at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House site, located at the corner of Bay State Road and Granby Street, for a topping-off ceremony on November 23. The new building is scheduled to open in September 2004. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky.
Students, staff, and friends of Boston University Hillel gathered at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House site.
 
Alfred Tauber (center), director of BU’s Center for Philosophy and History of Science, has been appointed the first Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine. Provost Dennis Berkey (left) and President ad interim Aram Chobanian (right) were among the speakers at a November reception honoring Tauber’s achievements in medicine and the humanities. A hematologist and biochemist by training, Tauber joined the BU faculty in 1982 as chief of the hematology and oncology service at Boston City Hospital. In 1993, he accepted a second professorship, in the College of Arts and Sciences department of philosophy. He now teaches courses in the history and philosophy of science at CAS and medical ethics at MED. Photo by Linda Haas.
Alfred Tauber (center), director of BU's Center for Philosophy and History of Science, has been appointed the first Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine.
 
Boston Celtic Eric Williams (front left), founder of the Believe in Me Foundation, presents a check at the Blackstone School in Boston’s South End to Michelle Henshaw (right), director of the School of Dental Medicine’s community health programs. The foundation and Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts support the school-based sealant program started three years ago by SDM to treat the oral health needs of school-aged children. Growing up in Newark, N.J., Williams did not have access to preventive dental care during his formative years. He started the foundation, the first charitable endeavor in the field of dentistry supported by a professional athlete, to give back to the children and families of Massachusetts, New Jersey, and across the United States. Photo by Margaret Brett, Image Photo.
Boston Celtic Eric Williams (front left), founder of the Believe in Me Foundation, presents a check at the Blackstone School in Boston's South End.
       

11 November 2003
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