BMC streamlines emergency care with help from SMG professor
By Tim Stoddard
It’s the busiest emergency department in New England, serving some 300 patients a day, many of whom are without insurance and/or unable to speak English.
New UROP directory Erskine: seeking to grow program and include arts and humanities
By Brian Fitzgerald
Collaboration between graduate students and professors on research projects is common in higher education, but at BU such work increasingly includes undergraduates as well.
Sports psychology unit to focus college athletes in class and on the field
By Brian Fitzgerald
Sports psychologist Leonard Zaichkowsky once joked to a faculty member that the BU hockey team had two head coaches. “Jack Parker may be the head coach, but I’m the head coach,” he said, pointing to his own noggin.
Nanomechanical switch recharges computer chip technology
By David J. Craig
Most scientists and engineers look at a computer chip and see a marvel of modern technology. Pritiraj Mohanty sees profound limitations.
Hot new campus trend clicks with ever-widening circles
By Danielle Masterson and David J. Craig
The click-clack of knitting needles blended with the sound of raindrops falling outside Brenna Rutherford’s apartment on a cold October afternoon two years ago.
Obituary: Carl Samour
Carlos Samour (GRS’50), a pioneer in the field of polymer chemistry, a longtime supporter of CAS and GRS, and a 1994 winner of BU’s distinguished service to alma mater award, died on October 3 of pneumonia. He was 84.
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