After Boston University received an anonymous tip of corrupt practices through its new ethics hot line, the school cut ties with independenly employed printing and design firm Crocker and Company. Stephen Burgay, vice president of Marketing and Communications, said BU officials have banned all departments from hiring the firm, which had familiar ties to Development and Alumni Relations Vice President Christopher Reaske.
In an effort to quell long waits for exercise machines, the Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center will be instituting a series of new measures next week designed to reduce wait time. FitRec Director Warin Dexter said the facility's staff has been looking at a variety of ways to monitor usage of the equipment and make the system run more efficiently.
Almost a year after Emerson College student Victoria Snelgrove was shot and killed by a Boston Police officer's pepper spray pellet gun, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley announced Monday that no criminal charges will be filed against the officer or anyone else in the Boston Police Department.
As 59 Boston Scholar freshmen get to know Boston University, a whole new group of Boston Public School students are in the process of applying for the full-tuition scholarship for the Class of 2010, with deadlines approaching in the coming months. The program was created in 1973 after a recommendation from then-President John Silber to recognize Boston Public School students and give them an opportunity to attend college.
Speaking down the street from Fenway Park, where Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan has covered the Red Sox through defeat and unprecedented victory, the veteran writer expressed concern over the future of print journalism. Ryan took to the podium before more than 100 attendees in the Boston University Kenmore Classroom Building about his life experiences covering Boston sports for the last 36 years.
The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department's District 14 (Allston-Brighton) crime logs from Sept. 9. After a high-speed motorcycle chase on Commonwealth Avenue Friday night, police arrested John Rodrique, 18, and Tyrone Searcy, 27, for assault with intention to kill.
Boston University science students and faculty will have the opportunity to work with one of the world's most powerful computers once the testing phase is complete for the Blue Gene/L computer in the university's computer center. The center at 881 Commonwealth Ave.
Looming above Copley Square, the John Hancock Observatory is Boston's tallest point at 790 feet. Yet, for all its grandeur and renown as a tourist site, its upper floors have remained vacant since the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. But perhaps they won't for long.
As gas prices soar upwards of $3 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, MBTA officials say they are not making any significant scheduling changes or fare increases. Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast's oil refineries, leading to a spike in oil prices, but, according to MBTA officials, it is hard to predict future trends.