Tip # 2: Trim the amount of food you serve on Thanksgiving.
Take a head count. How many pilgrims and Indians are you really feeding? I bet it’s a lot less than the first Thanksgiving. I know you want leftovers because they’re the best part of the whole holiday, but do you really need a 20-pound [...]

After our meeting, I checked Google Analytics again for traffic figures.  I confirmed that today, traffic to the BU Web from iPhones alone represents the third largest group of visitors (up from fourth when we began meeting).  The iPod Touch is the fifth largest.

I also updated the Project Charter (draft v 1.1) to reflect the [...]

Hey Guys,

Here’s what’s included in the email this week:

1. Upcoming Events

2. Chill

3. Spring Break

4. Sponsors

5. Mark your Calendar

1. Upcoming Events

A) Ski and Snowboard Expo.

The Expo is all weekend at the Bayside Expo Center off the JFK/UMass stop on the Red Line. Its easy to get to and it’s a lot of fun. If you need gear [...]

Onna Solomon, a 2006 graduate of Boston University’s graduate poetry program, is the 2009 winner of Beloit Poetry Journal’s annual Chad Walsh Poetry Prize. Solomon’s winning poem, “Autism Suite,” appeared in the Fall 2009 issue.

More information can be read at the prize announcement on the BPJ website, and at AnnArbor.com.

National healthcare-reform efforts move to the Senate this weekend when Democratic leaders try to fend off GOP procedural challenges.  Meantime, early business support for reform seems to be waning.  School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System,” says now is the time for Americans to remember why the [...]

Alumnus H.M. Naqvi’s debut novel, Home Boy, has garnered a glowing review in the Times; Joseph Salvatore calls it “smart and sorrowful… a remarkably engaging novel that delights as it disturbs.” You can read the full review here, visit Naqvi’s homepage, or read a little of the book by clicking below.

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WordPress 2.8 has the ability to easily create and edit forms directly from your Administration panel, without writing any code at all.

The “Forms” option has a number of features available from the “Forms” option in the left hand navigation menu.

Since there’s such a large number of options available, we’re doing dedicated “Forms Trainings.”  We’ll spend [...]

Recognizing they need him as a partner, Washington is shifting to a softer approach in its dealings with re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai.  Journalism Professor Nick Mills, author of “Kazai: The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan,” has known Karzai since the 1980s.  Mills writes in the current issue of Foreign Policy about how [...]

Last year I participated in the Boston University Asylum, Immigration, and Human Rights Civil Litigation Clinic (AIHR).  The clinic was one of the best experiences I have had in law school.  After the stress of first year classes, I jumped at the opportunity to gain practical experience and law school credits outside of the typical [...]

Between now and Thanksgiving, Registered Dietitian and healthy eating expert Joan Salge Blake will be offering tips to trim turkey day weight.
Tip # 1: Carve out an earlier time to eat.

When Thanksgiving dinner is served at 2 or 3 p.m., we tend to skip lunch in an attempt to make room for a few extra [...]

The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University is hosting an evening with Tony award-winning actress and singer Betty Buckley. Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969 and has been referred to as the “Voice of Broadway” ever since. Her career, marked by her rendition of “Memory” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, established her [...]

I was nervous about Upernavik. It’s extremely far north, though it’s amazing how much more of Greenland lies beyond it. Upernavik is also very small––it’s an island with a circumference of just a few miles––and planes fly in and out only sporadically. I landed on a Saturday, and there was no option to leave before [...]

AT&T is suing Verizon over its new “There’s a Map for That” TV ads, claiming they are mislead consumers about AT&T’s 3G coverage area.  And Verizon is countersuing.  Public relations Professor Peter Morrissey says AT&T, which has the exclusive iPhone contract, is just protecting and defending their brand  and advantage against a lesser competitor.

“This is a typical [...]

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With the holiday break for Thanksgiving approaching and only a week or two to prepare for finals upon your return to school, we have held our last build trips of the semester. All were great successes and enjoyed by all who attended. Looking ahead, we have a number of huge events that will capture your [...]

By spinning off AOL on December 9th, Time Warner will end what is regarded as one of the most disastrous corporate mergers in history.  School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman says it should be a lesson for those who seek “synergy” but don’t consider how the combined entity can actually create value for customers [...]

The YouTube Direct channel has been launched to let “citizen journalists” conveniently feed content to TV and online news editors.  Broadcast journalism Professor Susan Walker, a veteran TV producer, says if these videos aren’t vetted by news professionals it could unleash a wave of ambush videos from vigilante “reporters.”

“I’m with newspaper editor Ben Bradlee who once [...]

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With little kitchen prep and clean up, cereals are an ideal fast food in the morning. A USDA report shows that ready-to-eat cereals are a top breakfast choice and are more popular than breads, bagels, and other bakery items among Americans in the early hours of the morning.

Beware: Not all cereals are created equal. [...]

The four Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Ted Kennedy meet at Boston University today at noon for a forum on the environment and a new green economy.  For a live Web feed of candidates Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca, go to http://www.bu.edu/com/live/senate/.