Posts by: Lauren Domingos

Betty Buckley at BU Today

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 [...]

Gallery Opening Today

The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) presents Historic New England’s traveling exhibition, Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England, featuring one hundred drawings of houses selected from the rich collections of Historic New England.  The exhition opening will take place tonight from 6-8 PM at the Stone Gallery (855 Commonwealth Avenue, [...]

MLK Leadership Lecture Today

Real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina will speak on his experience in Rwanda over the last 10 years, recounting his heroic achievements of sheltering over 1,200 refugees, an event honoring him and other MLK Fellows at the Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue) at 6 PM.  The event is free and open to the [...]

Pumpkin Drop 2009 today

The Boston University Physics department is hosting the 2009 Pumpkin Drop today at 1 PM outside of the Metcalf Science Center (590 Commonwealth Avenue).  The department will be throwing approximately 30 pumpkins, filled with everything from powder to paint, off the Metcalf Science Center roof into the plaza.  The event is free and open to [...]

“Smart Choices” dubbed unhealthy by FDA

According to Reuters.com,  Federal investigators are looking into the “smart choices” food labeling program for misleading the public.  Director of the Food and Nutrition Center at Sargent College Stacy Zawacki helped to found BU’s Sargent Choice food labeling program and is available for interviews on this topic.  She can be reached at szawacki@bu.edu.

MA Drop Out Rates

The Massachusetts Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission met last week and determined that there is cause for the commission to recommend upping the mandatory school attendance age from 16 to 18.  Boston University School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman extensively studied high school truancy and is available to for comment on this, and [...]

From Nutrition Professor Joan Salge Blake:

Just back from the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) annual Food & Nutrition Expo, here are some other fabulous, trendy, “Better For You” foods to look for:

Crisps Real Sliced Fruit: These no-added sugar delights are 100% fruit that are freeze-dried. They are crispy and naturally sweet for less than 50 calories a serving! Perfect for school [...]

11th Annual Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture Today

Dr. Richard E. Besser, Senior Health and Medical Editor for ABC News and former Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be the guest speaker at the 11th annual Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture at the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College today.  The title of his lecture is [...]

WBUR hosting local economic roundtable tonight

Tonight at 7:30pm, WBUR will host a local economic roundtable at Jacob Sleeper Hall (871 Commonwealth Ave), moderated by NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, the host of “Marketplace,” public radio’s daily magazine of business and economics which boasts the largest audience for any business program in the U.S. on radio, cable or network television.  Joining Ryssdal will [...]

From Nutrition Professor Joan Salge Blake:

“A recent study in the American Journal of Heath Promotion estimates that 1.5 million cases of high blood pressure could be eliminated and over $2 billion in health care costs could be save annually if Americans would reduce their daily intake by a mere 400 milligrams (mg) of sodium. Americans are consuming over 3,000 mg [...]