BU Now » Spain http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Findings from IP Dig Exhibited in Spain http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/03/findings-from-ip-dig-exhibited-in-spain-2/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/03/findings-from-ip-dig-exhibited-in-spain-2/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:04:21 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8004 rocks-4

The work of Associate Director Dr. Amalia Pérez-Juez at our Menorca Field School in Archaeology & Heritage Management in Spain, and her team of colleagues and students, is currently being exhibited near their former excavation site, Torre d’en Galmès.  Their dig, lasting almost 10 years, resulted in the discovery of rare final traces of the last Muslim-medieval family’s home thought to be left since the Christian conquest in 1287.  Students in the BU Program helped uncover these priceless artifacts while also completing courses in Archaeological Field Methods and Archaeological Heritage Management.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/03/findings-from-ip-dig-exhibited-in-spain-2/feed/ 0 Greece’s debt crisis grows http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/05/greeces-debt-crisis-grows/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/05/greeces-debt-crisis-grows/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 20:20:33 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5428 Greek debt crisisAs nationwide workers’ strikes continued and deadly riots erupted in Athens over austerity measures invoked to deal with Greece’s ongoing debt crisis, fears grew that the situation may adversely impact the global banking system.  Mark Williams, author of “Uncontrolled Risk” about the fall of Lehman Brothers who teaches finance in the School of Management, says the risk will remain high until meaningful financial reform is enacted globally.

“If the stunning collapse of world markets after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in September 2008 was the wakeup call [about uncontrolled risk in the banking system], the unraveling of Greece and potentially other sovereigns (Spain, Portugal, Italy) is the latest alarm bell.”

Contact Mark Williams, 617-358-2789, williams@bu.edu

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