Developer Steve Karp opens wallet for Boston University — with a hitch
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) BU in the News Steve Karp, CEO of New England Development, has promised to match all donations of under $1,000 made to Boston University Wednesday during...
View ArticleSumner Redstone donates $2.5M to BU to fund a professor who is an expert...
Boston Business Journal Sumner Redstone has donated $2.5 million to Boston University’s College of Communication to fund a professor focused on narrative storytelling… View full article
View ArticleBU School of Management launches ethics institute focused on Asia and the West
Boston Business Journal Boston University’s School of Management has created an ethics institute focused on the ethics of business practices in both western and eastern cultures, BU announced Tuesday....
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Addiction expert says launch of Zohydro was irresponsible
Boston Business Journal Daniel Alford, School of Medicine The physician who oversees a statewide effort to train doctors on how to prescribe addictive painkillers safely said a San Diego drug firm was...
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Frequent Facebook use could signal divorce on the way
Boston Business Journal James Katz, College of Communication Facebook is a great way to maintain friendships, but heavy usage could be a step toward losing a marriage, according to a study published by...
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Atlas biotech gets $29M to create healing bacteria
Boston Business Journal James Collins, College of Engineering Eight months after Flagship Ventureslaunched its biotech to develop drugs based on microorganisms in the human body, Atlas Venture today...
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Boston scientists develop analytics for stem cell engineering
Boston Business Journal James Collins, College of Engineering Scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston...
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Here comes Wells Fargo
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Cornelius Hurley, School of Law, Center for Finance, Law & Policy As Wells Fargo & Co. blanketed the country with its branches and ATMs over the...
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Officials convene opiate experts to address drug problem
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Alexander Walley, School of Medicine A slew of opiate experts were convened by the U.S. District Court Probation Office to address opiate addiction...
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Why Boston entrepreneurs are betting on bitcoin
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Mark Williams, School of Management About a year and a half ago, Jeremy Allaire started working on a startup whose aim is to make bitcoin, the digital...
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Here’s an argument as to why drugmakers lie about the reasons drug cost so much
Boston Business Journal Alan Sager, School of Public Health Drug prices are a touchy subject in Massachusetts. On one hand, as a pioneer in efforts to increase health care coverage for everyone, the...
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Here’s one thing Charlie Baker should do to address opiate addiction
Boston Business Journal Daniel Alford, School of Medicine As director of the SCOPE of Pain program at Boston University launched last year to address the rising problem of opiate addiction, Dan Alford...
View ArticleBU School of Management receives $50M gift and begins plans for expansion
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Questrom School of Business Boston University School of Management has received a $50 million gift from Allen Questrom and his wife Kelli, marking the...
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You may never have had coffee like this, but it will be available in Boston soon
Boston Business Journal Merry White, College of Arts & Sciences A leading operator of coffee shops in Japan is planning its foray into the U.S. market next month in Boston’s Financial District, and...
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How one Boston doctor is broadening access to transgender care
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Joshua Safer, School of Medicine As a Boston Medical Center endocrinologist specializing in how the body interacts with hormones, Dr. Joshua Safer sees...
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Third time’s a charm? How a Beth Israel, Lahey merger might finally happen
Boston Business Journal Alan Sager, School of Public Health Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Healthare back in merger discussions, but will this time be any different?… Expert quote:...
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Hey presidential candidates: This BU professor has three ideas to lower drug...
Boston Business Journal Alan Sager, School of Public Health To be sure, the push to do something to lower drug costs has been accelerating in the past few weeks and months, with a proposal by...
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BU researchers find link between pre-pregnancy obesity and infant death
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Eugene Declercq, School of Public Health Boston University researchers have found a strong link between infant mortality and pre-pregnancy obesity,...
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Boston-area researchers achieve insulin-independence in diabetic mice
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Arturo Vegas, College of Arts & Sciences Researchers from a slew of Boston-area institutions say they’ve discovered a way to cure diabetes in mice...
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BU created a new sunscreen that solves vitamin D problem
Boston Business Journal (subscription required) Michael Holick, School of Medicine Sun safety and suntan lotion use may be limiting the risks of skin cancer, but it has caused another problem: vitamin...
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