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Boston University Professor William Anthony and his wife, Camille, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work (Larson), have declared April 3, 2000, National Workplace Napping Day.

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A Boston University School of Management study has found that although women start up 40 percent of the businesses in the U.S., they only receive four percent of venture capital financing.

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Boston University's Institute for the Study of Economic Culture hosts "A Conference on the Uses and Misuses of Science in Public Discourse" (April 1 and 2), which will explore the role of science in keeping citizens informed as it covers topics such as failed drug policies, science in the courts, and how social sciences affect the family.

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Boston University's Institute for the Study of Economic Culture hosts "A Conference on the Uses and Misuses of Science in Public Discourse" (April 1 and 2), which will explore the role of science in keeping citizens informed as it covers topics such as failed drug policies, science in the courts, and how social sciences affect the family.

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Teenagers who are regularly exposed to anti-smoking messages on television are half as likely to start smoking than those not exposed, reports an article in the March 2000 American Journal of Public Health.

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An innovative e-business initiative, the Michael Bronner e-Business Center and Hatchery, was announced today at Boston University School of Management.

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A "genetic toggle switch," designed to control the activity of genes, was recently engineered by Boston University researchers, who were working with Escherichia coli (Nature, 1-20-00).

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The Art of Napping at Work, by a BU professor and his wife, discusses real-life corporate challenges as well as the benefits that napping brings.

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From where (and why) you'll shop online to how you'll connect to your computer, Boston University professors have a range of predictions for the new millennium.

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Boston University's Metropolitan College is launching a new Master of Science degree in Electronic Commerce in January 2000.

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An associate professor of Occupational Therapy at Boston University offers holiday tips for shopping, decorating, moving luggage, sitting comfortably on a plane and driving on long stretches.

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Capitol Hill's press secretaries are the subject of a study by a Boston University assistant professor that explores the relationships among the secretaries, their Members, and the media.

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A professor of occupational therapy at BU's Sargent College and President of the American Occupational Therapy Association, offers tips on- moving luggage, sitting comfortably on a plane and driving long stretches.

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Boston University's Center for Millennial Studies will host their fourth annual conference, "NEW WORLD ORDERS: Millennialism in the Western Hemisphere," November 6-9.

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Contrary to popular belief, serious mental illness is not necessarily a career-limiting disorder. A study of 500 professionals and managers, all of whom have, or have had, a serious mental illness, shows that 73% were able to achieve full-time employment.

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The US Department of Education has awarded a 5-year, $3.5 million grant to Boston University center that will devise better ways to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of treatment methods for such ailments as strokes, hip fractures, joint replacements, and traumatic spinal cord injury.

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Drawing upon the extraordinary ability of neuronal networks in the brain to separate signal from noise led a group of researchers at Boston University's to develop a biologically inspired model that will improve the fidelity of electronic devices.

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Thanks to a recent grant of nearly $1 million from Packard Foundation, Boston University scientists will apply advanced theories in quantum physics to observe what occurs at brain synapses - the sites of communication between neurons.

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It is not unusual for school children's backpacks, when full, to weigh 20, 30, or even 50 pounds! An increasing number of children are beginning to complain of pain in the neck and shoulder, and sometimes, their arms from the weight of their load.

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The magical 3-D world of Spirited Ruins is only one of the highlights of a four-day conference at Boston University, September 13 - 16, previewing how a new computer backbone, the Alliance Grid, will change the way business, education, and research are conducted in the 21st century.

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Leading high tech corporations such as Bell Laboratories and Eastman Kodak will preview the products and technologies that are changing the way we live, work, and do business at the 3rd Annual Symposium on Emerging Business Opportunities in Photonics at Boston University, Thursday, September 23.

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The Boston University School of Management has appointed Jennifer Lawrence, a faculty member and former vice president of Marketing at Reebok International, to the new position of Assistant Dean for Career Services. Her appointment is effective August 2, 1999.

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Encourage your readers to dig their dinner while digging their toes in the sand by going shellfishing, a summertime tradition for beach-combers of all ages.

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Boston University will welcome more than 4,000 freshmen in September when the Class of '03 arrives. We've captured the back-to-school season with six feature stories examining issues facing parents and their college-age children.

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Boston University School of Medicine researchers have identified the second locus for a recessive gene which causes achromatopsia - a rare genetic disorder which results in not only an inability to see any color at all, but causes the individual to be regarded as legally blind. This research report appears in the July issue of the journal Clinical Genetics.

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CityLab at Boston University School of Medicine is one of 35 institutions nationwide to receive a precollege science award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to improve the science education of underserved schools and populations in Massachusetts.

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Boston University Medical Center's (BUMC) Office of Clinical Research (OCR) recently received one of 35 Clinical Research Curriculum Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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The Cancer Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine has been awarded one of only two new national grants awarded this year for cancer research from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

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In a review article published in this week's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers discussed significant and potentially fatal side-effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) use. NSAIDs include medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen sodium (Aleve, Naprosyn, Naprox), diclofenac (Voltaren), indomethacin (Indocin), and many others.

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Three leading vascular and podiatry surgeons have joined the Department of Surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and are establishing a Foot Center at BMC to treat those with diabetes and lower extremity ulcers that often result in unnecessary foot amputation. Gary W. Gibbons, MD; Geoffrey M. Habershaw, DPM; and James S. Chrzan, DPM, will assume active roles at BMC on August 1, 1999.

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In a report which appeared in the June issue of Clinical Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have described two unrelated women with paranoid schizophrenia who have an overlapping deletion in the Xp22.3 chromosome region.

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Boston University's Summer Living tip sheet includes how to have a clambake and the perfect wines to serve with it; summer food handling safety tips, and hot-weather exercise tips.

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Boston University astronomers announced the discovery of an enormous tail of sodium gas stretching to great distances from the moon and presented their results June 1, at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Boston.

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A new technique derived from modern physics that can help doctors distinguish between a healthy heart and one that is headed for trouble, was described in Nature this week by scientists from Boston University.

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Boston Artists and the Big Dig, an exhibition of work by 12 artists who have been inspired by Boston's largest construction project, will be shown at the Boston University Art Gallery beginning Friday, June 4-27.

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A new gene involved in common inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, was recently discovered by scientists at Boston University's School of Dental Medicine.

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The TERRIERS satellite, built by students at Boston University and launched Tuesday morning, so far has not been able to orient itself so that its solar panels fully face the sun and seems to have run out of battery power, according to project managers.

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TERRIERS, a satellite designed and built by a team of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty at Boston University was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California May 17 at 10:10 p.m. PDT.

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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will deliver the address at Boston University's 126th commencement exercises Sunday, May 23. Rev. Also receiving honorary degrees will be Dr. Ray Hammond, a physician, clergyman, and chairman of the Ten Point Coalition, James Carlin, businessman and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education; actress and alumna Geena Davis; and Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president of The George Washington University.

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Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announces that Hunter "Patch" Adams, MD, will be this year's commencement speaker. The BUSM Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 23 at 3:00 p.m. at the World Trade Center in Boston.

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Recent findings suggesting that a gene on chromosome 12 was a strong genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease cannot be replicated by a team of researchers from Boston University School of Medicine, Duke University, the University of Toronto, and Vanderbilt University the team reported in the May issue of Nature Genetics.

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An exhibition of Luminage(tm) Prints by Ken Huff and Gateway to Spirited Ruins, a new multi-user virtual reality experience, will be presented by Boston University as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival being held at cultural institutions throughout Boston during the month of May.

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With the 103rd Boston Marathon right around the corner, faculty members at Boston University can comment as writers prepare their race-day stories on a variety of related topics having to do with exercise, training and nutrition.

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Boston University scientists reported the discovery of a new gene involved in inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis and Crohn's disease, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Boston University and USRA will brief the press on TERRIERS, a satellite designed and built by a team of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at Boston University. TERRIERS, now in the final stages of preparation at Vandenberg Air Force Base, will be launched on April 19, 1999. A webcast of this briefing can also be seen at: http://www.bu.edu/satellite.

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The Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University announces the launch of an international campaign to archive millennial documents and memorabilia pertaining to the year 2000.

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Boston University Professor William Anthony, author of the book The Art of Napping, says that the first Sunday of daylight savings time, should be celebrated as "National Nap Day."

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Exercise should serve as a prescription for the prevention of heart disease, Boston University School of Medicine researchers reported in the February 23 issue of the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

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TERRIERS, a satellite designed and built by a team of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at Boston University, is now being prepared for shipping to Vandenberg Air Force Base, where it will be launched on April 7, 1999.

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Using data from the long-running Framingham Heart Study, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have reported that people with a strong grip are at increased risk for osteoarthritis in certain hand joints in the January issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.