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With the school year winding down, Tufts University administrators met recently with students planning to study abroad, outlining what they should do before they leave and what to expect when they arrive. Above all, they stressed the risks - and ways to minimize them. But with an audience of young adults eager to see the world and seize adventure, it was hard to know whether the warnings truly hit home. "I think the message gets through," said Sheila Bayne, who directs the university's study-abroad program.

Watch this video on YouTube ( BU Today ) The video above is produced by Boston University's news website, BU Today . In it, Allen Questrom and Kenneth Freeman, dean of the School of Management, talk about the $10 million gift from the foundation Questrom runs with his wife, Kelli. By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent Boston University's management school has received a $10 million gift from alumnus Allen I. Questrom, a retired leader in retail management whose 39-year career included runs as CEO and chairman...

A violent week in the city of Boston continued Thursday morning when a Boston University graduate student was fatally shot in a part of the Allston section that is usually safe, police and neighbors said. Police said officers found the 24-year-old man, whom authorities did not identify, lying outside on the 100 block of Allston Street at about 2:40 a.m., suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. "It's in an area that is relatively crime free," Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said during an afternoon press conference at police headquarters in...

While studying abroad in Australia, Boston University junior Meg Theriault made sure to send flowers to her mother in Massachusetts before Mother's Day. The bouquet arrived two days ahead of Sunday's holiday, with a note from the 21-year-old saying she would celebrate with her mom, Deb, when she arrived back in the United States this week. Instead, Theriault's aunt Terri Killam said Monday that her niece's parents now are by the student's side in a New Zealand hospital. The college junior is in a medically induced coma following brain surgery Saturday in the wake of a...

New Yorker poetry critic and Sudbury resident Dan Chiasson (left), three-time US poet laureate Robert Pinsky, and Rosanna Warren, former chancellor of the Academy of Poets, gathered at BU on Wednesday night for Boston University's Creative Writing Annual Faculty Reading. (Chiasson began teaching as a visiting professor at BU this spring). Pinsky blends poetry and jazz at the Regattabar tonight with pianist Laurence Hobgood.

View Larger Map By Matt Rocheleau, Globe Correspondent A 24-year-old graduate student at Boston University was killed early today in an apparent shooting in Allston, the university and police said. At about 2:40 a.m., police were called to 139 Allston St., and upon arrival found a man lying outside in the area of 112 Allston St., Boston Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said. The victim was suffering from severe head trauma, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

A Boston University graduate student who died of an apparent suicide after ingesting a toxic chemical in her South End apartment Monday night, forcing the other tenants to evacuate, was working to eradicate diseases that afflict the elderly, her grief-stricken father said Tuesday. "Some of her older family members had diseases of the aged, like Alzheimer's, and she was trying to contribute to society" by eliminating those conditions, said Jeffrey Brown, 58, of Virginia, the father of Carolyn Brown, 25. Carolyn Brown, a doctoral...

WORCESTER - Cancer researcher Craig Ceol has a stellar résumé, built in Boston and Cambridge: He earned his graduate degree at MIT, worked with one of the world's foremost stem cell biologists at Children's Hospital Boston, and played a leading role in identifying a gene implicated in deadly skin cancer. His work won him a federal grant early in his career. Ceol applied for jobs nationwide and said he received more than a half-dozen offers or callbacks. But his first choice among those was clear: the University of Massachusetts Medical School in...

In a display of mourning, unity, and protest over the recent fatal shooting of a Boston University graduate student, more than 75 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the campus Sunday evening. The group solemnly chanted, sang, and prayed together outside Marsh Chapel. They huddled around a table lined with candles and incense. At the table's center, surrounded by flowers, was a framed photograph of the slain student, 24-year-old Kanagala Seshadri Rao. "We grieve.

According to a report on BU Today , Boston University hockey star Corey Trivino has been kicked off the team following his arrest on charges of indecent assault and battery, breaking and entering in the nighttime, and assault with attempt to rape. Trivino, who is the leading scorer in Hockey East, was charged after an incident Sunday night in which he allegedly forced his way into the room of a female student. "He is no longer associated with the BU hockey team," coach Jack Parker told BU Today.

As chairman of Boston University's board of trustees in 1970, Boston financier Hans H. Estin persuaded University of Texas philosopher John R. Silber to lead BU into a new era of tougher admissions standards and expansion. "When I met Hans, I knew virtually nothing about Boston University and could see no good reason for accepting the presidency," Silber said Friday in a statement. "But he discussed the university with such enthusiasm and imagination that he persuaded me it would be a very good place to be. " Mr. Estin, 83, who died of cancer May 4 in his Hamilton home, remained friends...

Relatives of the Boston University junior from Salisbury who was critically injured in a New Zealand crash that killed three other students are agonizing as they await an update on her condition after she underwent brain surgery over the weekend, her grandmother said on Sunday. ‘‘Hellish," said Annette Theriault, 74, of Beverly when asked to describe her family's wait for news of Margaret Theriault, 21. ‘‘Hellish, that's all. It's not a very good Mother's Day. ...

Robert M. Coard. By Jeremy C. Fox, Town Correspondent The Action for Boston Community Development agency has announced that it will dedicate its central office building in honor of the late Robert M. Coard, ABCD's president and CEO for more than four decades. Coard retired in 2009, after leading the organization since 1968, and died in November of that year at 82. He had suffered from heart disease. A Globe obituary quoted former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn as saying, "Boston without Bob Coard is like the Public Garden without the swan boats.

The New Zealand university hosting U.S. students who were involved in a deadly weekend minivan crash said that they discourage international students from driving and will ratchet up those warnings in the future. The cause of Saturday's crash, which killed three Boston University students traveling to a popular hiking spot, remains under investigation. But David Baker, director of Auckland University's international office, said he intends to step up warnings for international students not to drive because they may be unfamiliar with...

By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent Half a dozen Bunker Hill Community College students have been recognized for their school work in science and engineering. The Society of Latino Engineers and Scientists recognized six of the college's students for their academic achievements at an awards ceremony last month. The students--Alejandra Marin, Lewis Taveras, Ana Keough, Hudson Gloria, Kamila Souza, and Luis Rodrigues--were honored along with students from MIT, Harvard University, Tufts University, Suffolk University,...

WORCESTER - For the Boston-area crews competing in today's Eastern Sprints Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond, the objective might be the same - winning - but the story lines couldn't be more different. Start with undefeated Harvard, which seeks its third consecutive Sprints title while adding another chapter to the program's latest golden era. Then there's a Northeastern crew eager to shelve the disappointments of a year ago, while Boston University is looking to rekindle the magic of 2011, when it made a rare appearance in the Grand...

Darryl Partin scored 27 points and Boston University rallied to beat Delaware 73-67 on Wednesday night. The Terriers (3-4) led 67-64 with 1:01 left after Delaware's Jamelle Hagins scored on a tip-in. The Terriers then outscored the Blue Hens 6-1 to go up 73-65 on Darryl Partin's layup with 7 seconds left. Boston, which trailed 38-37 at halftime, was behind 57-52 before going on an 11-1 run to lead 63-58 on Zach Chionuma's layup with 3:46 to go. The Terriers scored 16 points off 11 turnovers, and held the Blue Hens to seven total assists, and 28.6 percent shooting in the second...

The signs of summer were everywhere at Boston University Saturday: finals ended Friday, and Commonwealth Avenue was dotted with students dragging suitcases, trying on graduation robes, and carrying armfuls of textbooks for reselling. But as students celebrated the conclusion of the year, devastating news once again made its way across campus. The deaths of three students studying abroad has brought further tragedy to a campus that has been slammed by one catastrophe after another this semester.

The parents of a Boston University student critically injured in a New Zealand minivan crash that killed three of her schoolmates have flown to the country to be by her side at a hospital. Meg Theriault, 21, was in intensive care Monday. Four other students suffered less serious injuries when their minivan rolled over several times Saturday while they were traveling to a popular hiking spot. Theriault suffered a serious head injury, a broken right arm and grazes over her body, her parents said in a statement.