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Actor Michael Douglas speaks at an event Wednesday in Metcalf Hall. The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center and The Bette Davis Foundation honored Douglas for his 50 years in theater, film and television. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Award-winning actor, producer Michael Douglas receives award at BU

Nathan Lederman November 30, 2018
Michael Douglas, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor and producer, received the Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center and the Bette Davis Foundation. Douglas was honored with an extensive tribute to his life and career.
Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie discusses his work and captivity during the Syrian civil war at an event hosted by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Thursday night. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gotlieb Center series welcomes war photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie, casting director Bonnie Timmermann

Lauren Richards October 10, 2018
The Metcalf Ballroom filled with commotion as a crowd of alumni, students and other Boston University community members conversed as they found their chairs. The audience fell silent once Jonathan Alpeyrie, a war photojournalist, and Bonnie Timmermann, a producer and casting director, appeared onstage.
“From Manuscript to Movable Type: The Information Shift that Brought about Modern Learning,” an exhibition on display in Mugar Memorial Library Feb. 1-12 features excerpts from The Gutenberg Bible, which curators believe is the “single most important and famous printed book.” PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Archives at the Mugar Library present printing press’ modern influence

Alejandra Jimenez February 2, 2016

Texts produced with the printing press as early as in the ninth century have impacted modern education, as demonstrated by an exhibition of archives opened Monday at the Gotlieb Memorial Gallery. “From...

BU students are now able to access the second largest collection of Florence Nightingale’s written letters and medical theories in the world at The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center located inside Mugar Library. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Research center hosts historical figure’s digitized archives online

Ellen Cranley January 20, 2016

The Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center now hosts the online portal to approximately 1,900 of Florence Nightingale’s digitally archived items. The Florence Nightingale Digitization...

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