Category: Campus Events

Educating for Citizenship

Boston University School of Education’s Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character (CAEC) is hosting their Spring Institute today and tomorrow at the Hotel Commonwealth.  The retreat aims to cultivate the intellectual lives of educators, inspire them to embrace a renewed sense of responsibility and dedication to the art of teaching, and instill in […]

All Because of the Color of His Skin

The Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center presents renowned Dylan expert Christopher Ricks. He will discuss race and its relations to the art of Bob Dylan in his lecture “All Because of the Color of his Skin.” The lecture will take place on Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 PM in Metcalf Hall, which is […]

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author to discuss “Well-behaved Women Rarely Make History”

The Boston University Women’s Studies program is hosting an event entitled “Well-behaved Women Rarely Make History” today at 3 PM in the Women’s Resource Center, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Pulizter Prize Winning Author and Professor of History at Harvard University, will discuss her 2007 book.  EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE […]

Pin His Ear to the Wisdom Post: Martin Luther King Jr. and the School of Prophets

The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center will host the opening of an exhibition of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s archives in an event honoring Christine King Farris tonight from 5-7 PM.  Farris will be recognized as the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow and will offer the inaugural MLK Jr. Leadership Lecture, speaking on her […]

SUSTAIN/ABILITY: A Celebration of Sustainability and Awareness

Boston University Hillel House and The Rubin-Frankel Gallery are hosting a building-wide celebration focusing on sustainability-awareness.  Featured at this celebration is the 4th Annual Student Art Exhibition entitled: “Sustainability”, a juried show of artwork by students from the Greater Boston Area.  Events during this celebration will include live music, free food, several art exhibitions and […]

Maria Mitchell, 19th Century Astronomer, and the Sexing of Science

The Boston University Women’s Studies program, along with BU WISE, is sponsoring an event entitled “Maria Mitchell, 19th Century Astronomer, and the Sexing of Science” today from 3 PM – 5 PM in the Hillel House, 213 Bay State Road, Boston.  Renee Bergland, Professor of English at Simmons College, will discuss the work of Maria […]

Terror, Torture, and Feminine Masquerade: The Case of Alias vs. 24

The Boston University Women’s Studies program is hosting an event entitled “Terror, Torture, and Feminine Masquerade: The Case of Alias vs. 24” today from 2 PM – 4 PM in the GCB Room 205 at 750 Commonwealth Ave, Boston.  Hilary Neroni, Associate Director of Program Director of Film and Television Sudies at University of Vermont, […]

Bud Collins Speaking at BU Tonight

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center is hosting an evening with acclaimed sportscaster and American journalist Bud Collins.  His career of more than 50 years, which began in 1963 at the Boston Herald, and continued for 25 years at WGBH, gained him recognition and entrance into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.  Collins was also awarded […]

Discussion on BUAG’s latest exhibition, “Exposures: Other Histories in Early Postcards from Africa” today!

The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) is hosting a gallery discussion featuring curators Cynthia Becker and Christraud Geary who will explore the conception of the exhibit. The event is taking place in conjunction with the gallery’s latest exhibition which features postcards produced from Africa between 1870 and the 1930s. The symposium will be held at […]

Symposium for BUAG’s latest exhibition, “Exposures: Other Histories in Early Postcards from Africa” today!

The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) is hosting a symposium entitled “Cosmopolitan Identities and Alternative Histories: Africans in Front and Behind the Camera.” The event is taking place in conjunction with the gallery’s latest exhibition which features postcards produced from Africa between 1870 and the 1930s. The symposium will be held at the Boston University […]