November 10, 2010 at 7:00 am
SED Professor Scott Seider will participate in a book panel discussion tonight at the United Lutheran Church (66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge) at 7 PM in promotion of his first book Shelter: Where Harvard Meets the Homeless. The panel will include James Shearer, Co-founder of Spare Change News, Reverend John Finley, IV, Founding Director of Epiphany […]
November 10, 2010 at 6:00 am
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center is hosting Congressman John Lewis (Fifth District, Georgia) tonight for their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Lecture. Congressman Lewis is best known for his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s and work as a politician and social activist. He will lecture on his professional experiences […]
November 10, 2010 at 6:00 am
Today the literary and cultural magazine AGNI—with cosponsors the Center for African Studies, the African American Studies Program, and PEN New England—celebrates contemporary African fiction with an afternoon panel discussion and an evening reading and reception. These events feature four voices in African writing: the acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila; Ugandan writer Doreen Baingana; Caine […]
October 29, 2010 at 3:09 pm
October 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
October 29, 2010 at 6:00 am
The Physics Department proudly presents the 2010 Pumpkin Drop in Metcalf Plaza at 12:30 PM today. Come watch dozens of pumpkins be dropped from the Metcalf Science Center roof and see community members compete in a costume competition and contest to guess the weight of the largest pumpkin. The event is free and open to the public.
October 27, 2010 at 8:00 am
Tonight at 7PM in the GSU’s 2nd floor Mecalf Hall we are hosting bestselling authors and BU professors Andrew Bacevich and Stephen Prothero for a discussion on the role played by religious ideas in U.S. public policy today, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate. This interactive event will be moderated […]
October 19, 2010 at 6:00 am
Tonight, the Creative Writing Program is hosting celebrated novelist John Irving for a reading from his latest book, Last Night in Twisted River (2009) at 7 PM in 640 Commonwealth Avenue (COM 101 – Auditorium). Irving is the author of beloved favorites such as The World According to Garp (1998) and A Prayer for Owen […]
October 18, 2010 at 3:11 pm
In the age of Twitter and other social media networks, where anyone can “break news,” how is traditional journalism changing, who are the true journalists, and what is the difference between news and information? Those were just a few of the interesting questions examined at The Media Landscape: How Social Journalism Is Changing the News […]
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October 17, 2010 at 6:00 am
Today from 12-5PM, Boston University Academy (BUA), along with Scholar Search Associates, is hosting an Educational Forum for Intellectually Curious Students and their Families in the GSU. The Forum will include presentations and roundtable discussions on timely educational issues, as well as an exhibit hall showcasing various local and national resources. BUA’s forum is the first […]
