In reaction to President Obama’s announcement late last night of the death of Osama bin Laden, the Dean of Students (DOS) office is hosting a special Coffee & Conversation today from 3-5 PM ET in the Howard Thurman Center (George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Lower Level). Can’t make it? DOS will be live-streaming it [...]
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Tagged Coffee & Conversation, Coffee and Conversation, Dean Elmore, Dean of Students, DOS, george sherman union, GSU, Howard Thurman Center, Kenn Elmore, Osama bin Laden, President Obama
April 29, 2011 at 6:00 am
This weekend, Pulitzer Prize winners and best-selling authors will convene here at BU for the Journalism Department‘s annual conference, The Power of Narrative: The Rebirth of Storytelling. There, some of the nation’s most celebrated writers will discuss the art and future of narrative nonfiction. 2011 speakers include: Jill Abramson, Managing Editor, The New York Times Kate Medina, [...]
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Tagged College of Communication, Douglas Starr, Gay Talese, Hampton Sides, Isabel Wilkerson, Jill Abramson, journalism, Kate Medina, Kenmore, New York Times, pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize, Random House, Susan Orlean
April 25, 2011 at 6:02 am
The Creative Writing Program will host its annual Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture featuring former Poet Laureate and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan and program alumna Katherine Hollander tonight at 7:00 PM in the Photonics Center, Room 206. The Lecture was established to bring distinguished writers to campus to read alongside recent graduates of the [...]
April 21, 2011 at 6:00 am
Everyone is familiar with the classic story of “Romeo and Juliet,” but this weekend CFA is spicing it up with an all-French opera rendition of the Shakespeare classic with English supertitles by Allison Voth. The performance is a collaboration between CFA’s School of Music Opera Institute and the School of Theatre and is hosted by [...]
April 20, 2011 at 8:11 am
The Friends of the Libraries will host celebrated writer Walter Mosley tonight at 5:30 PM in Metcalf Hall (2nd Floor of George Sherman Union, 775 Comm Ave). Mosley is the author of more than 34 critically acclaimed books, including the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins and Devil in the Blue Dress, which was adapted [...]
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Tagged Book Collecting, Denzel Washington, Devil in the Blue Dress, Easy Rawlins, Friends of the Library, Gramy, GSU, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Metcalf Hall, O. Henry, PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award, Walter Mosley
April 15, 2011 at 12:44 pm
As part of MTV’s “Staying Alive” campaign, “Ignite” addresses the stigmas of an HIV or AIDS diagnosis — as well as virus education and attitudes about safe sex — against the backdrop of youth culture in various locales, including Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine. On April 21st and 22nd, the campaign is coming to [...]
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Tagged AIDS, Center for Global Health and Development, Charles River Campus, Coffee & Conversation, College of Communication, COM, Dean Elmore, Dean of Students, Health Education, HIV, Ignite, Kenn Elmore, Kenya, Medical Campus, MTV, MTV Ignite, MTV Staying Alive, School of Public Health, SPH, Staying Alive
April 15, 2011 at 6:00 am
This year the Peace Corps commemorates 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Today, Boston University celebrates its long-standing relationship with the Peace Corps and the agency’s mission and legacy of service by honoring the past, demonstrating effectiveness and inspiring the next generation of volunteers. Boston University’s Center for Global Health & [...]
April 14, 2011 at 6:00 am
When Disaster Strikes: Reporting and Responding is an international conference that will explore the collaboration and tension between journalists and public health workers at times of crisis. The event, featuring a keynote speech by NBC’s Kerry Sanders, will mark the first annual collaboration of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Boston University’s Center for [...]
April 12, 2011 at 6:15 am
The Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest writing programs in the country, is hosting their annual faculty reading tonight at 6:00 PM in the SMG Auditorium (595 Comm. Ave). Faculty participating include: Leslie Epstein (Program Director) David Ferry Louise Glück (United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner) Allegra Goodman (National Book Award finalist) [...]
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Tagged Allegra Goodman, College of Arts and Sciences, creative writing, David Ferry, Ha Jin, Leslie Epstein, Louise Gluck, Maya Sloan, Powetry, Robery Pinsky, Ronan Noone, Sigrid Nunez
