Musing Along Comm Ave
Dean Elmore’s blog has now moved to his new website – the Extreme Makeover-ed http://www.bu.edu/dos. Find his blog under the “Kenn 2.0” section. Update your links and RSS feeds appropriately!!!
With smart phones, tweets, status updates, and e-mails, rumors spread faster than the W.H.O. can change the flu pandemic alert. Word on the street has been that three students on the Charles River Campus have come down with the much-talked about Swine Flu (or H1N1). I’m here to tell you: don’t believe the hype! My […]
Just started reading Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map. A timely read about the story of a of a cholera outbreak in 1854, within London 1854. It’s also about ideas for treating disease — ideas that we take for granted. Many people highly recommend this book. With discussion about swine flu and renewed concern about pandemic […]
The President is expecting us to stand up and do what we can to serve our communities, shape our history and enrich both our lives and the lives of others across this country. Here’s to making a difference.
Van Jones is pushing us to make connections. His work deals with links between sustainability, the economy, poverty, and race. He now serves as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality – an unique voice at the table. During this campus Earth week, O asked us […]
This weekend, campus teams of friends will camp out at the Track and Tennis Center and take turns walking or running around the track for this campus’ Relay for Life event – a 24-hour annual event for the American Cancer Society. This is a great opportunity to show love to survivors and to those who […]
We can always get together and have a great time. We also often miss the opportunities to pat ourselves on the back for the important, daily items in our lives that we might be able to call achievements. Today, we have a great opportunity to come together around great moments. Today, we will come together […]
Today’s Coffee and Conversation blog post is exclusive to The Dean’s Blog by Raul Fernandez, Assistant Director of the Howard Thurman Center, who will be moderating this week’s Coffee and Conversation. Take it away, Raul! I have this week the unenviable task of filling in for Dean Elmore as the moderator of Coffee of Conversation. […]
