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A Conversation with Sumner Redstone
Sumner Redstone (Hon.'94), the majority owner of National Amusements and the chairman of the boards of Viacom, the CBS Corporation, and the MTVi Group, speaks at the School of Law about the challenges of keeping a media company profitable in the [...]digital age. Best known for his mid-1990s statement "Content is king," Redstone discusses the ongoing threat of content piracy and offers a "digital manifesto" for the long-term success of both artists and media companies: collaboration between major media corporations in the fight against piracy and intellectual property theft.
Hosted by Boston University School of Law and College of Communication on September 18, 2007.
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ECE Day '12 - Team 12
Team 12: Speaker Position Tracking
Members: Peter Galvin, Kevin Lovely, and Idan Warsawski
Customer: Professor William Hauser, Boston University
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2009 Commencement Address by U.S. Representative Michael E. Capuano, D-Mass.
2009 Commencement Address by U.S. Representative Michael E. Capuano, D-Mass.
Hosted by Boston University on May 17, 2009.
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Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Hubie Jones, dean emeritus of the Boston University School of Social Work, talks about the mission of the new Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership at BU's School of Management.
Hosted by Boston University School of Management on [...]November 24, 2008.
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Breaking the Health-Care Reform Gridlock: What the Next President Needs to Know
Medical economist Rashi Fein advocates overhauling a broken health-care system amid the nation's crumbling financial market, but acknowledges that such a change may not be a top priority of the next president. Fein was the keynote speaker at the 2008 [...]William J. Bicknell Lectureship at the BU School of Public Health.
Hosted by Boston University School of Public Health on September 26, 2008.
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History, Memoir, and Comics: Graphic Representations of 9/11
Davida Pines, a College of General Studies associate professor of rhetoric, discusses the ways in which comics that represent serious historic events, such as the Holocaust and the Iranian Revolution, impact current literary culture. She examines Art [...]Speigelman's In the Shadow of No Towers and Alissa Torres' memoir American Widow.
Hosted by College of General Studies on November 21, 2008.
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2008 Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Commencement Address: Lisa I. Iezzoni
Lisa I. Iezzoni, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, talks to the 2008 graduates of Sargent College about treating patients as whole people in the context of their daily lives.
Hosted by [...]Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences on May 18, 2008.
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Commencement 2008 Baccalaureate Speaker William H. Hayling
William H. Hayling, a renowned African-American obstetrician and a founder of 100 Black Men of America, delivers the Baccalaureate address for Boston University's 2008 Commencement. Hayling, who attributes his success to early role models, urges his [...]audience to "help another human being who needs some guidance" by becoming a mentor.
Hosted by Boston University on May 17, 2008.
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Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11
Journalist and analyst Geneive Abdo, author of Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11, discusses how the Muslim community in the United States has changed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Hosted by Institute for [...]the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, College of Arts and Sciences Department of Anthropology, and the BU Humanities Foundation on April 18, 2008.
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