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Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Economist Jeffrey Sachs, widely regarded as one of the leading international economic advisors of his generation, speaks at Boston University as part of the economics department series Conversations with Economists. He discusses the necessity of [...]managing the planet's natural resources effectively and sustainably, despite the world's overcrowded state.
Hosted by College of Arts and Sciences Economics Department on April 15, 2008.
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Campus Mental Health Law: A Practical Primer on Mental Health Law Issues
Campus mental health law expert Carolyn Reinach Wolf discusses how universities should deal with mental health issues and threats of violence among their students.
Hosted by Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation on April 3, 2008. [...]
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The Evolving Applications of Control Theory to Devices, Networks and Life Itself
In the inaugural College of Engineering Distinguished Lecture, John Baillieul, an ENG professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, discusses several concepts related to control theory, from the study of human-robot interactions to the failure [...]mechanisms of biological networks.
Hosted by Boston University College of Engineering on March 5, 2008.
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Change Is in the Air: Will Social Work Be a Player?
BU School of Social Work Dean Emeritus Hubie Jones examines the current political, economic, and social climate and the role and response of social workers.
Hosted by Boston University School of Social Work on March 31, 2008.
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Women and Electoral Politics: A New Era?
The panel discussion Women and Electoral Politics: A New Era? features Virginia Sapiro, dean of Boston University's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Pippa Norris, the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Harvard's John F. [...]Kennedy School of Government, who talk about the issue of gender in politics, from global trends to the current U.S. election.
Hosted by Women's Studies Program at Boston University on March 18, 2008.
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Neural Synchrony and Selective Attention
Robert Desimone, a professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives the first President's Lecture in Neuroscience of the Center for Neuroscience. Desimone knows how hard it is to concentrate on the task at hand - it's [...]what he studies. He looks at the neural bases of attention, perception, and executive control. The impact of his research extends beyond perception to the subject of memory.
Hosted by Boston University Center for Neuroscience on February 27, 2008.
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Lonnie Ali and Kapil Sethi on The Role of the Care Partner in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Lonnie Ali, wife and primary care partner of former boxing champion Muhammad Ali, discusses her role as primary caregiver of her husband, who has Parkinson's disease. Kapil Sethi, a professor of neurology and director of the Movement Disorders [...]Program at the Medical College of Georgia, talks about risk factors and therapies.
Hosted by Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and The American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA) of Massachusetts on February 27, 2008.
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A Smorgasbord of Dangers and Delights
In the third of his six lectures on Religious Experiences: From the Mundane to the Anomalous, Wesley J. Wildman, School of Theology associate professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics, describes several kinds of religious and spiritual [...]experiences - and explains what they tell us about psychology, theology, and evolutionary theory.
Hosted by Center for the Study of Religion and Psychology at Boston University's Danielsen Institute on December 10, 2007.
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Architecture of the Absurd by John Silber
John Silber, president emeritus of Boston University, discusses his new book, Architecture of the Absurd: How "Genius" Disfigured a Practical Art, at Barnes & Noble at BU. Silber criticizes what he describes as architecture that emphasizes artistic [...]vision over practical needs and shows slides of both the best and worst of contemporary architecture.
Hosted by Barnes and Noble at Boston University on December 4, 2007.
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