Boston College Front Row

"A Conversation with General Electric Chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Immelt"

“Transforming Target”

“A conversation with Uber Co-Founder and CEO Travis Kalanick”

“Navigating Today’s Energy Landscape.”

"Health Care: Society’s Greatest Challenge."

Katharine Hayhoe, associate professor of political science at Texas Tech University and director of the university’s Climate Science Center, talks about her research on the social and political impacts of climate change.

Community-based research engages individuals and institutions in local communities during every phase of research.

Lynch School of Education faculty members David Scanlon, Penny Hauser-Cram, Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Michael Russell, and Susan Bruce discuss evidence-based insights

Panelists including Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau, Associate Professor of History Martin Summers, Professor of English Min Song, School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Panelists including Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau, Associate Professor of History Martin Summers, Professor of English Min Song, School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Nancy Pineda-Madrid, and Assistant Professor of Sociology Gustavo Morello, S.J., discuss race and justice in the contemporary United States. Jesuit Institute Director James Keenan, S.J., moderates the discussion.

Abby Fichtner, Hacker in Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab, talks about steps entrepreneurs should take in turning their ideas into businesses.

Abby Fichtner, Hacker in Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab, talks about steps entrepreneurs should take in turning their ideas into businesses.

Journalist Euny Hong speaks about her new book, The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.

Journalist Euny Hong speaks about her new book, The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.

Irish poet, editor, and publisher Peter Fallon, who was the 2012-13 Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies at Boston College

Many Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora.

Irish poet, editor, and publisher Peter Fallon, who was the 2012-13 Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies at Boston College, reads from his collection of poems, Strong, My Love, which was published in 2014. His reading is part of the Lowell Humanities Series.

Many Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora. But what if the Diaspora is a blessing in disguise? In At Home in Exile, Alan Wolfe, writing for the first time about his Jewish heritage, makes an impassioned, eloquent and controversial argument that Jews should take pride in their Diasporic tradition. Wolfe is joined by a distinguished panel of scholars who review and critique this work. Alan Wolfe is the founding director of the Boisi Center and professor of political science at Boston College. Ben Birnbaum is special assistant to the president of Boston College, executive director of its Office of Marketing Communications, and editor of Boston College Magazine. Susannah Heschel is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. Kevin Kenny is professor and chair of the History Department at Boston College, where he teaches courses on American immigration and global migration.

This symposium marks the translation and publication of the new book Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories, edited and co-translated by Professor of Russian

This symposium marks the translation and publication of the new book Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories, edited and co-translated by Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, and written by his father, author David Shrayer-Petrov.