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- Tribute: James Winn, 1947-2019, Flutist and Preeminent BU Scholar of English Literature March 26, 2019In an era that questions the value of a humanities education, and privileges technology even in everyday abbreviations like STEM, James Winn remained an ardent advocate for the liberal arts tradition. The College of Arts & Sciences emeritus professor and chairman of English, who died March 21 at age 71 at his Brattleboro, Vt., home, […]
- Office Artifacts: Karen Jacobs March 26, 2019Karen Jacobs keeps a heap of backpacks in her office, too many to have been left behind by forgetful students during office hours. “In 1998, when I was president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, I brought something to their attention I had noticed with my own children,” says Jacobs (Sargent’79), a Sargent College of […]
- Should Sexual Predators Outed by #MeToo Get Their Careers Back? March 26, 2019They’re baaaack. At least a dozen sexual predators or harassers bounced from their jobs after being outed by #MeToo revelations have been rehired or handed new work. They include Pixar cofounder John Lasseter, whose appointment as head of a new animation arm at Skydance Media led actress Emma Thompson to bail on an upcoming Skydance movie. […]
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog to Reflect on His Career Tonight March 25, 2019For more than half a century, Werner Herzog has been one of the world’s most iconoclastic filmmakers, making the movies he wants to make, where he wants to make them (he’s said to be the only feature-film director to have shot on all seven continents), and how he wants to make them (he eschews storyboards, […]
- Job Hunting? Dos and Don’ts for Negotiating Salary March 25, 2019If you accepted your first job (or even your second, or third) at the offered salary, you’re not alone. Especially if you’re a woman. (This writer was so eager for employment that she said yes to her first job offer on the spot.) While many job hunters find salary negotiation daunting, women are less likely […]
