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Discoveries Lectures
It’s your world. Take a closer look. Dig deeper into issues that matter with BU’s best minds at Discoveries.
Discoveries is a dynamic lecture and learning series that taps into the strength of the BU faculty to give alumni a deeper look into issues affecting the world and our lives. Each event is an opportunity to hear world-renowned faculty offer their insights, explore the issues further through an engaging discussion forum, and continue conversations with fellow alumni at a post-lecture reception.
The current series comprises the following lectures:
2011/2012 Upcoming Lectures
Thursday, october 13, 2011
Online and Against Authority: the Role of Social Media in Political Uprisings
Azer Bestavros, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Taylor Boas, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
400 Years Later: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and Early America
William Carroll, Professor of English
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Redrawing Maps, Rerouting Votes: Gerrymandering & the Geography of Political Power
Bruce Schulman, Professor, Department of History
Brendan McConville, Professor, Department of History
Dino Christenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The Changing Landscape of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Professor & Director, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, College of Arts & Sciences
Daniela Caruso, Professor of Law, School of Law
7:00 p.m.
Previous Lectures
April 28, 2011
We Are What We Eat: Issues of Food Supply
Nathan Phillips, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment
7:00 p.m.
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way
February 17. 2011
Political Humor throughout the Ages
Jeff Henderson, Professor of Greek Language and Literature
Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Classical Studies
7:00 p.m.
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way
December 1, 2010
Lessons to be learned from Cells: From Molecular Basis to Disease
Karen Allen, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Adrian Whitty, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
October 7, 2010
The New Deal – 75 Years Later
Bruce Schulman, Professor of 20th century U.S. History; Chair of the Department of History
April 22, 2010
Footprints in the Sea: Detecting Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
February 4, 2010
Muddying the Waters: The Blues as Early Music
November 19, 2009
Cyber-Terrorism/Warfare – The Emergent Threat: Strategies for Survival
A Panel Discussion on Cyber Security
October 8, 2009
Solving the Health Care Reform Puzzle: How to Balance Cost, Access, and Recovery
BU Experts Tackle the Health Care Overhaul
April 16, 2009
Financial Crisis, Public Policy, and Economic Recovery
A Panel Discussion with BU’s Economic Experts
February 5, 2009
The Cuban Revolution at 50
Professor of Sociology & International Relations Susan Eckstein and Assistant Dean of Students Daryl DeLuca
December 11, 2008
Forgiveness: In War, Peace, Ordinary Times, and Extraordinary Circumstances
Professor of Philosophy Charles Griswold
April 17, 2008
What Would Thoreau Think? Global Warming at Walden Pond
Professor of Biology Richard Primack
February 21, 2008
U.S. Presidential Campaigns in Wartime: a History
Professor of International Relations Andrew Bacevich