The Role and Responsibility of a Great University to Address the Critical Global Issues of Our Time.

On the occasion of the inauguration of Dr. Robert A. Brown as our tenth president, we celebrate Boston University’s legacy and reflect upon the role and responsibility of the University to address the great global issues of our time — through education, research, outreach, and service. Issues to be explored include: What are the most critical issues today, and how can the University contribute to solutions?  How does the University best teach the values of a global perspective to its students? How should the University collaborate with the international community of scholars? How does the University preserve academic freedom and resist political pressure from within and without?

Gerald T. Keusch

Associate Dean for Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, and Director, Global Health Initiative

Biography

Ronald Kent Richardson

Director, African American Studies Program, Boston University

Biography

Jeffrey Sachs

Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University

Biography

Elie Wiesel

University Professor; Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Biography

Dana Robert

Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, Boston University School of Theology; Co-Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission

Biography

Husain Haqqani

Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Biography

David K. Campbell

Provost of Boston University

Gerald T. Keusch

Ronald Kent Richardson

Jeffrey Sachs

Elie Wiesel