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October 22, 2009 The Promise of Change: Vision and Reality in Obama's Presidency
Howard Zinn, a College of Arts & Sciences professor emeritus of political science, shares the stage with novelist Mary Gordon, author James Carroll, and Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman during Alumni Weekend 2009 for a discussion of the Obama administration’s policy successes and disappointments thus far.
Hosted by College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

October 19, 2009 Especially for Women: How to Get Paid What You Are Worth
Evelyn Murphy, president of the WAGE Project and a former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, addresses gender and wage parity in the workplace, arguing that the best way to close the wage gap is for women to take individual action, negotiate salaries, and stand up for themselves.
Hosted by Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
October 16, 2009 Pandemics, Public Health, and Political Transition
Richard E. Besser, senior health and medical editor for ABC News and former acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shares the practical and political lessons he learned while managing the federal government’s response to the H1N1 influenza outbreak.

Hosted by Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
October 8, 2009 Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture: Carl Phillips
Award-winning poet Carl Phillips (GRS’93) returns to his alma mater to read from his new collection, Speak Low, in the semiannual Lowell Lecture, with additional readings by poets Brandy Barents (GRS’06) and Rosanna Warren, BU’s Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor of the Humanities.
Hosted by Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Creative Writing Program

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