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Remembering Lu Lingzi
Over 1,200 members of the community, including all the University chaplains, as well as the general public and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray paid tribute to Lu Lingzi (GRS'14). Lu, 24, was one of the [...]three who died in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013. Her father, Lu Jun, cited a Chinese proverb: "Every child is actually a little Buddha that helps their parents mature and grow up. …We as parents admire and appreciate her kindness, courage, and her yearning for a beautiful life.â€
http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/2013/bu-says-good-bye-to-lu-lingzi/
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YouSpeak: What Are Your Memories?
Youspeak asks, “What do you remember about 9/11?â€
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/youspeak-what-are-your-memories/
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A Celebration of the Life and Service of John Silber
A memorial service for John R. Silber (Hon.’95), Boston University president emeritus and former chancellor, was held Thursday, November 29, in the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom. Silber died September 27 at age 86.
As BU’s [...]seventh president, Silber led the University’s transformation from a commuter school to a renowned research institution. He served as president from 1971 to 1996, when he became University chancellor, a position he held until 2003. Silber also was a College of Arts & Sciences professor of philosophy and of international relations, a University Professor, and a School of Law professor of law.
Hosted by Boston University on November 29, 2012.
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The Honoring Eve Symposium: Affect and Reparative Reading
Three scholars explore the late queer theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's writings on paranoid tendencies in academic debates over homophobia and sexuality in the third session of the memorial symposium Honoring Eve. J. Keith Vincent, a College of Arts [...]& Sciences assistant professor of modern languages & comparative literature, moderates the discussion.
Hosted by Junior Faculty Gender & Sexuality Studies Group on October 31, 2009.
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The Honoring Eve Symposium: Feminism and Queer Theory
Three queer theory scholars, moderated by College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of English Erin Murphy, discuss selections from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's groundbreaking work on gender and sexuality, Epistemology of the Closet, in the kick-off [...]to the memorial symposium Honoring Eve.
Hosted by Junior Faculty Gender & Sexuality Studies Group on October 31, 2009.
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The Honoring Eve Symposium: Writing and Illness
Three scholars, moderated by College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of history Suzanne O'Brien, discuss selections from the late queer theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's memoir on living with cancer, A Dialogue on Love, as part of the memorial [...]symposium Honoring Eve.
Hosted by Junior Faculty Gender & Sexuality Studies Group on October 31, 2009.
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