Collegian Summer 2017

SUMMER 2017

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CGS News Briefs	Class Notes
The 2017 Distinguished Alumni AwardRandolph L. Miller (’67, Questrom’69), the “honorary mayor of Portland” and a tireless advocate for BU, will receive this year’s award.	Shooting commercials, designing Japanese gardens, delivering babies, developing apps, conserving art, installing swimming pools, publishing novels, practicing law… See what’s happening in the lives of CGS alums.
2017 Stanley P. Stone LectureThis November, award-winning and wildly inventive graphic novelist Lynda Barry will help students discover their inner artists.
A Gift for Former StudentsPhilosopher and retired CGS professor Jim Wilcox offers alums free copies of his essay on life’s biggest questions, dedicated to his former students.

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Office Artifacts From BU Today
Professor Peter Busher’s display runs from fur to fossils

K-pop Star Puts Career on Hold for BUFrom BU Today
For Tiffany Kim, academics trumps performing…for now

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Charity from BU Today
Undergrads tackle legendary peak to benefit childhood cancer charity

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Upcoming Alumni Events
Capstone Awards October 13 In 2017, CGS students addressed a range of real-world problems through their Capstone projects, including the regulation of domestic drones, sexual violence against women on campuses, local water access, and the use of neurological drugs. On October 13, CGS will celebrate these outstanding projects in the annual award ceremony. Lecture and Film Screening: The Moral Injury of War October 25 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood will give the keynote address for a series of dialogues on the moral injury of war. Wood has covered war for more than 35 years; his second book, What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars, is based on his reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on veterans. The keynote follows a screening of the documentary Almost Sunrise and a panel discussion featuring BU faculty. In Memory of Elie Wiesel: A Day of Learning and Celebration September 17 The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies honors the enduring legacy of an extraordinary teacher, the Nobel Laureate and world-renowned writer Elie Wiesel, who was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor.

Upcoming Alumni Events

Capstone Awards October 13

In 2017, CGS students addressed a range of real-world problems through their Capstone projects, including the regulation of domestic drones, sexual violence against women on campuses, local water access, and the use of neurological drugs. On October 13, CGS will celebrate these outstanding projects in the annual award ceremony.

Lecture and Film Screening: The Moral Injury of War October 25

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood will give the keynote address for a series of dialogues on the moral injury of war. Wood has covered war for more than 35 years; his second book, What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars, is based on his reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on veterans. The keynote follows a screening of the documentary Almost Sunrise and a panel discussion featuring BU faculty.

In Memory of Elie Wiesel: A Day of Learning and Celebration September 17

The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies honors the enduring legacy of an extraordinary teacher, the Nobel Laureate and world-renowned writer Elie Wiesel, who was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor.