Furthering the Conversation
PODCAST: Episode 18, “Climate Change’s Impact on BU Students — Can We Do More to Help?”
December 1, 2020 About the Episode This episode looks at the impact of climate change, more specifically the 2020 California fires, on BU students. We learn about the causes of the fires and how the BU administration has been reacting to and planning for climate change as it begins to affect students’... More
PODCAST: Episode 16, “Getting to Know Dean Elmore”
November 30, 2020 About the Episode The dedicated administrators of Boston University shape the student experience by developing various social and academic opportunities. However, students rarely step beyond university policy to interact with administrators on a personal level. Vishal Ramola (CAS ’21) and Michael Klein (CAS ’24) believe that casual dialogue between... More
VIDEO: Real Talk, Episode 3
Assistant Directors Laura Rose Montorio, Nick Bates, and Shari Tumandao recently hosted the third installment of Real Talk, the HTC's monthly virtual advice show. In this episode, they tackle student-submitted questions about renting and buying homes, where to live after graduation, what they learned about themselves in quarantine, and where... More
Newsletter: November 2020, “Scorpio Szn”
Each month, we send a university-wide newsletter to all undergraduate and graduate students. Below is the November 2020 email, which you can also find at this link.
PODCAST: Episode 15, “Hip Hop After the Trap Era”
November 19, 2020 About the Episode Trap music has become one of the most popular sub-genres of hip hop and one of the most pervasive production styles across all genres of music in the past decade, but what will come after? What sort of production, styles, and trends will follow the booming... More
News: “Tyler Sit, founding pastor, New City Church”
November 18, 2020 The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground was mentioned in a recent Bostonia article on Boston University alum Tyler Sit (COM'11). Sit founded New City Church in Minneapolis, a United Methodist parish with an emphasis on social and environmental justice. When asked who opened doors for him to pursue this... More
Meditation: The Glad Surprise
The following excerpt is from the meditation "The Glad Surprise" from Thurman's Meditations of the Heart. There is ever something compelling and exhilarating about the glad surprise. The emphasis is upon glad. There are surprises that are shocking, startling, frightening and bewildering. But the glad surprise is something different from all of... More
VIDEO: 12th Night Wassail (A Thurman Family Recipe)
The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground kicked off this holiday season with a Thurman family tradition: 12th Night Wassail. We recreated this special seasonal drink with the help of Boston University's Gastronomy and Food & Wine programs. The recipe is featured in Recipes and Remembrances of Fair Dillard, recently published... More
VIDEO: Post-Election Reflections: A Student-Faculty Forum
The HTC's Student-Faculty Forum program returned in November with "Post-Election Reflections," a conversation about the most consequential presidential election in US history. Watch the full video from the event below or on our YouTube channel.
Meditation: The Temptation to Oversimplify
The following meditation is titled "The Temptation to Oversimplify" from Thurman's Meditations of the Heart. There is ever present the temptation to reduce all problems to a single problem; to seize upon a single explanation for all the ills of life. In Moby Dick, Ahab reduces all evil to a single... More