Boston University

Literature

Running Ransom Road Confronting the Past One Marathon at a Time book by author Caleb Daniloff, running, jogging, marathons, alcoholism

Safety

Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a Time

October 9, 2012

Boston University BU psychology professor Donna Pincus, Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety, childhood anxiety stress and stress

Literature

When the World Is Scarier Than It Should Be

October 3, 2012

Sylvia Nasar's new book details how economists developed anti-poverty strategies.

Politics

Sylvia Nasar’s Grand Pursuit

September 25, 2012

The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth Goldsmith, College of Arts & Sciences CAS professor

Research

17th-Century Sisters the Kardashians Might Admire

August 27, 2012

Sin the early history of an idea by Paula Fredriksen, Christian views on original sin

Religion

Evolving Ideas of Sin

August 6, 2012

Ben Mezrich author sex on the moon the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history accidental billionaires book

Literature

Sex on the Moon

July 16, 2012

Stephen Prothero author of The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation book

Arts & Culture

In Arguing We Trust

June 28, 2012

Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History exhibit at Boston Public Library

Literature

Discover the Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History

June 13, 2012

Jay Atkinson author, Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man: Guts, Glory and Blood in the World’s Greatest Game, Ice Time, Legends of Winter Hill book

Rugby

Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man

June 1, 2012

Author Justin Halpern, I Suck at Girls book, Shit Sh*t My Dad Says

Film & TV

Sht My Dad Says* Author Reads Tonight

May 29, 2012

Boston University Mugar Library books stacks, digital library, digital books

Mugar

Mugar on a Microchip?

May 4, 2012

Boston University College of General Studies Breaks with Tradition literature class, student volunteer community service tutoring

Faculty

Great Books, Good Works

April 27, 2012

author and journalist Pete Hamill

Culture

Journalist Pete Hamill to Speak at BU

April 18, 2012

Boston University Lowell Lecture, Jorie Graham, Patrick Ryan Frank

Arts & Culture

A Touch of the Poet(s) Tonight

April 4, 2012

Boston University Creative Writing Program annual Faculty Reading

Poetry

BU Literary Lions Take the Stage Tonight

February 22, 2012

James Johnson, Boston University, Venetian Masks

Culture

Unmasking the Past

February 21, 2012

Gene Jarrett author or Representing the Race: A New Political History of African American Literature, Boston University College of Arts & Sciences, Chairman English department

Science & Technology

African American Writers on African Americans

February 13, 2012

Charles Dickens birthday bicentennial

Arts & Culture

What the Dickens?

February 7, 2012

Ashley Mears author book Pricing Beauty-The Making of a Fashion Model, Boston University sociology

Style

High-Heeled Scholarship

January 24, 2012

Howard Thurman, The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 2: Christian, Who Calls Me Christian book by author Walter Fluker

Alumni

MLK’s Mentor Revealed

January 13, 2012

MLK’s Mentor Revealed