The founder of Institutional Investor, a journal that linked financial professionals working for large companies all over the world, Gilbert Kaplan, wanted nothing so much as to conduct his favorite composer’s Second Symphony some day. His favorite composer was Gustav Mahler and his favorite Mahler piece was the Resurrection Symphony.
At the age of 42, Kaplan [...]

The Metcalf Award and the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching were established in 1974 by Arthur G. B. Metcalf, who was a longtime chairman of Boston University’s Board of Trustees. The prizes recognize a professor’s scholarship, dedication, and commitment to students.
On this week’s show, we met with two professors singled out specifically [...]

A few weeks ago, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt and Boston Univeristy professor emeritus, Hermann Fr. Eilts, delivered a lecture titled “The Road to Camp David and the Beginning of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process: A Personal Reminiscence” at Boston University. We used this occasion to invite him to our show to talk [...]

Among the most powerful and enigmatic figures of the past century was German pastor, theologian and author Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1906. In the late 1930s, he became one of Germany’s most prominent resistance activists. Arrested in 1943, he was moved from prison to prison for two years before being [...]