On this week’s show, Steven Rockefeller, professor emeritus at Middlebury College, spoke on “Ecological and Social Responsibility: The Making of the Earth Charter” as part of Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion’s 35th lecture series.
The chairman of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Steven Rockefeller led an international consortium that in 2002 created the Earth Charter, [...]

This week’s show featured a lecture by Polish political leader Andrzej Olechowski, entitled “The New Atlantic Partnership,” in which he addressed the changing relationship between the United States and the European Union. The respondent to Olechowski’s lecture was former New York Times foreign correspondent and current associate editor, John Darnton.
Olechowski, European Deputy Chairman of the [...]

On this week’s show, Sir Hans Kornberg, professor of biology and director of the University Professors Program at Boston University, delivered a lecture titled “Who’s Afraid of Frankenfood?”
Sir Kornberg is actively engaged in research, and his main aim is to understand the molecular basis of cellular membrane transport, and how this is integrated into the [...]

In March 2004, the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University hosted “Ethics in the Professions,” a symposium where professors from different schools at Boston University spoke on the importance of moral behavior in the fields of medicine, law, communication, theology, and business.
This week’s show featured the opening remarks by Boston [...]