Last year, 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 University [...]

Boston played a major role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was at Boston University where Dr. King earned his doctorate and learned of Gandhi’s teachings of non-violence through his mentor, former dean of Marsh Chapel Howard Thurman.
On January 17, 2005, Boston University held its annual commemoration of the life and work [...]

On this week’s show, Boston University Professor Uri Ra’Anan gave a lecture titled “Stalin’s Heirs.” His lecture was featured in a recent one-day conference entitled “Sic Transit … Power Transfer Moscow Style” that was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy.
Professor Ra’Anan discussed past and present power changes in Russia, [...]

This week’s show featured the speeches of two keynote speakers from a recent conference held at Boston University entitled “The U.S. And Europe: Partnership or Competition?”
Alain Juppe, mayor of Bordeaux and former Prime Minister of France talked about the differences between European and American perspectives on the Middle East. Wolfgang Ischinger, German ambassador to [...]

Last Sunday’s show featured the last of the 2004 lecture series, “The Fascination with Jewish Tales,” by teacher, author, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel.
In this lecture, titled “Evil and Redemption,” Wiesel discussed the root of evil, and the notion of redemption, which, according to him, “begins when indifference ends.”
Wiesel has been delivering his [...]