Elie Wiesel (Hon. ’74), Spokesman for Peace and Human Rights, Dies at 87
Auschwitz survivor, Nobel laureate, taught at BU since 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74), BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, 1928–2016. AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a Nobel laureate, and the most powerful witness for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, died Saturday at […]
New MOOC on Ethical Leadership Launches
Walter Fluker’s online course covers saints and sinners both Walter Fluker is a scholar of such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), but his new online class also studies figures like the disgraced Richard Nixon and Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin. Photo by Cydney Scott. Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi, Idi Amin, Richard […]
Commencement Speaker: Embrace Your Fear of the Unknown Future
Former CBS executive Nina Tassler says life took her to unexpected joys Commencement speaker Nina Tassler (CFA’79, Hon.’16) told BU graduates not to be afraid to edit their dreams and rewrite the story of what they want to do in life during the University’s 143rd Commencement Sunday. Video by BU Productions. Photo by Dana J. […]
Peace Corps Director Delivers Baccalaureate Address
CAS alum Hessler-Radelet urges grads to choose optimism, nurture relationships Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS’79), director of the Peace Corps, delivers the address at the 143rd Commencement Baccalaureate Service at Marsh Chapel. Video by BU Productions. Photos by Mike Ritter. As the current director of the Peace Corps and a former volunteer, Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS’79, Hon.’16) has […]