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Boston University President Melissa Gilliam gives her inaugural address. Gilliam announced the launch of the Living Values Project, which will create a campus community based on the university’s foundational values and addressing the needs of the diverse student population. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

President Gilliam announces launch of ‘Living Our Values Project,’ begins first steps with Town Hall

George Lehman October 18, 2024
BU President Melissa Gilliam is launching a new 'Living Our Values Project' to identify values that will guide the University.
Boston University Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights Michael Grodin speaks at the Elie Wiesel’s “Beyond Duty” event Sunday to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. EMILY HARDY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Elie Wiesel Center commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz

Scarlett Blydenburgh January 30, 2020
Auschwitz-Birkenau and the victims were honored at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies’ “Beyond Duty” event on Sunday, which featured heroic international diplomats who helped in ending Jewish oppression.
James Waller, a professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, speaks at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House Tuesday evening about genocide prevention. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor presents research on genocide and mass killings

Amanda Kaufman March 22, 2017

James Waller, a professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire, presented his research on the psychology of perpetrators of genocide and mass killings to approximately...

Jonathan Holloway, a Yale University professor, speaks about the racial implications of the election during a discussion Wednesday evening in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Yale Dean address BU community on Jim Crow laws, higher education

Laney Ruckstuhl November 9, 2016

Months ago, when Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway was scheduled to speak at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences on Nov. 9, he didn’t think about the timing...

Leah Rigueur, professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, speaks about black voters and the peculiarities of the 2016 election during a talk at the African American Studies Program Building Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Harvard professor talks history of black voters, ties history into 2016 election

Alana Levene November 2, 2016

Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government professor Leah Rigueur gave a lecture, “Racing to the Top: Black Voters and the 2016 Election,” at Boston University’s African American...

BU is launching a new Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor through the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies. PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU launches Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor

Haley Fritz October 20, 2016

The Boston University Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies expanded its curriculum this semester to include a Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor. The minor “combines historical background with...

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