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October 21, 2008 Biology by Design
Jim Collins, a College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering and codirector of the Center for BioDynamics at Boston University, delivers the 2008 University Lecture, Biology by Design. He talks about his research at BU, including using noise to enhance sensory function and making antibiotics more effective by tricking cells to turn off their repair mechanisms.
Hosted by Boston University Office of the Provost

November 3, 2008 Painter Dana Schutz
Dana Schutz, whose vibrant, large-scale paintings are collected by many major museums, gives the opening lecture of this year’s CFA School of Visual Arts Contemporary Perspectives Lecture series, which brings professional artists, including painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers, and art educators and critics, to campus to share their experiences.
Hosted by College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts
October 23, 2008 Nobel Prize-winning Economists: What Retirement Means to Me
Nobel Prize–winning economists Robert C. Merton, Robert Solow, and Paul Samuelson are interviewed by PBS NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman about the 2008 financial crisis at the Future of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing conference.
Hosted by School of Management
September 26, 2008 Solidarity and Isolation
Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and NYU Professor Richard Sennett discuss ideas and perspectives of isolation and solidarity at the Fourth Jacek Kuron Debate.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University

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