Boston College Front Row

Jeremy Waldron, the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, University of Oxford, and University Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, delivers the inaugural Clough Distinguished Lecture in Jurisprudence. He is the author of Torture, Terror, and Trade-offs: Philosophy for the White House (2010); God, Locke, and Equality: Christian Foundations of Locke’s Political Thought (2003); and The Right to Private Property (1988).

Daniel Kanstroom, professor of law and director of the International Human Rights Program at Boston College, and Mary Waters, the M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, discuss the deportation system in the United States and Kanstrooms recently published book, Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora.

Daniel Kanstroom, professor of law and director of the International Human Rights Program at Boston College, and Mary Waters, the M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, discuss the deportation system in the United States and Kanstrooms recently published book, Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora.

Delano Lewis, former ambassador to South Africa from 1999 to 2001, delivers the Graduate School of Social Works Distinguished Speakers Lecture. Lewis is introduced by Ruth McRoy, the Donahue and DeFelice Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work.

Delano Lewis, former ambassador to South Africa from 1999 to 2001, delivers the Graduate School of Social Works Distinguished Speakers Lecture. Lewis is introduced by Ruth McRoy, the Donahue and DeFelice Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work.

Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science at George Washington University, talks about the recent uprisings in several Middle Eastern countries. He is the author of The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East.

Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science at George Washington University, talks about the recent uprisings in several Middle Eastern countries. He is the author of The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East.

Karen Daley, M.S.04, Ph.D.10, president of the American Nurses Association, delivers the Connell School of Nursings Pinnacle Lecture, titled Leading the Charge: A Nursing Agenda in the Age of Health Care Reform.

A perfect storm of factors, Daley says, is converging and could undercut recent health care reform efforts, including an unsustainable cost trajectory for health care, the aging of the baby boomer generation, and a shortage of providers, both primary care physicians and nurse practitioners. The focus for me as a nurse, she says, is about shifting the conversation away from illness care to a conversation about wellness and prevention in this country.

Karen Daley, M.S.04, Ph.D.10, president of the American Nurses Association, delivers the Connell School of Nursings Pinnacle Lecture, titled Leading the Charge: A Nursing Agenda in the Age of Health Care Reform.

A perfect storm of factors, Daley says, is converging and could undercut recent health care reform efforts, including an unsustainable cost trajectory for health care, the aging of the baby boomer generation, and a shortage of providers, both primary care physicians and nurse practitioners. The focus for me as a nurse, she says, is about shifting the conversation away from illness care to a conversation about wellness and prevention in this country.

Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dantes Divine Comedy, presents Paradiso 24 with Chris Constas, adjunct associate professor in the Arts and Sciences Honors Program at Boston College. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian.