Boston College Front Row

Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, talks about the role of literature in sustaining religious belief. Judith Wilt, the Newton College Alumnae Professor Emerita, provides a response.

Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, is a noted linguist, philosopher, and social critic. Following his lecture, Chomsky answers questions from the audience.

Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, is a noted linguist, philosopher, and social critic. Following his lecture, Chomsky answers questions from the audience.

John Palfrey, the Henry N. Ess Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard University, delivers the keynote address at the Open Access Symposium.

The symposium featured a panel discussion about open access publishing and the future of new scholarly publishing models.

John Palfrey, the Henry N. Ess Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard University, delivers the keynote address at the Open Access Symposium.

The symposium featured a panel discussion about open access publishing and the future of new scholarly publishing models.

Andrew Sofer, associate professor of English at Boston College, reads from WAVE, his recently published book of poems. Introduced by Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies.

Andrew Sofer, associate professor of English at Boston College, reads from WAVE, his recently published book of poems. Introduced by Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies.

Croatian-born author Dubravka Ugresic talks about her life during communist rule in Eastern Europe.

Croatian-born author Dubravka Ugresic talks about her life during communist rule in Eastern Europe.

Why arent we being recruited as aggressively to commit to teaching for two years in our highest poverty communities as we are to commit two years to work on Wall Street, says Wendy Kopp, echoing the question that led her to found Teach for America, the teaching corps that began as Kopps undergraduate thesis at Princeton in 1989 and has grown to place more than 9,000 recent college graduates in classrooms in 43 low-income urban and rural communities across the country.

Kopp addresses the Lynch Leadership Academy and discusses her recent book, A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesnt in Providing an Excellent Education for All.