Boston College Front Row

Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures at Boston College and the winner of a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, discusses his new collection of short stories lt;igt;Yom Kippur in Amsterdamlt;/igt;.

This is the second of three sessions at a symposium titled #34;Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America,#34; sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. The panelists are Colonel Charles D. Allen (Ret.), a professor at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; Paul Rieckhoff, founder and director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; and Cullen Murphy, moderator, editor-at-large of lt;igt; Vanity Fairlt;/igt;.

This is the third of three sessions at a symposium titled quot;Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America,quot; sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. The panelists are Rick Atkinson, a Pulitizer Prize-winning author; Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations and history at Boston University; and Sarah Sewall, a teacher of international affairs at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. MSNBC news commentator Rachel Maddow is the moderator.

This is the third of three sessions at a symposium titled quot;Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America,quot; sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. The panelists are Rick Atkinson, a Pulitizer Prize-winning author; Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations and history at Boston University; and Sarah Sewall, a teacher of international affairs at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. MSNBC news commentator Rachel Maddow is the moderator.

This is the second of three sessions at a symposium titled #34;Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America,#34; sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. The panelists are Colonel Charles D. Allen (Ret.), a professor at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; Paul Rieckhoff, founder and director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; and Cullen Murphy, moderator, editor-at-large of lt;igt; Vanity Fairlt;/igt;.

Boston College athletes graduation rates rank among the national leaders, and the University is home to one of the most competitive athletics programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference. How do the Eagles do it? What are the challenges of upholding such a standard? Director of athletics Gene DeFilippo discusses the success of the Boston College athletics program and the role the University’s Catholic and Jesuit mission plays in it.

Boston College athletes graduation rates rank among the national leaders, and the University is home to one of the most competitive athletics programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference. How do the Eagles do it? What are the challenges of upholding such a standard? Director of athletics Gene DeFilippo discusses the success of the Boston College athletics program and the role the University’s Catholic and Jesuit mission plays in it.

Sabina De Geest, professor of nursing and director of the Institute of Nursing Science of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland, discusses the Swiss health care system’s infrastructure, outlines the health benefits reaped by the Swiss population, and takes questions from the audience.

Sabina De Geest, professor of nursing and director of the Institute of Nursing Science of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland, discusses the Swiss health care system’s infrastructure, outlines the health benefits reaped by the Swiss population, and takes questions from the audience.

Ann Marie Mires teaches at Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, and also at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She discusses the field of forensics, relating it both to analysis of ancient human remains as well as its application to current crime investigations.