Author Ha Jin, professor of English at Boston University, reads from his most recently published novel, lt;igt;A Free Lifelt;/igt; (Pantheon, 2007). Jins first full-length novel, lt;igt;Waitinglt;/igt; (Random House, 1999), received the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Author Ha Jin, professor of English at Boston University, reads from his most recently published novel, lt;igt;A Free Lifelt;/igt; (Pantheon, 2007). Jins first full-length novel, lt;igt;Waitinglt;/igt; (Random House, 1999), received the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Jay D. Keasling, the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the causes and consequences of malaria and how scientists have successfully engineered the metabolism of a micro-organism to produce an anti-malarial drug.

The talk is is the first of three lectures by Keasling in Boston Colleges 2009 University Lectures in Chemistry series.

Jay D. Keasling, the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the causes and consequences of malaria and how scientists have successfully engineered the metabolism of a micro-organism to produce an anti-malarial drug.

The talk is is the first of three lectures by Keasling in Boston Colleges 2009 University Lectures in Chemistry series.

Peter T. Ewell, vice president of the private, nonprofit National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), takes stock of the many recent financial, political, and technological changes that have occurred in American higher education, focusing on the debates surrounding outcomes assessment. He also provides some cautious forecasts of what the next 10 years may bring.

Peter T. Ewell, vice president of the private, nonprofit National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), takes stock of the many recent financial, political, and technological changes that have occurred in American higher education, focusing on the debates surrounding outcomes assessment. He also provides some cautious forecasts of what the next 10 years may bring.

Nicholas Burns 78, professor in the practice of diplomacy and international politics at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government, briefly reflects on his time as a student at Boston College before delivering a lecture on genocide, its causes, results, and the worlds obligation to prevent it in the future.

Burns served in the U.S. Foreign Service for 27 years until his retirement in April 2008. He was under secretary of state for political affairs from 2005 to 2008, the nations highest-ranking career diplomat. In this position, he oversaw U.S. diplomatic efforts around the world, including in Iran, India, and Kosovo.

Nicholas Burns 78, professor in the practice of diplomacy and international politics at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government, briefly reflects on his time as a student at Boston College before delivering a lecture on genocide, its causes, results, and the worlds obligation to prevent it in the future.

Burns served in the U.S. Foreign Service for 27 years until his retirement in April 2008. He was under secretary of state for political affairs from 2005 to 2008, the nations highest-ranking career diplomat. In this position, he oversaw U.S. diplomatic efforts around the world, including in Iran, India, and Kosovo.

Jesse Treviño, former chief editorial writer for The Austin American-Statesman, discusses the role future generations of Hispanics will play in Americas development.

Jesse Treviño, former chief editorial writer for The Austin American-Statesman, discusses the role future generations of Hispanics will play in Americas development.