Boston College Front Row

Inaugurating the Behrakis Family Symposium in Classical Studies, John McKesson Camp II discusses archeological findings at the Athens agoramdash;the large open square that was a gathering place for public activities such as markets and athletic events.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns 78 has been a foreign service officer and assistant to presidents of both political parties in the course of his 24-year diplomatic career.

John McCoy, information and collections specialist at the McMullen Museum of Art, discusses the controversy surrounding publication in September 2005 by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, of political cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

Attorney, author, organizational consultant, and human rights activist Phoebe Eng was the keynote speaker at the opening event of the Universitys fifth annual celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

William Galston of the University of Maryland, Hahrie Han of Wellesley College, Professor Marc Landy, and Professor Alan Wolfe discuss the nature and significance of what analysts describe as a widening gulf within the American body politic.

Joan Ferrante, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, presents an analysis and reading of the 19th canto of Dantes Purgatorio. Ferrantes commentary is in English; the reading from the Divine Comedy is in Italian.

War and pacifism in the name of religion have a common source in religions attempt to give expression to what is transcendent, or holy, according to R. Scott Appleby.

In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule#8212;a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.

In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule#8212;a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.

In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule#8212;a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.