Liz McCartney '94, co-founder of St. Bernard Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, discusses some of the lessons she has learned about effective leadership. For her work in New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish, McCartney was recognized as CNN's 2008 “Hero of the Year” and received the 2009 Ignatian Award from the Boston College Alumni Association.

Liz McCartney '94, co-founder of St. Bernard Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, discusses some of the lessons she has learned about effective leadership. For her work in New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish, McCartney was recognized as CNN's 2008 “Hero of the Year” and received the 2009 Ignatian Award from the Boston College Alumni Association.

Panelists present three perspectives on the World Trade Organization's apparent failure to achieve agreement at last summer's “Doha Round.” They focus on the implications for the poor in developing countries. The speakers are James Anderson, who holds the economics department's William B. Neenan, SJ, Millenium Chair; David Deese, associate professor of political science; and Frank Garcia, professor at the Law School.

Berliner is a vocal critic of the increased role of standardized testing in American schools. His most recent book, Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools (Harvard Education Press, 2007).

Paul Zak is a founder of neuroeconomics, a field that investigates the relationship between neurological activity and economic behavior.

The Neuroeconomics of Trust

Boston College men's ice hockey coach Jerry York talks about being appointed the youngest college coach in the USA at age 26 and his current status as the winningest coach in Division I hockey.

Randall Stephenson was named president and CEO of AT&T last spring. Speaking at the CEO Club, he discusses weathering the storm of the "dot com bust."

Joseph Tucci, chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation says it’s easy to run an organization if you do three things right: hire good people, get them to work together as a team, and have a clear goal so everyone is “driving to the same place.”

A New England public school teacher until 1983, Janet Robinson worked in advertising at the New York Times and held a number of progressively responsible positions before becoming president in 2004. She spoke at the University's CEO Club in January, telling local business leaders and scholars that her company has made more changes in the last two years than at any time in its 156-year history. To achieve the goal of becoming a "leading media company in the 21st century," the Times has had to revamp its business model, reinvent the craft of journalism, develop interactive relationships with its audience, and re-engineer operations and procedures. "It has not been easy," Robinson declared. "How could it be?"