Tag Archives: Carroll School of Management

Practitioners and academics

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

What is the optimal mixture of real-world experience and scholarly research that produces the best educational preparation for business students? The sharp divide between practitioners and academics that once existed has been largely erased, but there is still much progress … Continue reading →

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will present “Where Do We Go From Here: Leadership in Turbulent Times” on September 27 at 4:00 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons.  Leadership in Turbulent Times (Simon & Schuster, 2018), Goodwin’s most … Continue reading →

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Samantha Power

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will present “America’s Foreign Policy and the State of the World” at Boston College on March 22 at 4 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. One of TIME’s “100 Most Influential … Continue reading →

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How our government segregated America 

Posted on November 2, 2017 by

The Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action presents author Richard Rothstein on Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Murrary Function Room of Yawkey Center. Rothstein will discuss his new book,  The Color of Law: A Forgotten … Continue reading →

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David McCullough

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

Historian and author David McCullough, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, will give a talk on Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. in Robsham Theater. He has written books on Harry S. … Continue reading →

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Barking up the Wrong Tree

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Advice about achievement is often logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree (HarperOne, 2017), Boston College alumnus Eric Barker reveals the science behind what actually determines success and how anyone can achieve it. Barking Up the Wrong Tree draws on … Continue reading →

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Advice and questions

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

Retired faculty member Peter Olivieri, who taught at Boston College for more than 40 years, has published two books. Good Advice is a collection of wisdom worth remembering and passing along to the next generation. It is categorized in the form of … Continue reading →

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