Tag Archives: Carroll School of Management
Fearless
Former United States Navy Lieutenant Carey Lohrenz, the U.S. Navy’s first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot, will present “Lessons in Leadership” on Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Murray Room of Yawkey Center. Her talk is part of the Winston Center for … Continue reading
Thieves of State
Award-winning journalist and author Sarah Chayes will present “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security” on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Chayes is a senior associate the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where her … Continue reading
BC Libraries features faculty authors
Boston College Libraries has recently featured three professors who published books last year in the fields of art, management and Irish politics. In Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art (Edinburgh University Press), Calderwood Professor of Islamic and Asian Art Sheila Blair presents … Continue reading
Baseball, sports law and SCOTUS
Warren Zola’s Sports Law Blog post about the Sports Lawyers Association’s annual conference caught the attention of the highly regarded SCOTUS blog. In his post, Zola noted that the highlight of the conference was the keynote address by retired Supreme Court Justice … Continue reading
On the Front Lines with Lara Logan
The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will present an evening with Emmy Award-winning journalist Lara Logan on Apr. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Logan is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and chief foreign … Continue reading
Positive peer pressure
Pulitzer Prize winner Tina Rosenberg will present “Harnessing Peer Pressure for Behavior Change” on Mar. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. A veteran journalist, Rosenberg is one of the founders of the Solutions Journalism Network, which is committed … Continue reading
From the West Wing to the Winston Center
Communication strategist Karen Hughes, worldwide vice chair of Burson-Marsteller, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and former advisor to President George W. Bush, will speak at a Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics event on Feb. … Continue reading
Understanding Love and Responsibility
After years of counseling young adults and married couples, Father Karol Wojtyla (Saint John Paul II) published Love and Responsibility. This classic work is not an easy book to read as the language is often high and theoretical. Boston College Carroll … Continue reading
Retirement reality check
Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It (Oxford University Press, 2015), a new book by co-authored by retirement experts at Boston College, serves as both a wake-up call to Americans and policymakers about the coming shortfall in retirement savings … Continue reading
Cohen, senior editor of Auditing
Jeffrey Cohen, a professor of accounting in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, has become senior editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. Sponsored by the American Accounting Association, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory is the premier … Continue reading