This week we feature stories written and produced by students from this semester’s Narrative Radio Journalism class in the College of Communication.  Our student contributors are, in order of appearance:  Kasha Patel, Jack O’Dea, Tammy Kim, Melanie Morris, Noelle Graves, Sascha Garrey, Kersten Egenhofer, Poncie Rutsch, and Taylor Avery.

This week we have a lecture presented by The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.  Our speaker is distinguished professor and Santa Fe Institute former president, Geoffrey West.  Professor West’s lecture is titled “Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Life from Cells to Cities: Are They Sustainable?”

Our event this week is presented by the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University, and features a reading and conversation with poet and novelist, Ciarán Carson.

Our lecture this week is presented by the Boston University African Studies Center, titled “Traveling the Road of the Orishas.”  Our speaker is Cheryl Sterling, Liberal Studies Program Master Teacher at New York University.

This week our lecture is presented by the Boston University Health Policy Institute, and titled “Causes and Consequences of Urban Hospital Closings and Reconfiguration, 1936-2010.”  Our speaker is Alan Sager, Boston University Professor of Health Policy and Management, in the School of Public Health.

This week we present the Boston University Creative Writing Program’s annual faculty reading.  The speakers are, in order of appearance: Dan Chiasson, Leslie Epstein, Ha Jin, Sigrid Nunez, and Robert Pinsky.

Our lecture this week is presented by the Boston University Humanities Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Departments of English, Romance Studies, and Modern Languages and Comparative Literature.  Our speaker is Yale University Sterling Professor of Theater and English, Joseph Roach.  Professor Roach’s lecture is titled “New Poetics: Performance Studies and the Research University.”

This week our lecture is presented by the Boston University School of Law.  Our speaker is Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Breyer, who discusses his new book “Making Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.”

This week we feature a panel discussion presented by the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s book “The Feminine Mystique.”  Speaking will be: University of California Professor, Eileen Boris; Wellesley College Professor, Susan Reverby; Boston University Professor, Caryl Rivers; and Brandeis University Resident Scholar, Roberta Salper.  Moderating the discussion is Virginia Sapiro, Professor of Political Science, and Dean of Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences.