Lecturer: Donna Pincus, CAS Feld Family Professor of Teaching Excellence; Director, Child and Adolescent Fear and Anxiety Treatment Program, Boston University Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
About the Gitner Family Lecture
The annual Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family College of Arts & Sciences Lecture is designed to highlight current CAS faculty members, in any field, whose teaching and research addresses topics of major importance for the broad interest and benefit of the BU community. It is held in the fall, usually in conjunction with Alumni Weekend.
Gerald Gitner (CAS ’66) graduated with a B.A. in History, cum laude, and was elected to Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society. Additionally, he has an MBS from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester, where he is a member of the Simon Advisory Board. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Boston University (serving as Trustee 1984 -1996) and a current member of the CAS Dean’s Advisory Board and the Pardee School for Global Studies Dean’s Advisory Board. Gitner is a principal of Cross Continent Capital LLC, an investment company he co-founded. He serves as Chairman of Global Aero Holdings Ltd. and D. G. Associates, Inc., and has a long and varied career as an executive, including serving as Chairman and CEO of Trans World Airlines, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Pan American World Airways. This lecture series was established by Gitner and his wife, Deanne. Gitner and his family have long been generous and engaged members of the Boston University community.
Past Lectures:
2021: Ray Fisman (Boston University, Department of Economics), “Hidden Influence in U.S. Politics.”
2020: Kate Saenko (Boston University, Department of Computer Science), “Overcoming Dataset Bias in Artificial Intelligence.”
Price: Complimentary
*** Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM EST
Directions
Hybrid
The event will be held in Tsai Performance Center located at 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and streamed online for those unable to attend in person.
685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215