2024: Dr. Fei-Fei Li

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Dr Fei-Fei Li
The worlds I see book
 

 

2023: Tracy Kidder

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Tracy Kidder, winner of a Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and the author of many books including Rough Sleepers. Photo by Frances Kidder
Rough sleepers book cover
 

2021: Sherry Turkle

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Sherry Turkle
Reclaoming conversation book
 

 

2020: Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen
Born to run book cover
 

2019: Chris Wilson

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Chris Wilson
Master plan book cover
 

 

2018: Dave Evans

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Dr Fei-Fei Li
Rough sleepers book cover
 

2017: Lev Golinkin

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Lev Golinkin
Rough sleepers book cover
 

 

2016: Steve Pemberton

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Steve Pemberton
A chance in the world cover
 

2015: David Brooks

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Dr Fei-Fei Li
the road to character cover
 

2014: Dave Eggers

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Dave Eggers
The Circle book cove2r
 

2013: Bill Strickland

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Stickland
Make the Impossible Possible cover
 

 

2012: Dan Barry

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Dan Barry
Bottom of 33rd cover
 

2011: Colum McCann

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Column Mccann
Let the great wold spin cover
 

 

2010: DANIEL WOLFF

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Dr Fei-Fei Li
Daniel Wolf book cover
 

2009: Ann Patchett 

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Dr Fei-Fei Li
Run book cover
 

 

2008: JR Moehringer

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Moehringer
tender bar cover
 

2007: Jeanette Walls

Jeanette Walls
Glass Castle cover
 

 

2006: Senator John McCain

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John McCain
Lives of Moral Leadership
 

2005: Senator Barack Obama

Dr Fei-Fei Li
Run book cover
 

 

The Inaugural First Year Academic Convocation

2004: Dr. Paul Farmer And Tracy Kidder

Dr Fei-Fei Li
Run book cover
 

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Videos of Academic Convocation speeches are available upon request via bcfye@bc.edu.

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