For profit colleges & universities are adept at grabbing federally subsidized tuition & typically recruit first generation college students to poorly regarded academic programs. They target veterans to exploit a loophole to evade a cap on federal funding. https://t.co/SCqzYrdZFX
I am r/t my 2017 essay on Michael Flynn, Trump's former National Security Advisor and convicted felon, as it remains a concise and relevant assessment of Flynn.
No jump shots. No ferns. No memes. Not this time. I’m going to give it to you straight: If you need health insurance for 2019, the deadline to get covered is December 15. Go to https://t.co/ob1Ynoesod today and pass this on — you just might save a life.
When MAGA Fantasy Meets Rust Belt Reality via @NYTimes “You might wonder where [Trump’s] confidence came from....The answer, probably...inept people are often confident in their abilities, because they’re too inept to know how badly they’re doing. https://t.co/gWQF5IS0p3
Bahrain once again lives up to its reputation for despotism by sentencing three opposition figures to life imprisonment on trumped up spying charges. https://t.co/o9tuBR2rpZ
Boston Consortium on Arab Region Studies (BCARS) offers an impressive, revamped website https://t.co/z0BNEbaLUl BCARS has become a nexus for scholarly collaboration in the Boston-Cambridge area, as well partnerships with important regional universities.
It saddens me to note the passing of David Scott Palmer, my colleague for 25 yrs. Scott was a skilled Latin Americanist, a fine teacher & a remarkably generous person. Scott's contributions to Boston University are just part of his legacy. I will miss him.
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Cumhuriyet journalists receive long prison sentences in Turkey. Prosecutor argues that the paper's editorial position was a crime in itself.
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The 2018 Campagna-Kerven lecture on modern Turkey is underway! Professor Roberta Micallef delivers a lecture entitled “Representing Herself: Turkish Women’s Narratives and Autpbiographies.” We’re missing Professor Emeritus @arnorton this year!
Gideon Levy:"Gaza is the lesser child of the Israeli occupation, and also the lesser child of the world....Israel uses that remoteness effectively." "Its occupation hasn’t stopped. The jailers who once worked inside that prison now operate outside it..." https://t.co/tQo3dEs29y
Join BCARS, @Northeastern & distinguished speakers 4/13 for "Turkey Today" a conference exploring immigration, urban transformation, participation in democratic politics & media in Turkey! See flyer for details- email Zeynep Balcioglu ([email protected]) w/ questions!
Less than a week away, the Campagna-Kerven lecture on modern Turkey featuring Roberta Micallef https://t.co/3J0ISz1vaL #CKLS April 10, beginning at 4:30 PM, at 121 Bay State Road, @BUPardeeSchool@BUexperts
Leonardo Da Vinci's fetched 'Salvator Mundi' more than $450 million at auction in Nov 2017. The eye dropping price--5x the est value--was the result of a bizarre bidding war between Saudi Arabia & UAE, both of whom thought they were bidding against Qatar
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Join BCARS, @Northeastern & distinguished speakers 4/13 for "Turkey Today" a conference exploring immigration, urban transformation, participation in democratic politics & media in Turkey! See flyer for details- email Zeynep Balcioglu ([email protected]) w/ questions!
Remember to mark your calendar for the 2018 Campagna-Kerven lecture, featuring Roberta Micallef. Aprll 10th at @BUPardeeSchool#CKLS https://t.co/wGFXiQ3rGD
"Representing Herself: Turkish Women's Narratives and Autobiographies" is Roberta Micallef's 2018 Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey #CKLS@BUPardeeSchool 121 Bay State Rd., @BU_Tweets Mark your calendar: April 10, 4:30pm https://t.co/3J0ISz1vaL
"Representing Herself: Turkish Women's Narratives and Autobiographies" is Roberta Micallef's 2018 Campagna-Kerven Lecture on Modern Turkey #CKLS@BUPardeeSchool 121 Bay State Rd., @BU_Tweets Mark your calendar: April 10, 4:30pm https://t.co/3J0ISz1vaL