Fall 2003 Boston 101 Series

Making Boston:
How a Small Peninsula Became a World City
Nancy S. Seasholes, historian and author of Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Graduate School of Design

Driving the Economy of Greater Boston:
Dynamics of Regional Growth
Prof. Edward Glaeser, Harvard Department of Economics
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

This lecture focused on the findings from Prof. Edward Glaeser's research paper, Reinventing Boston, 1640 - 2003.

House by House, Block by Block:
How Neighborhoods Rebuilt Boston
Alexander von Hoffman, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and author of House by House, Block by Block
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Joint Center for Housing Studies

Starting from Scratch:
Charter Schools and Education Reform
Theodore and Nancy Faust Sizer
Monday, October 20, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Program on Education Policy and Governance

Housing Everyone in the Commonwealth:
The Chapter 40 B Controversy in Massachusetts
Panel discussion including Bonnie Heudorfer of the Harvard Housing Partnership, Howard Cohen of the Beacon Companies and Jason Talerman of Kopelman and Paige, PC. Moderated by Charles Euchner.
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Joint Center for Housing Studies

Keeping Boston Safe:
Policing in the Age of 9/11
Executive Office of Public Safety Secretary Edward Flynn
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Malcolm Wiener Center on Social Policy

Spring 2004 Boston 101 Series

Accountability and the Public Sector:
Lessons from MCAS
Professor Robert Behn, Kennedy School of Government
Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Program on Education Policy and Governance

Twenty Lessons on Accountability from the MCAS
Bob Behn's Public Management Report

Nonprofit Organizations and Government:
Getting Things Done Inside and Outside the System

Panel discussion including Nancy Kaufman, Director, Jewish Community Relations Council
Neil Sullivan, Executive Director of the Boston Private Industry Council and William Walczak, Co-founder and CEO of the Codman Square Health Center
Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Riding the Rails:
The Future of the MBTA

Michael Mulhern, General Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Powerpoint images and tables from Riding the Rails: The Future of the MBTA This is an extremely large file and is not a presentation. It is a series of images and tables.

A Day in the Life of a City Councilor:
Roundtable Discussion featuring Past and Present City Councilors

Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo, Mayor Joseph Curtatone of Somerville, Cambridge Vice Mayor Marjorie Decker and Salem City Councilor Kim Driscoll.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004

In the Dawn and Shadows of Life:
The Lives of Families and Children in Greater Boston

Dean Julie Wilson, Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Dr. Joan Wallace Benjamin, Director of the Home for Little Wanderers
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Co-sponsored by Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy

Getting Around:
The Transportation System of Greater Boston

Richard Dimino, President of the Artery Business Committee and Terrance Regan of the Planners Collaborative
Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Powerpoint presentation from Getting Around

The Boston Beat:
Making and Reporting the News

Panel discussion including Joan Vennochi of The Boston Globe, John Carroll of "Greater Boston" and Dan Kennedy of the Boston Phoenix. Moderated by Alex Jones of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Co-sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy

Shut Out:
Why the Red Sox Never Win It All

Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
Tuesday, April 13, 2004

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