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Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty spoke about her life, approach to leadership and her views on how to bring about positive change to communities locally and around the world. Northwestern Univer…

Northwestern University professor Kevin Boyle taught a class about immigration and working class life in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Northwestern University is located…

Lauren Rivera talked about her book Pedigree: How Elite Students get Elite Jobs, in which she looks at the role that elite colleges and universities play in acquiring elite jobs. This interv…

Professor Martha Biondi talked about her book, The Black Revolution on Campus. This interview, recorded on the campus of Northwestern University, is part of Book TV’s College Series.

Professor Philip Kotler talked about his book, Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System. This interview, recorded on the campus of Northwestern University, is pa…

Wendy Pearlman talks about her book Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement, in which she discusses why national protest movements sometimes turn to violence. This inter…

John Marquez talked about his book, Black-Brown Solidarity. This interview, recorded on the campus of Northwestern University, is part of Book TV’s College Series.

Virginia Rometty gave the commencement address to the 2015 graduating class of Northwestern University.

Gary Saul Morson talked about his book, The Fablous Future?, in which he compiles various predictions about the state of the world in 25 years. Professor Morson co-edited the book with Morto…

Attorney General Eric Holder explained the Obama administration’s legal justification for killing an American-born al-Qaida operative in Yemen. In his speech he said the decision to kill a U…

Kathryn Burns-Howard lectured on societal changes in the first half of the 19th century in this lecture of a compressed summer history course at Northwestern University. She included slides …

Burton Weisbrod spoke about the book he co-authored, Mission and Money: Understanding the University (Cambridge University Press, 2008). It is an examination of the entire higher education i…

Augustus Richard Norton talked about his book, Hezbollah, published by the Princeton University Press. In his book Mr. Norton examines the rise and impact of Hezbollah, from its early days a…

David Neeleman talked about his company Jetblue Airways and the company’s Bill of Rights for customers. He also responded to questions.

Mr. Kinzer talked about his book Overthrow : America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, published by Times Books. He discussed the U.S.'s long history of regime change and propo…

Inside the Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Christopher Tomlins talked about his book The United States Supreme Court: The Pursuit of Justice, published by. Houghton Mifflin. The book takes a curr…

Professor and Author, Paul Starr, visited Northwestern University’s School of Communication to talk about his book "The Creation of the Media". In his book he gives a history of the developm…

During a lecture at Northwestern University, David Needleman, Founder and CEO of Jetblue Airlines, spoke about innovations in the airline industry and the business model and operations of Je…

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Paul Volcker talked about corporate responsibility and disclosures of earnings reports. Among the topics he addressed were recent business scanda…

Laurie Garrett was interviewed about her book Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, published by Hyperion. The book examines the failure of public-health systems around th…