This Lecture Series brings guests to Tufts to share their journeys as entrepreneurial leaders. Alan’s sons, Jacob A08, and Caleb A11, describe their father as “an entrepreneur who embraced change” and hope that the Alan Shapiro Entrepreneurial Lectures inspire students and alumni to explore the world of entrepreneurship.

West, whose work focuses on the role of race, gender and class in American society, discussed his perspective on the upcoming presidential election.

One of the world’s leading historians of the global economy and author of such internationally-acclaimed works as The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order, Lessons for Global Power, and The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West. His new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, is already an international bestseller and the basis for a multipart television documentary.

Photos by Jodi Hilton and Everett Wallace, A12, for Tufts Unversity

• The first Sunday at Tufts Community Concert of the semester, presented by Tufts Composers, features the world premiere of Diana Dabby’s entire “September Quartet,” commissioned by the Tufts New Music Ensemble in 2002. The concert takes place Sunday at 3 p.m. in Distler Performance Hall.
• At 4 p.m. the same day, a remembrance service will be held at Goddard Chapel.
• The LGBT Center is screening the documentary “Saint of 9/11″ at Sophia Gordon Hall at 8:15 p.m.

The discussion touched on their backgrounds, their careers and making names for themselves before social media. Junior Joshua Kapelmen commented via twitter:

This talk with @tuftsculinary is one of the best I’ve been to at Tufts. Puck, Boulud and Barber talking about entrepreneurship and life

Following the discussion, those lucky enough to get tickets enjoyed a brunch in the Coolidge Room of Ballou Hall. Chef Daniel Boulud snapped a few photos at the brunch, including this one of his daughter Alix, a current Tufts undergrad.

If you missed the event, our tweeted recap is right here.

Sponsored by: Experimental College, Tufts Dining Services, Tufts Culinary Society, and Programming Board.

The panelists were Kalliopi Minioudaki, independent art historian and curator; Catherine Morris, curator at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum; and Idelle Weber, artist. The panel discussion was introduced by Amy Schlegel, director, Tufts University Art Gallery, and moderated by Noit Banai, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University.