Library News

Meet Brian Tomlinson, CBA, Class of 1990

BTThis Thursday, Brian Tomlinson, who holds an undergraduate degree from Northeastern in Business and Finance will be speaking about his international co-op experience. He is a vice president and fixed-income portfolio manager with PIMCO in Stuttgart, Germany. Brian is also active in business development and public speaking and serves as PIMCO Europe’s relationship manager with European official institutions. His whole international journey started when he took a co-op job in Stuttgart, Germany back in 1989. For anyone who is interested in international co-op or global relations, Tomlinson’s visit to Northeastern is something you won’t want to miss! The event will be held in 421 Snell on October 29 at 12:00 pm. Lunch will be served! To RSVP for this event, please contact Ketty Rosenfeld @ 617-373-3466, k.rosenfeld@neu.edu, or Maria Carpenter @ 617-373-2821, m.carpenter@neu.edu.

Oysters and Goats

Sure, we’ve heard all about the Google Goats. And you may have heard about the Andover Goats. Great idea, yes? Use goats to mow down the growth? I recently found out about a similar program for the Boston Harbor. Oysters are being reintroduced to help clear out the water – an oyster can filter 30 gallons of water per day. Amazing! The time lapse video of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay was incredible to watch. Who knew that oysters and goats had so much in common? Now that I know about this project, I am inspired to see if there are any magazine or journal articles that talk more about oysters and ecosystems, or water purification. I bet GreenFILE would be a good database to start with!

Meet the Authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

 Tomorrow at 10:30 am in 90 Snell Library, authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein return by popular demand. Their new book, Heidegger and a Hippo walk through those Pearly Gates, is another in their line of philosopical treatises presented through jokes, in the same vein as their previous books, Plato and a Platypus walk in to a bar… and Aristotle and an Aardvark go to Washington. The NU Bookstore will be selling copies that the authors will be signing. The book is also available at Snell Libraries. You can also watch their previous talk at Snell Library: Cathcart and Klein

Broadcast Journalist Lynne Joiner at Snell on Friday, October 23

Join us on Friday, October 23 at 12 pm, as Emmy-award winning journalist Lynne Joiner discusess her book, Honorable Survivor: Mao’s China, McCarthy’s America and the Persecution of John S. Service.  John Service was an American foreign service officer, who was often blamed for “losing” China, and who came to be a target for US officials like Joe McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover.  In addition to recently unsealed government documents, Joiner had access to personal papers and photographs of Service and his associates that she weaves into her historical account and presentation. (90 Snell Library).

Campus Sustainability Week

Next week, October 19th through 23rd will be NU’s first ever Sustainability Week. There will be all sorts of informative and entertaining programs throughout the week. You can see the full event list here. Highlights include a screening of the film Blue Gold: World Water Wars, a performance by the musical group Recycled Percussion (who recently took third place on America’s Got Talent), a green business networking event, and a panel presentation about how you can reduce toxic exposures in your daily life. It looks like this is going to be a very interesting, exciting week!