Calendar
All Topics (November 26 through November 26)
Monday, November 26
- All Day Classes resume
- All Day Human Resources Open Enrollment 2013
- All Day Application Deadline: Paytronix
- 9:00 AM Graduate Student Exhibitions: Elizabeth Carter
- 10:00 AM MSE PhD Prospectus Defense of Alket Mertiri
- One Million Bones
- The Space in Between: Daniel Feldman, Stefanie Klavens, and Lynn Saville
- 11:00 AM Hurricane Sandy Relief: Blood Drive
- Stephen A. Frank: Exploring My Kodachrome Dreams-Photographs from the West, Southwest, & Maine 2010-2012
- 12:00 PM ASC Walter Rodney Seminar: “After the Liberation: Algeria 1962-2012: reflections on the experience of independence”
- Madrid Engineering Program Pre-Departure Meeting
- 12:15 PM East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Lecture
- 12:45 PM A celebration of the publication of Laws of Creation: Property Rights in the World of Ideas, co-authored by Keith Hylton, Professor of Law, with former BU Law Dean Ronald Cass
- 1:00 PM Express Workshop: Preparing for an Interview
- Earth and Environment Dissertation Defense of Zhe Zhu
- 1:30 PM Express Workshop: Inside an Interview
- 3:00 PM South African Muslims and Democracy: Law, Religion and Identity," - Abdolkader Tayob
- 3:30 PM History of Art and Architecture Dissertation Defense of Susanne Moebus-Bergeron
- 4:00 PM Keeping Time with the Cosmos: The Role of Astronomy in 8th Century Maya Society
- Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Christine Thomas, Brandeis University
- 5:00 PM Gun Hill Road
- Jack Falla Speaker Series: John Buccigross
- Express Workshop: Resumes
- 5:30 PM Express Workshop: Cover Letters
- 6:00 PM Bending the Cost Curve? Innovative Models of Healthcare Delivery
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Myles Face-lift, Part One September 25, 2017Built in the mid 1920s, the Myles Standish Hotel was a posh home to lavish balls, society weddings, and political functions. Almost untouched since BU bought it in 1949 for a men’s dorm, it’s now being renovated to the tune of $133 million. BU Today explores the massive undertaking.
- BU, Then and Now September 25, 2017A single photograph from May 1981 is all it took to inspire students working for BU Photography to launch an intriguing photo project they dubbed Boston University Rephotographed. The photo, of undergrads conducting geology experiments on Alpert Mall (aka the BU Beach), was discovered during a search for an archival photo to run in the […]
- BUPD Warns against Common Scams September 25, 2017He can laugh about it now, but it remains a cautionary tale. When Kevin Leonardo was a freshman, he and a couple of friends were heading back to Warren Towers after a long night in the library. They stopped at a nearby ATM on their way to City Convenience, and a stranger in his early […]
- POV: The Controversy over Confederate Civil War Monuments September 25, 2017As a historian and preservationist, I absolutely believe in the power of historic buildings, landscapes, and monuments to connect people to the past. Their palpable three-dimensional character engages and envelops, often drawing upon all of our human senses in ways that written narratives or historic images or told stories do not. Preserved places and material […]
- Promoting Health for All Populations September 25, 2017Huge strides have been made in advancing the health of people around the world over the last century. Life expectancy is higher now than it has ever been. With the introduction of antibiotics, safer water and sanitation, and broader availability of nutrient-rich food, the numbers of people dying from infectious disease have been dramatically reduced. […]
