Calendar
All Topics (December 17 through December 19)
Monday, December 17
- All Day Toys-For-Tots
- All Day Mugar Open 24 Hours
- All Day Senior Sculpture Show
- All Day Spring 2013 Payment Deadline
- 9:00 AM Sociology Dissertation Defense of Donald M.P. Changeau
- Extended Hours at Hillel with Free Coffee & Tea
- 10:00 AM The Space in Between: Daniel Feldman, Stefanie Klavens, and Lynn Saville
- 12:00 PM PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense: Ajay Bangla
- 2:30 PM Welcome Rabbi Michael Beyo
- 5:00 PM GMS Yoga
- Cry, Pray, and Love Together (Candlelight Vigil)
- 6:30 PM Student recital-Rui Liu
- 7:00 PM Production I Screenings
- 7:30 PM The Killers
Tuesday, December 18
- All Day Toys-For-Tots
- All Day Senior Sculpture Show
- All Day Mugar Open 24 Hours
- 10:00 AM The Space in Between: Daniel Feldman, Stefanie Klavens, and Lynn Saville
- 11:30 AM SE PhD Prospectus Defense of Mohammad Moghadasi
- 3:00 PM Kinetochore and Cancer
- 4:00 PM GMS Career Development Seminar Series: Career Tool Box for Scientists
- 6:30 PM Student Recital-Nan Cai
- 7:00 PM Production II Screenings
- 8:30 PM Student Recital-He Meng
Wednesday, December 19
- All Day Senior Sculpture Show
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- BU at the Cannes Film FestivalBaz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby may have grabbed much of the attention at this year’s star-studded Cannes International Film Festival, which wraps up on Sunday. But the annual two-week event also features a roster of potential gems—features, short films, and documentaries from around the world. One of the festival’s lesser-known selections is Halfway Somewhe […]
- CAS’ Appavoo Nabs NSF CAREER AwardJonathan Appavoo has long been fascinated by computers. “They somehow seemed to mimic and reflect our own abilities,” he says. As he studied them in greater depth, he realized “that while they are fascinating machines, their ‘human’ qualities are largely achieved by smoke and mirrors. That being said, their ability to be programmed to do […]
- $2.5 Million Gift Creates Maria Stata ProfessorshipThe culture of ancient Greece is alive and well and living conspicuously, for those who pay attention, in the sciences, arts, architecture, politics, and philosophy of our everyday world. Now, thanks to a gift from Maria Stata (CAS’62), that enduring influence will be even more greatly appreciated by students and scholars in the College of […]
- Vanishing from an Archive Near You: History?Arrested in 2010 for a minuscule possession of pot, Connecticut nurse Lorraine Martin had her bust expunged from the court record after agreeing to drug classes. To her chagrin, however, she found employers rejecting her for jobs, for a reason she discovered after googling herself: archived news stories of her arrest, online for all to […]
- Commencement 2013: Before, During, and AfterWatch the setup, celebration, and breakdown of Boston University’s 140th Commencement in time-lapse. […]
