Calendar
All Topics (January 19 through January 21)
Saturday, January 19
- All Day Julia von Metzsch: Midnight at Coolidge Point
- 8:30 AM Customs and Laws of Purim and Pesach
- 10:00 AM Shabbat Services
- Wrestling at CAA Duals
- 1:00 PM BU Bike's Bicycle Mechanics Class
- 2:00 PM Women's Basketball at UNH
- Capture the Flag
- 4:00 PM Men's Basketball at UNH
- 7:00 PM Men's Hockey vs. UML
Sunday, January 20
- All Day Julia von Metzsch: Midnight at Coolidge Point
- All Day This week: Graduate Admissions visits Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- 9:45 AM Morning Study Group: Religious Literacy
- 10:00 AM Women's Tennis vs. St. John's
- 11:00 AM Interdenominational Protestant Worship
- 12:30 PM Marsh Chapel: Bible Study
- Marsh Chapel: Thurman Choir
- 3:00 PM VERDI'S RIGOLETTO
- 4:30 PM Servant Team Meeting
Monday, January 21
- All Day Make a Difference Monday
- All Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day - University Closed
- All Day Julia von Metzsch: Midnight at Coolidge Point
- All Day Student Exhibition-Ashley Teamer
- 9:00 AM Graduate Student Exhibition: Trina Turturici
- 10:00 AM Women's Tennis vs. Cleveland State
- 1:00 PM MLK Day 2013: Lyrics
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. […]
