Calendar
Other Events (February 25 through February 28)
Monday, February 25
- 12:00 PM Free falafel at the GSU
- New Employee Orientation
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Tuning MATLAB Codes For Better Performance
- 4:00 PM John Hull: Discount Rates and Funding Value Adjustments in the Valuation of Derivatives
- ECE Seminar with Ameet Talwalkar
- 6:00 PM Model Auditions
- 7:00 PM Bystander Training
- 8:00 PM TED Talks Night
Tuesday, February 26
- 10:00 AM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Diagrams, Graphs, and PowerPoint: How to Create an Effective Presentation
- 12:30 PM The Economics of the Eurozone Crisis: A luncheon discussion with Stefan Collignon
- 2:00 PM IC Virtual Career Fair
- IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to Research Data Management
- 4:00 PM Cambridge Public Schools Education Job Fair
- 5:00 PM Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senior Editor, The Atlantic and author, “The Beautiful Struggle”
- 6:00 PM Senior Design: Critical Design Reviews - Night 1
- 7:30 PM Krav Maga
Wednesday, February 27
- All Day Bender Virtual Career Fair: Employment for People with Disabilities
- 10:00 AM IS&T SCV Tutorial - MATLAB Parallel Computing Toolbox
- 12:00 PM HEM Open House
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to MPI, Part One
- 4:00 PM ECE Colloquium with Michael Mahoney
- 5:30 PM Coulter Centennial Celebration
- 6:00 PM Nights at the PRC
- 7:00 PM Sex in the Dark: A Glow in the Dark Sexpert Panel
Thursday, February 28
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- BU Bookstore Moving to West Campus Next Week February 19, 2019TAKEAWAYS: Barnes & Noble at BU is moving from Kenmore Square to West Campus The Kenmore store closes at 5 pm Wednesday The campus bookstore reopens at 910 Comm Ave on Monday Barnes & Noble @ BU will move from its longtime home in Kenmore Square to newly renovated space at 910 Comm Ave in West […]
- Embracing Sustainable Fashion February 19, 2019When you think about industries that are harmful to the environment, chances are metals, plastic, or coal come to mind. But not the clothes in your closet. So consider this the next time you try on a sweater or buy a new pair of shoes: the fashion industry places such a heavy burden on the […]
- CFA Tackles Tobias Picker Opera Based on a Stephen King Novel February 19, 2019Composer Tobias Picker thought Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne, a story of murder, dementia, and domestic abuse, had all the torment and passion of any tragic opera. And after he turned it into an opera, he asked the BU Opera Institute to help stage a chamber version, which will have its New England premiere starting Thursday […]
- Scott Nichols to Retire after Leading BU’s Successful First Comprehensive Campaign February 15, 2019When Scott Nichols first met with Robert A. Brown back in 2006, over dinner at Island Creek Oyster Bar in Kenmore Square, he was not prepared for what the BU president was about to tell him. Brown wanted BU to undertake its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, and the goal would be crazily ambitious—$1 billion. “I […]
- Changing the National Conversation around Death February 15, 2019From anti-aging beauty regimens to strict diets and medical screenings, Western culture places immense value on the quality and preservation of life. Death, however, is a subject largely absent from daily conversation, and when raised, it evokes fear and anxiety. But talking about death—and the policies and attitudes that shape it—is a healthy practice, speakers […]
