Calendar
All Topics (April 3 through April 3)
Wednesday, April 3
- All Day MA Art Ed Thesis Show
- All Day Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures
- All Day Ben & Jerry's #PintProject Contest
- 8:00 AM April 3 Dermatology Grand Rounds (Dr. Marie-France Demierre Conference)
- 9:00 AM The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault
- 9:30 AM History of Art & Architecture Dissertation Defense of Yanchiuan He
- 10:00 AM Events 101
- 11:00 AM Recycling Café
- Exhibition: Simultaneity
- 12:00 PM Assessment of Damage in Injured and Diseased Skeletal Muscle
- Talk Series
- MCBB Dissertation Defense of Ryan C. Thompson
- 1:00 PM Division of Religious & Theological Studies Dissertation Defense of Emily Katherine Ronald
- Bridgewater State University Job Fair
- Express Workshop: Networking
- 2:00 PM Biostatistics Dissertation Defense of Lei Zhu
- The ABC's of A BETA-Cleaving proteases: A new angle on an old topic
- Computer Science Dissertation Defense of Ashwin Thangali Varadaraju
- 3:00 PM American & New England Studies Dissertation Defense of Patricia R. Stuelke
- BU Abroad 101
- Editorial Studies Dissertation Defense of Anna Razumnaya-Seluyanova
- 4:00 PM How (not) to Take Mockery Seriously: The Case of Cinesias
- Women's Lacrosse vs. Albany
- 4:30 PM CCSR Seminar: Love and Jazz in Higher Education
- Dean's Speaker Series Event: A Conversation with CEO of JetBlue David Barger
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Enhanced Security for Graduation WeekendThe BU Police Department has instituted an enhanced security plan for Commencement weekend, following the Boston Marathon bombing last month that killed 3 and injured nearly 300. Both students and visitors will be subject to screening when entering Nickerson Field and any Convocation venues. BUPD Chief Thomas G. Robbins, BU executive director of public safet […]
- Commencement Student Speaker: “Always Keep Your Mind Open”Soon-to-be-graduate Adolfo Gatti is the embodiment of BU’s mission as a global university. The dual international relations and economics major grew up in Rome, interned in Geneva, and speaks three languages. This Sunday, Gatti (CAS’13) will deliver the student speech at Boston University’s 140th Commencement. He plans to draw on his experiences as an intern […]
- Methodist Bishop Will Give Baccalaureate AddressFrom fundamentalist zealots waving antigay signs at funerals to the apparent religious motive behind the Boston Marathon bombings, the public face of faith can be twisted with anger and prejudice. Bishop Peter D. Weaver knows another reality: as a Methodist pastor and bishop, he has led congregations in demonstrations of compassion—sheltering homeless women, […]
- SED’s Jenkins Honored with Metcalf AwardLooking back on her more than four decades as an educator, Carol Brennan Jenkins still marvels that she became a teacher at all. “I did not grow up immersed in books,” she says. “My parents were Irish immigrants—they drilled into us the importance of education, but they didn’t read stories to us.” Jenkins admits she […]
- Commencement Weekend 2013: What to DoThis weekend, nearly 20,000 people are expected to converge on campus for Boston University’s 140th Commencement ceremonies, topped off by the All-University ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at Nickerson Field. There are all kinds of celebratory events—both on and off campus—for graduating students and their families, which we’ve highlighted below. Alth […]
