Calendar
Meetings (May 31 through July 31)
Saturday, May 31
- 8:30 AM THATCamp New England
Monday, June 2
- 9:00 AM Venture Start-Up Summer Camp
Monday, July 7
Friday, July 11
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog to Reflect on His Career Tonight March 25, 2019For more than half a century, Werner Herzog has been one of the world’s most iconoclastic filmmakers, making the movies he wants to make, where he wants to make them (he’s said to be the only feature-film director to have shot on all seven continents), and how he wants to make them (he eschews storyboards, […]
- Job Hunting? Dos and Don’ts for Negotiating Salary March 25, 2019If you accepted your first job (or even your second, or third) at the offered salary, you’re not alone. Especially if you’re a woman. (This writer was so eager for employment that she said yes to her first job offer on the spot.) While many job hunters find salary negotiation daunting, women are less likely […]
- BU Undergrad Researchers Find Microplastic Pollution in Seagrasses March 25, 2019Two BU undergrads doing a marine semester in Belize made a startling discovery in 2017: microplastics residing inside the lowest rungs of the ocean’s herbivore food chain, the tiny plants nourishing sea-dwelling vegetarians like parrotfish. Their finding—“everybody is playing a role in plastic pollution whether they know it or not”—was published recently in an international […]
- BU Students: Learning on the Ground in Puerto Rico March 25, 2019Natalia Chavez’s spring break in Puerto Rico was not the kind of sun-and-sand getaway touted in travel brochures. A graduate student in city planning, Chavez (MET) visited Puerto Rico to learn about the ways that Hurricane Maria, one of the deadliest storms in US history, altered life for the island’s residents. She found more than […]
- BU Hosts Second Annual Hackathon for Women, Nonbinary People This Weekend March 22, 2019Last year, women made up a mere 20 percent of those attending hackathons. But a student-run hackathon hosted by BU this weekend aims to change that. Starting this afternoon, Friday, March 22, more than 1,200 high school and college students from across the country will hole up in Agganis Arena for 36 hours at TechTogether […]
