Calendar
Conferences & Workshops (February 23 through February 27)
Saturday, February 23
- All Day 17th Annual European Career Fair at MIT
- 12:00 PM Public Health in Action: Gun Control
- 1:00 PM BU Bike's Bicycle Mechanics Class
Sunday, February 24
Monday, February 25
- 1:00 PM Time Management Workshop
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Tuning MATLAB Codes For Better Performance
- 4:00 PM Interviewing for Success
- 5:00 PM Express Workshop: Resumes
- BU Bike's Bicycle Mechanics Class
- 5:30 PM Express Workshop: Cover Letters
Tuesday, February 26
- 10:00 AM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Diagrams, Graphs, and PowerPoint: How to Create an Effective Presentation
- 11:00 AM Non-Profit Expo
- 1:00 PM Landing an Internship Workshop
- 2:00 PM nuCause Career Expo
- IC Virtual Career Fair
- IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to Research Data Management
- 4:00 PM Cambridge Public Schools Education Job Fair
- GMS Career Development Seminar Series: Tips to Excel During an Interview
- 5:00 PM Test Prep Workshop
Wednesday, February 27
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. […]
