Calendar
Conferences & Workshops (April 4 through April 8)
Thursday, April 4
- 10:00 AM How to Hire Consultants, Contractors, Freelanceres and Agency Temps
- 1:00 PM Power Searching Certification Class
- Decision Making Workshop
- UMass Lowell Summer & Beyond Career Fair
- 3:00 PM Networking 101 Workshop
- 3:45 PM Sheryl Sandberg at Harvard
- 4:00 PM Express Workshop: Resumes
- 4:30 PM Express Workshop: Cover Letters
- 5:00 PM A Conversation with Liz Wilson, Director of Supporting Kids in Peru
- 6:00 PM Real World Careers: Alumni Panel on Social Enterprise, Social Responsibility & Environment
Friday, April 5
- All Day The Power of Narrative: Narrative Conference 2013
- 9:30 AM Supervisor's Guide to Management
- 1:00 PM Resume & Cover Letter Writing Workshop
- 2:00 PM NSF/CEME Decentralized Economics Conference
- 3:00 PM ISSO: Interviewing in the USA
- 4:00 PM BU Ethics Reading Group: Jonathan Way
Saturday, April 6
- All Day YogaCHA Day of Wellness Event
- All Day The Power of Narrative: Narrative Conference 2013
- 9:00 AM Right of Return Conference
- 1:00 PM Transactional Law Research Class
- BU Bike's Bicycle Mechanics Class
Sunday, April 7
Monday, April 8
- 8:00 AM BU Venture Start-up Camp - Application Process Now Open!
- 11:00 AM Resume Blitz
- 1:00 PM Free Legal Research Certification Class
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Is Obesity a Disease?An overdue bow to science or a clever dodge of the real problem? The American Medical Association’s decision Tuesday to classify obesity as a disease left the weight of expert opinion, so to speak, unsettled. “Long time coming—I have been fighting for this for over 20 years,” says Caroline Apovian, a School of Medicine professor […]
- Eight Photographers You’ll Want to SeeThe magical work of beekeepers. The flamboyant artistry of a group of drag queens. The quiet complexity of life in a small Western mountain town. These are just some of the stories conveyed in the BU Photographic Resource Center’s annual juried exhibition, now in its 18th year. Titled Exposure 2013, the show features the work […]
- Who Owns Santa’s Home?While the rest of us spent the spring blocking out memories of snow and cold, a slew of nations was scrambling to the top of the world, impelled by climate change and hoping for a piece of the Arctic Circle’s oil and gas reserves. One BU expert says their efforts could get ugly. The background: […]
- Does Massachusetts Hate Business?It’s That ’70s Show time at Chief Executive magazine. A generation after Massachusetts was dubbed “Taxachusetts” for its putative hostility to business, the charge has been resurrected in the magazine via its latest state rankings, determined by a survey responded to by 736 CEOs. The commonwealth was rated 47th among states for the warmth of […]
- The Sun, the Sea, and a CarnivalWhat would summer be without taking in at least one carnival? One of the Boston area’s most famous, the Revere Beach Carnival, is currently under way, through Sunday, June 23—and you can get there by T. Even better, if you go tonight, you’ll get a discount. A promotion called “Wicked Wednesday” allows visitors to pay […]
