Calendar
Lectures (May 18 through June 11)
Sunday, May 19
Monday, May 20
- 7:00 AM BU CTSI Function Leader Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM, will be a keynote speaker at 34th Annual Society for Clinical Trials Meeting in Boston, MAY 19-22, 2013
- 12:30 PM Psychology Dissertation Defense of Anthony J. Rosellini
Tuesday, May 21
- 7:00 AM BU CTSI Function Leader Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM, will be a keynote speaker at 34th Annual Society for Clinical Trials Meeting in Boston, MAY 19-22, 2013
- 10:00 AM Economics Dissertation Defense of Olesya N. Baker
- 10:30 AM Political Science Dissertation Defense of Andreea Raluca Maierean
- 12:00 PM A Recital & Remarks - French Impressions: Vocal Music in the Fin-de-siècle
- Special Seminar
- 3:00 PM Genome Science Institute Seminar
Wednesday, May 22
- 7:00 AM BU CTSI Function Leader Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM, will be a keynote speaker at 34th Annual Society for Clinical Trials Meeting in Boston, MAY 19-22, 2013
- 8:30 AM John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day
- 11:30 AM Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Psychology Dissertation Defense of Alice T. Sawyer
- 12:00 PM BUWG Annual Lunch and Scholarship Awards
- 2:30 PM Economics Dissertation Defense of Sarah Kroeger
- 4:00 PM Research Involvement and Job Attitudes among Hospitalists and Inpatient Attending Physicians
Thursday, May 23
Tuesday, May 28
- 11:00 AM Chemistry Dissertation Defense of Benjamin Diamon Levin
- 12:00 PM Computer Science Dissertation Defense of Andrej Cvetkovski
Wednesday, May 29
Tuesday, June 4
- 3:00 PM Genome Science Institute Seminar
Wednesday, June 5
Thursday, June 6
Tuesday, June 11
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- 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 […]
