Calendar
Lectures (February 20 through February 22)
Wednesday, February 20
- 1:00 PM In the Eye of the Storm: How Iraq Might Affect the Middle East
- 4:00 PM The Art of Interviewing with Tom Ashbrook
- 4:30 PM The Crises in Syria: A Discussion
- 6:00 PM "America the Beautiful 2" Film Screening
- 1863 - the Rising Tide to Gettysburg
- 7:00 PM Consent 101
Thursday, February 21
- 12:30 PM Changing Welfare States: A luncheon discussion with Anton Hemerijck
- 12:45 PM Bioinformatics Faculty Search Seminar
- 4:00 PM February COM Research Colloquium: The “Dual” Role of Breasts in the Media: A Health Communication Perspective
- ECE Seminar with Wooram Lee
- 5:00 PM Israel: Between a Fundamentalist and a Progressive Identity
- 5:30 PM Squeeze Box Stories: A Documentary About Accordions in America
- 6:00 PM Janet McKee on Vegan Healing and Spirituality
- 6:30 PM Getting a Grip: Mastering your Sexuality
Friday, February 22
- 11:00 AM Doers Makers Innovators: Making Google's Magic More Magical
- 12:00 PM Public Health in Action: Gun Control
- 12:15 PM An Introduction to Export Controls in Archaeological Research
- 12:30 PM Innovation and Implementation: Bringing new health technologies to the developing world
- 1:00 PM Literary Translation Lecture Series
- 1:45 PM "Development of Novel TDP-43 Inclusion Inhibitors as Potential ALS/FTLD Therapeutics"
- 2:00 PM MSE Seminar: Ayman Abouraddy, University of Central Florida
- 3:00 PM CISE Seminar: Ada Gavrilovska, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 4:00 PM BU Ethics Reading Group: Christine Tappolet
- 4:30 PM Laws of Kashrut
- 6:00 PM Alcohol on the Brain: The Science of Booze
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. […]
