Calendar
Lectures (March 22 through March 26)
Friday, March 22
- 10:00 AM PhD Dissertation Seminar, Department of Biochemistry
- 11:00 AM Biophysics/Condensed Matter Seminar
- 12:00 PM “Invitation to ‘Proper Sex’: Temporary Marriage, State & Society in Iran”
- Medical Grand Rounds: Idelson Visiting Professor
- 1:00 PM Literary Translation Lecture Series
- The Science of Music: 150 Years Since Helmholtz's "On the Sensations of Tone"
- Discovery Seminar: Explore 50 Years of Treasures & Secrets
- 1:45 PM “Active Roles for the Cerebrospinal Fluid in Development and Disease”
- 3:00 PM CISE Seminar: Naira Hovakimyan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- MSE Colloquium: Krishna Shenai, Argonne National Laboratory
- 4:00 PM BU Ethics Reading Group
- 5:00 PM Laws of Kashrut
- 7:00 PM CGSSGA Presents Benita Singh
Saturday, March 23
Monday, March 25
- 12:00 PM Orthopedics: Shoulder Injuries
- The Walter Rodney Seminar Series
- 1:00 PM Roundtable Series
- 2:30 PM MSE Seminar: Scott Bunch, University of Colorado
- 3:00 PM Computer Science Dissertation Defense of Gonca Gursun
- 3:30 PM MSE MS Thesis Defense of Jarrod Milshtein
- 4:00 PM ECE Seminar with Sahand Neghaban
Tuesday, March 26
- 10:00 AM Procurement Approver Training
- 12:30 PM A music lecture by Salvatore Sciarrino
- 2:00 PM Speaker Series: Larry Tabb
- 3:30 PM Physics Colloquium
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Commencement Speaker Kopp: Start Now to Change the WorldJust over two decades ago, Wendy Kopp graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with little experience, but a strong desire to solve the problem of inequitable education in the United States. She had developed the idea for a national teacher corps as her senior thesis and wanted to give […]
- “Dream with Eyes Open,” Bishop Peter Weaver Tells GraduatesIn the five weeks since the Boston Marathon bombings, graduating seniors have witnessed the cruelties of the world even as they dreamed of their impending future in it. That weaving of sorrow and hope shows the need for “dreaming with eyes open,” BU’s Baccalaureate speaker told Sunday morning worshippers at Marsh Chapel. Bishop Peter Weaver […]
- Enhanced Security for Graduation WeekendThe BU Police Department has instituted an enhanced security plan for Commencement weekend, following the Boston Marathon bombing last month that killed 3 and injured nearly 300. Both students and visitors will be subject to screening when entering Nickerson Field and any Convocation venues. BUPD Chief Thomas G. Robbins, BU executive director of public safet […]
- 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, […]
