Calendar
Lectures (April 4 through April 6)
Thursday, April 4
- 9:00 AM Mathematics & Statistics Dissertation Defense of Zhongkai Cui
- 10:00 AM How to Hire Consultants, Contractors, Freelanceres and Agency Temps
- 12:00 PM Talk Series
- 12:45 PM Systems Biology Seminar
- 2:00 PM Sociology & Social Work Dissertation Defense of Antoinette Basualdo-Delmonico
- 2:30 PM Chemistry Dissertation Defense Frederick G. Baddour
- 3:00 PM Economics Dissertation Defense of Jeremy Blair Smith
- 4:00 PM "Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda"
- 6:00 PM The Future of Bicycling: Bicycle Plans
- Agency Insiders
- 6:30 PM New Techniques in Narrative Documentary: A Conversation with Stephen Ferry and Joseph Rodriguez
Friday, April 5
- 11:00 AM Genome Science Institute Seminar
- 12:00 PM “Enlightenment”: Patents and Embedded Knowledge in a Taiwanese LED Company
- 1:00 PM Thesis Defense John Brothers
- Literary Translation Lecture Series
- ECE Seminar with Jakub Szefer
- 2:00 PM Chemistry Dissertation Defense of Liang Han
- Particle and Fields Seminar
- 3:00 PM Anthropology Dissertation Defense of Lara Durgavich
- CISE Seminar: Yue Lu, Harvard University
- Joint CCS/MSE Seminar - Towards computational design of correlated functional materials from first-principles
- 4:00 PM American & New England Studies Dissertation Defense of Eric Jarvis
- 5:00 PM Classical Studies Dissertation Defense of Viviane Sophie Klein
- 5:30 PM Money and Medicine screening and panel discussion with Shannon Brownlee
Saturday, April 6
- All Day YogaCHA Day of Wellness Event
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- 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, […]
- 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 […]
