Calendar
Arts (March 21 through March 22)
Thursday, March 21
- All Day Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures
- 7:00 AM Exhibition: The Space in Between
- 9:00 AM The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault
- 10:00 AM The Doors of Perception: Vision and Innovation in Alternative Processes
- Exhibition: Teaching the Body
- 11:00 AM Exhibition: Simultaneity
- 5:30 PM Exhibition: Simultaneity Opening Reception
- 6:00 PM Teaching the Body: The Apotheosis of the Dissected Plate, or Spectacles of Layering and Transparency in 19th- & 20th-Century Anatomy, a Lecture by Dr. Michael Sappol, Historian, National Library of Medicine
- Guest Artist Masterclass: Francisco Araiza, tenor
- 7:00 PM Silent Film Classics: Victor Sjostrom's "The Wind"
- 7:30 PM Redstone Film Festival West
- 8:00 PM Election Day Presented by Stage Troupe
Friday, March 22
- All Day Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures
- 7:00 AM Exhibition: The Space in Between
- 9:00 AM The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault
- 10:00 AM The Doors of Perception: Vision and Innovation in Alternative Processes
- Exhibition: Teaching the Body
- 1:00 PM The Science of Music: 150 Years Since Helmholtz's "On the Sensations of Tone"
- 3:00 PM Demetri Martin: Point Your Face At This
- 6:30 PM Harmonies for Honduras
- Outside the Work: A Tasting of Hydrocarbons and Geological Time
- 7:00 PM BU Astronomy Dept. Twenty-Third Annual Musical Soirée
- 7:30 PM Boston Baroque
- 8:00 PM Caitlin Corbett presents Four Premieres
- Election Day Presented by Stage Troupe
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, […]
