Calendar
Other Events (January 15 through January 25)
Tuesday, January 15
- 9:00 AM Free Flu Shot Clinic (BU Employees)
- 4:30 PM NYC Department of Education: Teacher Information Webinar
Wednesday, January 16
Thursday, January 17
- All Day Application Deadline: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- 9:00 AM Free Flu Shot Clinic (BU Employees)
- Flu Shot Clinic (BU Students)
- 2:00 PM Free Flu Shot Clinic (BU Employees)
Friday, January 18
- 9:00 AM Free Flu Shot Clinic (BU Employees)
- 10:00 AM Flu Shot Clinic (BU Students)
- 2:00 PM Free Flu Shot Clinic (BU Employees)
Tuesday, January 22
- 11:30 AM BUMC Student Flu Shot Clinic
- 1:00 PM Sustainable Careers: A Twitter Chat
- 6:00 PM JewQ Meeting
Wednesday, January 23
- All Day Application Deadline: Fidelity Investments
- All Day Application Deadline: Morgan Stanley
- 1:45 PM Computer Science Dissertation Defense of Vatche Ishakian
- 4:00 PM Sociology Dissertation Defence of Jim McQuaid
- 6:00 PM ECE Undergraduate Research and Lab Job Fair
Thursday, January 24
- 12:00 PM Postdocs Luncheon: MASS-AWIS Mentoring Circle Program
- Webinar: Choosing the Right Consulting Firm for You: The Benefits of Boutique Firms
- 4:00 PM ECE Seminar with Marten van Dijk
- 5:30 PM Volunteer as a Tutor! Info Session
- 6:00 PM Drash 'n Dine
- Opening Reception for "Colorful Texture: Synaesthesia in Art"
Friday, January 25
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- BU Earns Greenovate Boston AwardBU’s favorite color—right behind scarlet and white, of course—is green. Why? Because the University has made a solid commitment over the past several years to embrace ecofriendly practices that have revolutionized the way it consumes energy and water, reduces waste, and expands in a sustainable manner. Now, that dedication to green living has caught the [... […]
- Free Ferry Day TodayWhat could be better than taking a boat trip to an island to wile away a summer day? Getting there for free. Today the Boston Harbor Island Alliance is offering free ferry service all day to either Georges Island or Spectacle Island, two of the nearly three dozen islands and peninsulas in the Boston Harbor […]
- Celebrate Bunker Hill DayMuch of the American Revolution was fought and won in Boston’s backyard, and today Bostonians commemorate the 238th anniversary of the first major battle of the war—the Battle of Bunker Hill. The siege, which took place on June 17, 1775, marked the first time the newly formed and inexperienced colonial army fought the more highly […]
- What the Supreme Court’s Gene Decision Means to ResearchIn a long-awaited decision with major implications for commercial and academic research, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes that are isolated from the body cannot be patented. The ruling invalidated patents held by Myriad Genetics, a Salt Lake City firm that had been granted patents on two genes, known as BRCA1 […]
- LAW’s Hylton, MED’s Costello Named Warren Distinguished ProfessorsWith a PhD in economics from MIT and a law degree from Harvard, Keith Hylton has melded the two disciplines in his teaching and research, using each to illuminate the other. A leader in the increasingly important field of mass spectrometry, Catherine Costello teaches and collaborates with medical researchers, pharmacologists, chemists, and clinicians around […]
