Calendar
Other Events (February 25 through February 28)
Monday, February 25
- 12:00 PM New Employee Orientation
- Free falafel at the GSU
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Tuning MATLAB Codes For Better Performance
- 4:00 PM ECE Seminar with Ameet Talwalkar
- John Hull: Discount Rates and Funding Value Adjustments in the Valuation of Derivatives
- 6:00 PM Model Auditions
- 7:00 PM Bystander Training
- 8:00 PM TED Talks Night
Tuesday, February 26
- 10:00 AM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Diagrams, Graphs, and PowerPoint: How to Create an Effective Presentation
- 12:30 PM The Economics of the Eurozone Crisis: A luncheon discussion with Stefan Collignon
- 2:00 PM IC Virtual Career Fair
- IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to Research Data Management
- 4:00 PM Cambridge Public Schools Education Job Fair
- 5:00 PM Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senior Editor, The Atlantic and author, “The Beautiful Struggle”
- 6:00 PM Senior Design: Critical Design Reviews - Night 1
- 7:30 PM Krav Maga
Wednesday, February 27
- All Day Bender Virtual Career Fair: Employment for People with Disabilities
- 10:00 AM IS&T SCV Tutorial - MATLAB Parallel Computing Toolbox
- 12:00 PM HEM Open House
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to MPI, Part One
- 4:00 PM ECE Colloquium with Michael Mahoney
- 5:30 PM Coulter Centennial Celebration
- 6:00 PM Nights at the PRC
- 7:00 PM Sex in the Dark: A Glow in the Dark Sexpert Panel
Thursday, February 28
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Does Massachusetts Hate Business?It’s That ’70s Show time at Chief Executive magazine. A generation after Massachusetts was dubbed “Taxachusetts” for its putative hostility to business, the charge has been resurrected in the magazine via its latest state rankings, determined by a survey responded to by 736 CEOs. The commonwealth was rated 47th among states for the warmth of […]
- The Sun, the Sea, and a CarnivalWhat would summer be without taking in at least one carnival? One of the Boston area’s most famous, the Revere Beach Carnival, is currently under way, through Sunday, June 23—and you can get there by T. Even better, if you go tonight, you’ll get a discount. A promotion called “Wicked Wednesday” allows visitors to pay […]
- 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 […]
