• Fred Sandback at the BU Center for the HumanitiesAll day
• Innovators' Night: A Massive Celebration of Student Innovation!6:00 am
• Campus Climate Lab Symposium 202611:00 am
• MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition11:00 am
• MFA Sculpture and MFA Print Media & Photography Thesis Exhibitions11:00 am
• FDD Seminar: Leveraging Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Clinical and Biomedical Research at BU and BMC (Charlene Ong, MD MPHS)12:00 pm
• MechE PhD Prospectus Defense: Ahmad Hedayatzadeh Razavi12:00 pm
• Spring 2026 New Realities, New Responses: Conversations on Higher Education12:00 pm
• Supporting Students During Turbulent Times: Conversations on Higher Education12:00 pm
• Supporting Survivors: Tools, Boundaries, and Resources12:00 pm
• VIM-ITP Trainee Seminars: Devin Kenney & Emily LaVerriere12:00 pm
• ECE PhD Thesis Defense: Qinzi Zhang1:00 pm
• Serious Disagreements Part 21:00 pm
• [UAB] Postdoc Virtual Recruitment Fair1:00 pm
• BME PhD Dissertation Defense: Ben Fitzsimmons2:00 pm
• BU Hillel: Get Advice and Mentorship3:00 pm
• MSE PhD Final Defense: Zelin Miao3:00 pm
• Breath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing 5:15 pm
• Ecumenical Eucharist Service & Dinner5:15 pm
• TEDxBU Salon: Saving Ourselves with Service6:00 pm
• Distinguished Morse Lecture: Climate Change and Tomorrow’s Africa8:30 am
• BME PhD Dissertation Defense: Patrick Doran9:15 am
• MechE PhD Final Oral Defense: Amani Campbell11:00 am
• ECE/Hariri Institute Distinguished Seminar: Bruno Sinopoli11:00 am
• Strategic Communications: Building a Positive Media Presence12:00 pm
• Strategies for Successful and Ethical Collaborations12:00 pm
• MSE Masters Thesis Presentation: Jiadong Gu1:30 pm
• ECE MS Thesis Defense: Travis Rettke2:30 pm
• 2026 Trans & Gender Expansive Art Showcase Reception4:00 pm
• Boston Network for Philosophy of Physics: Nina Emery4:00 pm
• Care without Pathology: How Trans-Health Activists Are Changing Medicine4:00 pm
• Global Health Politics Workshop: Christoph Lynn Hanssmann4:00 pm
• Sophomore Sessions 4:00 pm
• Third Thursday: Sketch & Sip4:00 pm
• Weichen Lin Marimba Solo Recital4:00 pm
• Migration Workshop: Prema Kurien (Syracuse University)5:00 pm
• The Migration Workshop, Author-Meets-Critics Book Panel with Prema A. Kurien5:00 pm
• Realizing Radical Hope Speaker Series: Dr. Tiera Tanksley5:30 pm
• AI & Education Grad Programs Info Session (Virtual)6:00 pm
• BU Wheelock Reads 20266:00 pm
• Earth Month Restaurant Night at West Dining Hall6:00 pm
• Pépin Lecture Series - Baking an Impact with Chef Genevieve Meli6:00 pm

Third Thursday: Sketch & Sip

Join the BU Office for the Arts for Third Thursday: Sketch & Sip at BU Med Campus! Drop in anytime from 4 - 6 pm for still life and figure drawing, or take some time to relax with coloring pages. Beverages and art materials to get creative will be provided.

Third Thursday is co-sponsored by the School of Public Health, Graduate Student Life: Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Student Affairs Office: Graduate Medical Sciences, Student Affairs Office: Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Student Wellbeing

When	4:00 pm - 6:00 pm on 16 April 2026
Building	BUMC, 72 E Concord St, Boston, MA 02118
Room	INS 307