Full Calendar
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This calendar is a round-up of events related to research from around BU. Browse all upcoming events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
All Topics (January 10 through February 25)
Tuesday, January 13
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GSI Seminar: Craig Ceol, PhD (Hybrid)“BMPing into Melanoma: Targeting BMP-driven Melanoma Progression” Craig Ceol, PhD, associate professor, department of molecular, cell and cancer biology, UMass Chan Medical School Host: Nelson Lau
Wednesday, January 14
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Joint Evans Center Pre-ARC and Focused Research Program (AI-PRISM) WorkshopJoin us for a joint Evans Center Pre-ARC: VITAL and AI-PRISM Focused Research Program (FRP) collaborative workshop dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary pilot proposals in AI, data science, and critical care. This working session will focus on the research progress made in the AI-PRISM FRP and introduce Pre-ARC: VITAL. Together, we will focus on developing concrete…
Friday, January 16
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BU ADRC January Colloquium Talk"Update on the Role of Gut Microbiome in Alzheimer’s Disease"Dr. Barbara Bendlin, Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Zoom Meeting ID: 970 7401 1787 - Passcode: 573032
Wednesday, January 21
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CyberAlliance Seminar: Professor Elettra Biett, Northeastern UniversitySpeaker: Elettra Biett, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University
Thursday, January 22
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Beyond the Body: Digital Footprints and Reproductive JusticeThe legal landscape governing privacy and reproductive health care have both rapidly changed in the last few years. At the same time, technology continues to evolve, often promising us greater control of our reproductive health. But at what cost? This webinar examines that very question in an attempt to understand how advancing technology can coexist…
Friday, January 23
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Speaking in Code: Youth Poetry and the Politics of Possibility in Urban UgandaCURA announces the spring 2026 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of culture, religion, and world affairs. Please register below for the session(s) you plan to attend. The January23 workshop will feature a paper by Sarah Lewinger, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Boston University. Please note that reading the…
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CISE Seminar: Jonathan Weare, Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York UniversityConvergence of Unadjusted Langevin and HMC in High Dimensions: Delocalization of Bias The unadjusted Langevin algorithm is commonly used to sample probability distributions in extremely high-dimensional settings. However, existing analyses of the algorithm for strongly log-concave distributions suggest that, as the dimension d of the problem increases, the number of iterations required to ensure convergence…
Monday, January 26
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Wildfires in Turkiye: Reversing the Narrative from Fire Impacts to Planetary Urbanization and Rural DeclineJoin the Boston University Initiative on Cities for a virtual presentation by the Initiative’s Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Pinar Çobanyilmaz, on wildfires and planetary urbanization. Contrary to the prevailing framing in the literature—which primarily examines the impacts of fires on human settlements—Çobanyilmaz's research adopts a reverse approach, foregrounding the effects of urbanization patterns and practices in…
Tuesday, January 27
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AIR Weekly Seminar: Shrimai PrabhumoyeSpeaker:Shrimai Prabhumoye Talk Title: "From Next-Token Prediction to Next-Generation Intelligence: The Future of Pretraining" Abstract: This talk presents recent progress in pretraining algorithm design for large language models (LLMs), emphasizing the role of data ordering, reasoning-centric data integration, and reinforcement-based objectives in shaping model capability. We introduce a two-phase pretraining framework that formalizes strategies for…
Thursday, January 29
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IMAP Lunch Seminar: Environmental Regulation, Pollution, and Economic Outcomes in Capital MarketsA monthly lunchtime presentation and discussion of IMAP-relevant research
Friday, January 30
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CISE Graduate Student WorkshopCGSW 12.0: CISE Graduate Student Workshop CGSW is an annual forum that provides students the opportunity to share their original research and hone their communication skills in an engaging, collaborative environment. Organized by students, for students, the day-long event encourages interdisciplinary sharing among affiliated students, faculty, and invited guest speakers across diverse application areas. The…
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Breaking Free from the Burden of MoreAre you done carrying the weight of "more"—more expectations, more pressure, more self-doubt? Join Boston University for an opportunity to hear from leaders who are ready to help silence imposter syndrome, lead with unshakable authenticity, and reframe their relationship with achieving success. This immersive experience is designed for women in various stages of their life…
Monday, February 2
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Fasting and Spirituality: A Conversation with BU ChaplainsFasting as a spiritual practice is deeply rooted in ancient Judaism. The Israelites fasted during times of mourning or calamity as a way for individuals and the community to express sorrow or repentance as well as to plead with God for favor or forgiveness. Christians and then Muslims developed their own fasting traditions, and the…
Wednesday, February 4
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Gentrification: Ideas to Action ft. The Death & Life of GentrificationJoin the Boston University Initiative on Cities for the launch of the Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) – a new hub bringing together faculty, students, practitioners, and community partners committed to understanding urban change, culture, and inequality. At the center of the launch is a discussion of Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino’s important new book, The…
Friday, February 6
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BU Statistical Genetics and Genomics Seminar”Heterogeneous Mediation Analysis with High-dimensional Omics Data” Ningyuan Wang, Boston University
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Desiring Sex, Desiring Piety: Sexual Moralities, Islam, and the Good (Gay) Muslim in Amman, JordanCURA announces the spring 2026 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of culture, religion, and world affairs. Please register below for the session(s) you plan to attend. The February 6 workshop will feature a paper by Johnathan Norris, PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Boston University Please note that reading the paper…
Monday, February 9
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Barbara Jordan Lecture featuring Atinuke Adediran, J.D., Ph.D., Fordham University School of LawIn 2020, when it was economically beneficial to do so, companies proclaimed the importance of equity and diversity. But as Fordham Law Professor Atinuke Adediran shows in her book DISCLOSURELAND: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress (Cambridge University Press, January 2026), five years later and with Trump back in office, those recent promises have significantly softened or…
Wednesday, February 11
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Research on Tap: On Language and Being HumanThis Research on Tap event will explore how language influences how we communicate, learn, connect, advocate, and find meaning, and highlight how language shapes everything from childhood development to political debate, and how it reflects and redefines what it means to be human.
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CyberAlliance Seminar: Professor Allison McDonald, Boston UniversitySpeaker: Allison McDonald, Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University
Thursday, February 12
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2026 Conference on the Jewish LeftFounded in 2024, Boston University’s annual “Conference on the Jewish Left” gathers together scholars, students, and global partners of the Jewish left. At a time when foundational principles of justice and democracy are under attack, the conference provides an educational space to bridge the academic-community divide, and to explore the Jewish left’s values, institutions, and…
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IMAP Lunch Seminar: Do Investors Price the Brussels Effect? Regulatory Risk and Sustainability in U.S. MarketsA monthly lunchtime presentation and discussion of IMAP-relevant research
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Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in ChinaJoin in person or via Zoom us for a Global Health Politics Workshop with Yan Long, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. Yan Long studies the interactions between globalization and authoritarian politics across empirical areas such as health, civic action, gender, development and technology with a geographic focus on China. This talk asks…
Friday, February 20
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BU Statistical Genetics and Genomics Seminar” Deep Learning Improves Interpretability and Cross-platform Reproducibility in Proteomics” Dr. Zhi Yu, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute
Wednesday, February 25
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Research on Tap: The Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families: Research on Policy and PracticeThis Research on Tap event will discuss the deep inequities children in immigrant families face, and highlight the policies and practices that support their healthy development.
