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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 (November 2 through November 13)
Monday, November 2
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Global Health Politics Workshop: Amy Zhou (Barnard)Sociologist Amy Zhou will give a talk on her new book, "Unequal Worlds of Care: The Politics of Global Health in Malawi." Housed at and sponsored by the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Joseph Harris, the monthly Global Health Politics Workshop (GHPW)…
Wednesday, November 4
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Entrepreneurship Seminar Series for Research Translation: Things to Consider: Developing a Manufacturable TherapyFor researchers developing therapeutic products, early choices about how a product will be manufactured and controlled can make or break its path to the clinic. This session introduces core CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls) concepts behind manufacturability and quality, giving you a practical framework to avoid common pitfalls during therapy development.
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Research on Tap: Digital Currencies, Blockchain Technologies, and Economic OpportunityThis Research on Tap will explore fundamental advancements in blockchain technology, specifically focusing on privacy, security, and performance by bringing together faculty and researchers from across BU schools and disciplines.
Friday, November 6
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CISE Fall Workshop: AI Evaluation and Alignment for High-Stakes SystemsSponsored by the Center for Information & Systems Engineering, this workshop will bring together researchers to explore how AI systems can be effectively evaluated, aligned, and governed in high-stakes settings. Topics will include benchmark design, human feedback, evaluation, post-deployment monitoring, human oversight, and guardrails, with applications in areas such as energy, healthcare, business operations, education,…
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BME Distinguished Seminar Series: Paul Blainey, Ph.D., Broad Institutehttps://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/paul-blainey
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CURA Colloquium: "Dissenting Judaisms"Elizabeth Shakman Herd, Chair of Religious Studies, and Professor of Political Science and Religious Studies at Northwestern University Reading the paper in advance is required for attendance at the colloquium. Register by scanning the QR code below or at www.bu.edu/cura.
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ECE Seminar: Professor Osama AlshaykhAgentic Systems: From Routing to Harness to Control Plane Your SaaS product is a screen in front of a database, and the screen is going away. Whoever hosts the agent owns the customer. A growing number of SaaS vendors are shipping their agents to run inside GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT rather than inside…
Monday, November 9
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Beyond Animal Models: The Future of Biomedical Research with Organoids SymposiumBU researchers will share work on lung, brain and intestinal organoids, uterine and placental organs-on-chip and synthetic biology in lung tissue explants. The program also includes NIH policy, responsible research, industry perspectives and plans for an organoid core at BU.
Tuesday, November 10
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ECE Colloquium: Alessandro FoiECE Colloquium: Alessandro Foi Title: Noise in Imaging: Focus on Correlation and Nonlinearity Abstract: Understanding and characterizing noise is fundamental to the design and analysis of imaging systems and to the development of their image-processing components. This lecture examines broad classes of heteroskedastic image observations, with emphasis on noise correlation, noise anisotropy, and nonlinear effects arising…
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The Making of a General: Leadership Lessons Learned with Ret. Major General William ChenJoin us for a conversation with Major General William S. Chen, the first Chinese American to achieve the rank of Major General in the U.S. Army, as he discusses his forthcoming book on leadership lessons drawn from Asia. Drawing on three decades of military service, including his pivotal role in developing the PAC-3 missile interceptor…
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[Flagship Pioneering] Fellowship Info SessionThe Flagship Pioneering Fellowship offers outstanding scientists, engineers, inventors, and data scientists an unparalleled opportunity to combine hard work and a self-starter mentality with scientific expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset as they immerse themselves in Flagship Pioneering's novel approach to creating world-changing ventures in human health, sustainability, AI, and beyond. A summer as a Flagship…
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Convergent Conversations: Forever No More: PFAS Toxicity, Replacements, and the Future of Responsible Materials DiscoveryJoin us for an event series to build convergent research connections across BU that address real-world challenges.
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[Mehrotra Institute x BU Questrom]: Fireside Chat with Peter KolchinskiJoin us for a conversation with a Titan of Biotech Investing Peter Kolchinsky is the founder and Managing Partner of RA Capital Management, one of the most influential investment firms in biotechnology and the life sciences, with more than $14 billion in assets under management. A scientist long before an investor, he earned his PhD…
Wednesday, November 11
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Center for Computational Science (CCS) Lecture featuring Dr. Hsing-Ta (Theta) Chen, University of Notre DameSpeaker: Hsing-Ta (Theta) Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame Talk Title: Navigating Various Disorders and Dynamics in Strongly Coupled Light-Matter Systems Abstract: Strong light-matter interactions hold great promise for modulating molecular and material properties, including chemical reactivity, energy transfer, and charge conductivity, via polaritonic states. In realistic chemical and material…
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Precarity Lab: Alya Guseva (BU Sociology)Alya Guseva (Associate Professor in Sociology at BU), “Time Compression in Healthcare Delivery.” Launched as a joint-project between Boston University‘s Sociology and Management and Organizations departments in April 2020, the Precarity Lab has provided doctoral students and faculty members an intellectual community for discussing and developing research projects concerning today’s precarious nature of work, organizations,…
Thursday, November 12
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Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference (Day 1)This two day conference will focus on how artificial intelligence is reshaping neuroscience when data come from the real world rather than the controlled laboratory. Conference Day 1 (Nov 12): Join us for presentations that showcase digital sensing ecosystems for longitudinal brain health prediction, and research that uses naturalistic stimuli to benchmark modern AI models…
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Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference (Day 1)The fourth edition of the Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference will focus on how artificial intelligence is reshaping neuroscience when data come from the real world rather than the controlled laboratory.
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Fireside Chat with Dr. Hugh HerrJoin us for a conversation with the Pioneer of the Bionic Age HUGH HERR Professor, MIT Media Lab Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics Hugh Herr is one of the most remarkable scientists and inventors alive. A professor at the MIT Media Lab, where he heads the Biomechatronics group and co-directs the K. Lisa…
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Small Business Anti-Displacement Network Summit on Preventing Climate DisplacementJoin the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network and the Initiative on Cities' Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab online in November for the 2026 SBAN Summit on Preventing Climate Displacement! The summit will focus on equitable climate resilience and recovery strategies that keep small businesses in place. We’ll convene online November 12 and 13, from 11 a.m.…
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[Mehrotra Institute x BU Questrom]: Fireside chat with Hugh HerrHugh Herr creates bionic limbs that emulate the function of natural limbs. In 2011, TIME magazine named him the “Leader of the Bionic Age” for his revolutionary work in the emerging field of biomechatronics, an emerging field that marries human physiology with electromechanics. Herr, who lost both of his legs below the knee to a…
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Transformative Partnerships: Advancing Convergent Research in Early Childhood Well-BeingJoin us for this special anniversary event showcasing the work and real-world impact of these community-partnered research projects. 5 Years of Impact: Sustaining Young Children’s Well-Being Through Convergent Research The BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being (EC Institute) is celebrating its fifth anniversary! As part of its mission to foster interdisciplinary solutions for young…
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Violence and Form: How to Read Early Modern Japanese Fiction With David AthertonFocusing on depictions of violence, David Atherton will show how the dynamics of early modern literary form had the potential to alter the perception of time and space, make social and economic forces visible, defamiliarize conventions, give voice to the socially peripheral, and reshape the contours of community. Zoom link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/6Vw0--MqQVqHtPuZ_iaLuw#/registration
Friday, November 13
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Hariri Institute Distinguished Speaker: Marzyeh GhassemiSpeaker: Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi, Associate Professor, MIT Bu Faculty Host: Meredith Brooks, Junior Faculty Fellow Title: The Pulse Of Robust Machine Learning in Health Abstract: Machine learning in health has made impressive progress in recent years, powered by an increasing availability of health-related data and high-capacity models. While many models in health now perform at,…
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CISE Seminar: Sunwoo Lee, Nanyang Technological UniversitySub-Nanoliter Tetherless Microsystem for Chronic Neural Recording Opto-electrical integration on CMOS can enable a unique class of autonomous microsystems for physiological monitoring. Sunwoo will discuss one such example, a micro-scale opto-electronic tetherless electrode (MOTE), that he has designed and built for tetherless neural recording. The MOTE is powered and communicates optically through a vertically integrated…