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All Topics (September 15 through September 19)

Monday, September 15

• 9:30 AM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Linux (Hands-on)

  This tutorial will give attendees a hands-on introduction to Linux. Topics covered will include a short history of Linux, logging in with ssh, the Bash shell and shell scripts, I/O redirection (pipes), file system navigation, and job control. Time permitting, attendees will edit, compile, and run a simple C program.
• 1:00 PM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to QGIS (Demonstration)

  QGIS is an open source GIS desktop application that can be downloaded for free and it provides a collection of tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data. This application has a resemblance to commercial GIS products ArcGIS Pro and ArcMap. In this session I will introduce you to the user interface of QGIS and…
• 5:00 PM

  ENG Now Hiring: Jobs & Internships with GE Aerospace

  GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. They are one of EPIC's esteemed corporate partners and have an established track record of hiring BU students.
• 5:30 PM

  Israeli Folk Dancing

  Join us at BU Hillel on Monday, Sept. 15 for a night of Israeli Folk Dancing! This event will be followed by a delicious Israeli dinner. No dance experience is required, and all are welcome. Please register in advance.
• Lead, Innovate, Amplify: Celebrating 10 Years of CISWH

  Join BU School of Social Work's Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health for a celebratory reception in honor of the center’s 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, CISWH has led quality improvement efforts for the care of children with special health care needs, collaborated with medical professionals in Nicaragua to bring behavioral health…

Tuesday, September 16

• 10:00 AM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Numerical Computing in Python (Hands-on)

  Python is now widely used for numerical calculations and data analysis. This tutorial is an introduction primarily to the Numpy library which provides data structures and algorithms that are optimized for numeric data. The Numpy library is the basis for a wide variety of numeric and graphics libraries in Python. The usage of the numpy…
• 12:00 PM

  Educators' Collaborative Lunch Series | Unlocking Grey Literature: Coherent Digital Modules for Educators (Hybrid)

  The Alumni Medical Library will showcase Coherent Digital, a new and expanded collection of searchable modules designed to support the discovery and use of grey literature in academic and clinical contexts. Coherent Digital brings together a wide range of non-traditional materials, including policy documents, clinical guidelines, technical reports, multimedia and more, into an accessible platform…
• 1:00 PM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part One (Hands-on)

  This is the first part of a two-part tutorial series. Be sure to also register for Part Two on Thursday, Feb 6 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm to continue building your knowledge. What to Expect: This session introduces Scikit-Learn, a powerful Python library for machine learning. Scikit-Learn supports supervised and unsupervised learning and offers tools for:…
• [ORISE] Building a Culture of Safety and Trust in Team Science

  As scientists become part of larger teams and join broader and more diverse scientific endeavors, we must all become leaders in creating a culture of safety and trust that facilitates strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and exciting scientific discoveries. Dr. Iversen will discuss more than a decade of experiences in developing a culture of ‘team science’ within…
• 2:00 PM

  AIR Weekly Seminar: Jiafei Duan

  Speaker: Jiafei Duan, PhD student at University of Washington Talk Title: “Towards Robotics Foundation Models that can Reason” Abstract: Generative AI has advanced rapidly in language and vision, driven by massive image–text datasets and scaled models. These gains are increasingly enabling robots with open-world perception and reasoning. Yet progress toward generalist robots is constrained by…
• 4:00 PM

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  Research on Tap: Global Security in an Interconnected World

  From climate change and nuclear weapons to migration and global health, today’s global security challenges stretch across borders — and academic silos. This Research on Tap event brings together scholars from across the BU community to engage in an important and timely conversation about the future of global security. Amid a rapidly evolving global landscape,…
  
• 4:30 PM

  Between Faith and Humanism: Activism and Ethics in Israel After October 7

  Anthropologist Yael Assor and activist Esther Sperber will present their reflections about the limits and rekindling of their core beliefs and forms of activism, which were severely challenged by the Hamas attack in October 2023, and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza. Their papers will be pre-circulated to interested audience members, and Professor Adam Seligman will…
• 6:00 PM

  Data Science Mentoring Circles Mentee In-person Information Session

  Are you ready to turn your academic knowledge into a career in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Data Analytics? Apply to be a Data Science Mentoring Circles (DSMC) program mentee! This is a free program with limited spots. The application deadline is Friday, September 19th, at midnight. At this in-person event, meet past and potential…

Wednesday, September 17

• 1:00 PM

  CRRO Seminar: Lin Themelis, MA, CIP, IRB administrator and Mark Testerman, MBA, CIP senior IRB analyst II (Virtual)

  "Don't Expire, Get INSPIR-ed" Lin Themelis, MA, CIP, IRB administrator and Mark Testerman, MBA, CIP senior IRB analyst II Tired of constantly hitting your head against the “INSPIR wall?" Attend the first CRRO seminar of the new academic year to learn how to make the right clicks! In this seminar you will learn how to…
• 4:00 PM

  Global Development Policy Center – Fall 2025 Open House

  The Boston University Global Development Policy Center is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe. A University-wide research center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Office of Research at Boston University, the GDP Center seeks to foster a…

Thursday, September 18

• 10:00 AM

  BU ADRC Special Talk

  Please join us for a special talk by Dr. Mark Gluck PhD. from Rutgers University, hosted by the Biomedical Genetics Section: ”Pathways to Healthy Aging: How Lifestyle, Genetics, and Environment Interact to Promote Resilience Against Alzheimer's Disease in Older African Americans” Dr. Mark A. Gluck is a Professor of Neuroscience and Public Health at Rutgers…
• IS&T RCS Tutorial - Python for Data Analysis (Hands-on)

  This tutorial will introduce the basics of Data Analysis with Python and its powerful libraries such as Pandas and Matplotlib. What you will learn: Importing and Exporting the data Basic data processing, cleaning, and manipulation Basic inferential statistical analysis Data Visualization techniques
• Pathways to Healthy Aging: How Lifestyle, Genetics & Environment Interact

  The Biomedical Genetics Section invites you to a talk by Rutgers University professor Mark Gluck, PhD, on how lifestyle, genetics and environment interact to promote resilience against Alzheimer’s disease in older African Americans. He will share Aging & Brain Health Alliance advances on four key questions: -Early Detection: How can we identify the earliest preclinical…
• 11:00 AM

  Photonics Center Community Distinguished Lecture Seminar with Steven Chu, PhD

  Abstract: The transport of molecular cargos in neuronal cells is analyzed in the context of new developments in statistical physics. Our development of very bright rare earth up-converting optical probes enabled the long-term single tracking of molecular cargos. These nanoparticles allowed individual molecular steps to be resolved at cellular ATP concentrations that led to a…
• 1:00 PM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part Two (Hands-on)

  This is the second part of a two-part tutorial series. Be sure to also register for Part One on Tuesday, Feb 4 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. What to Expect: This session introduces Scikit-Learn, a powerful Python library for machine learning. Scikit-Learn supports supervised and unsupervised learning and offers tools for: Data preprocessing Model fitting Model…
• 4:00 PM

  Development, Dispossession, and Desires in Jeju with Youjeong Oh

  Jeju is known as a popular international tourist destination, a filming location for K-dramas, an Instagrammable hotspot, and a site of trendy lifestyle experiments. Yet behind these images of paradise, pristine nature, and healing lie histories of forced development and dispossession. Highlighting diverse forms of activism, this presentation conveys the vivid and urgent voices of…
• Governing the Global Clinic: The Peril and Promise of the Legal Transformation of Medicine

  Join in person or via Zoom us for a Global Health Politics Workshop with Carol Heimer, Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, and Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University. HIV emerged at a time when medicine and healthcare were becoming more globalized and shifting to legally inflected, rule-based ways of doing things.  It accelerated both…

Friday, September 19

• 1:00 PM

  IS&T RCS Tutorial - Data Preparation for Neuroimagers: BIDS, mriqc, and fmriprep (Hands-on)

  This tutorial will introduce Boston University’s Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) for use with Magnetic Resonance (MR) neuroimaging methods focusing on data preparation. We will work hands-on with the SCC to highlight the neuroimaging tools available on the SCC for importing, organizing, assessing the quality of, and preprocessing neuroimaging data. Software covered will include dcm2bids, MRIQC,…
• 3:00 PM

  CISE Seminar: Alper Yegin, CEO, LoRa Alliance

  Building Massive IoT with LoRaWAN LoRaWAN® is driving the global shift to Massive IoT, enabling long-range, low-power, and low-cost connectivity across industries. This session introduces LoRaWAN, outlines its key strengths, and highlights real-world success stories from smart cities, utilities, agriculture, and more. We’ll examine current market adoption and ecosystem growth, then look ahead to the…
• MSE Talk: Jillian Goldfarb, Cornell University

  Speaker: Jillian Goldfarb, Cornell University Title:: Carbon Recovery by Design: Modular Pathways to Advanced Materials from Hydrothermal Liquefaction Byproducts Abstract: Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a promising route to convert wet biomass into fuels and functional materials. Yet despite decades of research, commercial viability remains elusive, largely due to the partitioning of up to half the…