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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 (September 25 through November 30)
Wednesday, September 25
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PhD Career Pivot: Making the Move to Meaningful Non-Academic WorkAre you going on the job market soon or interested in exploring non-academic careers but don't know where to start? Join us for an interactive Zoom workshop hosted by career transition expert Dr. Jen Polk of PhDtoLife, who will guide you to an understanding of what it takes to move towards a career outside academia.
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Center for Systems Neuroscience and Graduate Program in Neuroscience Seminar (Prof. Helen Scharfman, New York University)Hosted by Prof. Shelley Russek
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The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action and Agrarian Reform in MexicoHow does the presence of individual exit options, like emigration, influence citizen collective action and political change? Emily Sellars explores this question and more in her book “The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Reform in Mexico,” where she examines historical evidence on emigration, agrarian collective action, land redistribution and government repression in…
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Chen Sun, Assistant Professor, Brown UniversityTalk Title : Rethinking Video Representation Learning for Perception and Reasoning in the Era of LLMs Abstract: What makes good representations for video understanding, such as inferring the intents of human actors, answering video-grounded questions based on (physical) commonsense, or solving reasoning tasks that require compositional generalization? In this talk, I will present our recent…
Friday, September 27
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Bagels with BenjaminBU students are invited for free bagels and coffee with IGS Director and Professor of Earth & Environment, Benjamin Sovacool.
Monday, September 30
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Urban Inequalities WorkshopPresentation by Dr. Ekédi Mpondo-Dika, UC Berkeley (hybrid) co-sponsored by BU’s Precarity Lab on The Push and Pull of Poverty: Cyclical Ties in a Truly Disadvantaged Network
Wednesday, October 2
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Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceThe McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and many others. Neuroscience Program Manager Joel Krogstad will join us to discuss the Fund’s two signature funding programs: Neurobiology…
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AIR Distinguished Speaker Dr. Huaizu JiangSpeaker: Dr. Huaizu Jiang Talk Title: “Generating and Populating 3D Indoor Scenes” Abstract: Our lab’s research aims to advance immersive 3D experiences by developing techniques for creating and populating virtual environments. Imagine taking a (virtual or physical) tour of your dream home, where you and your loved ones can together redesign spaces and swap out…
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Transportation & the City: Allston Multimodal Project + Reknitting the Allston CommunityJoin the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for a special discussion on the mega project realigning the Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90. The project will open up land in Allston for new development and improve roadway, transit, and active transportation in the region. In addition to the local lens, the…