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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 (October 31 through December 31)
Thursday, October 31
Friday, November 1
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Gentrification Book SymposiumThis symposium will feature three new books by leaders in the field of gentrification: Tanya Golash-Boza’s Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap, Richard Ocejo’s Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City, and Derek Hyra’s Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur. Critically, all three books dig…
Wednesday, November 6
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Research on Tap: Women’s Health and Cultivating a Research Community at BUHosts: Professor Catherine Klapperich, Biomedical Engineering (ENG); Professor Joyce Wong, Biomedical Engineering (ENG); Professor Emelia Benjamin, Medicine and Epidemiology (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine); Professor Elisha Wachman, Pediatrics (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine) For much of the 20th century, clinical research predominantly involved male participants, with the assumption that findings would apply equally…
Thursday, November 7
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Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights ApproachAs many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, "Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach” is an interdisciplinary volume that explores the intersection of sovereign debt and women's human rights. Through contributions from leading voices in academia, civil society, international organizations and national governments, it shows how debt-related…
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Global Equity in Access to Pandemic Response ToolsThe latest installment of CEID’s fall symposium series will kick off with opening remarks by President Melissa L. Gilliam, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, CEID Founding Director. The panel will feature Dr. Hillary Carter, Senior Strategist for Global Health Security at the U.S. Department of State; Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief…
Friday, November 8
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Center for Systems Neuroscience and Brain, Behavior, & Cognition Seminar (Prof. Anne Collins, University of California, Berkeley)Hosted by Prof. Joe McGuire **NOTE: This is on a different day and time than our usual time on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm**
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Working Towards a Zero Waste World: PlasticsTargeted virtual series to address the next big questions in waste, recycling, and manufacturing.
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CISE Seminar: Chao Tian, Texas A&M UniversityChao Tian obtained his B.E degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing China, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, Ithaca NY. He worked at AT&T Labs-Research (previously known as the Shannon Labs) as a researcher on communication and signal processing for seven years, before returning to academia. He was with the University of Tennessee…
Wednesday, November 13
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Center for Systems Neuroscience Seminar (Josh Jacobs, Columbia University)Hosted by Prof. Matthias Stangl
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Urban Salon: "Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg Book Talk"Join us for a book discussion featuring Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. His new book, Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São Paulo & Johannesburg, explores why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment. Bradlow examines the effectiveness of urban governance…