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All Topics (September 26 through October 6)

Friday, September 26

  • 11:00 AM
    Rescheduled for October 10: MechE Seminar Series | Month of AI in Materials: Kick-Off Event Research Matchmaking
    This event has been rescheduled Please stay tuned for more info!
  • 12:00 PM
    Beyond Buddhist Nationalism: The Politics of Decentralized Resistance in Highland Southeast Asia
    CURA announces the fall 2025 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 September 26 workshop will feature a paper by David Moe, Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in Southeast Asian Studies, MacMillan Center for…
  • 3:00 PM
    MSE Talks: Emily Davidson, Princeton University
    Speaker: Emily Davidson, Title:: Hierarchical Materials through 3D Printing and Molecular Design Abstract: Nature creates remarkable, sustainable material by controlling the hierarchical assembly of molecules that are broken down at the end of their useful life. Inspired by natural systems, my group’s research combines molecular design and materials characterization with directed assembly via extrusion-based 3D…
  • 3:30 PM
    Special Alumni Weekend Coffee & Conversation
    This is the ORIGINAL Coffee and Conversation by BU's Howard Thurman Center! Join alumni, current students, faculty, and staff for a thought-provoking discussion of the hottest local and national topics that affect the BU community and beyond. HTC Director Nick Bates will introduce the program plus there will be coffee and snacks. This event is…

Monday, September 29

  • 8:00 AM
    Transforming K-12 Student Learning with AI Hackathon
    Join educators, technologists, designers, and researchers for a collaborative hackathon focused on developing practical AI solutions that address real-world challenges in K-12 education. This event emphasizes tools that work within classroom realities while promoting ethical and equitable use of AI. Organized by: MIT McGovern Institute, MIT Generative AI Community (MGAIC), SAIL Lab, and Boston University's…
  • 10:00 AM
    Small Island States in an Uncertain Global Economy
    EVENT UPDATE: Please note that registrations for this event have reached capacity. Visit the registration link below to sign up for the waitlist. Join us for a special event featuring His Excellency José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Cabo Verde. Since becoming the head of government in April 2016,…
  • 12:00 PM
    Fall Open House
    Students, join us at the Elie Wiesel Center for our fall open house. Drop in anytime from 12-2pm on Monday, September 29 to meet other students and faculty members and have a delicious lunch. At 12:30, Dr. Dotan Greenvald will give a short presentation on new classes at the Center.
  • 1:00 PM
    An Infirm Ascendency? India’s National Security Challenges with Ashley Tellis
    With Ashley Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Despite India’s success in accumulating power in recent decades, durable security has proved to be elusive. India faces significant challenges both within the country and along its diverse frontiers, leaving the question of how much influence it…
  • IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to OpenStreetMap (Hands-on)
    OpenStreetMap is a name you might have seen at the bottom corner of web maps as a copyright item, or you might have used a GIS tool that uses OpenStreetMap data, but what is OpenStreetMap? This tutorial will provide an overview of OpenStreetMap and show how it is used by companies and organizations for some…
  • 2:30 PM
    Research Professionals Network Seminar | Trials and Errors: Lessons from a First Time Clinical Research Coordinator (Virtual)
    This peer-led workshop offers new and experienced clinical research coordinators a chance to learn and share best practices. Aimed at early-career coordinators, it focuses on common challenges and provides practical tools and strategies for effective study management and professional development. Christina Beharry, University of Florida, Whitney Brako-Kusi, Medical University of South Carolina, and Courtney Huynh,…
  • 4:00 PM
    Challenges in Pediatric BCI and DBS Development – w/ Dr. Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, MGH
    Hosted by the Neuroethics Committee
  • 5:30 PM
    [COM] Civic Science Speaker Series: Understanding SciPak with Abigail Eisenstadt
    Discover what happens after a paper is accepted in a Science journal: - How the press package team translates cutting-edge research into news stories - What makes research newsworthy and how trends are tracked - Tips on finding hidden stories and the human side of science - Behind-the-scenes insights into EurekAlert! embargoed access and more…

Tuesday, September 30

  • 11:00 AM
    ECE Seminar: Yueming Li
    ECE Seminar: Yueming Li Title: “Photoacoustic Retinal Prostheses: Toward High-Resolution and Minimally Invasive Vision Restoration" Abstract: Retinal degenerative disease affects more than 200 million patients worldwide, yet no curative treatment is currently available. Retinal prostheses have been developed to restore vision in blind patients with severe conditions, but the most advanced devices provide neither high…
  • 3:00 PM
    GSI Seminar: Stephanie E. Mohr, PhD (Hybrid)
    “Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screening in Mosquito and other Arthropod Cell Lines” Stephanie E. Mohr, PhD, Director, DRSC/TRiP-FGR Host: Nelson Lau In-person or live stream via YouTube

Wednesday, October 1

  • 12:00 PM
    Meet the Funder: Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
    The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funds patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) that typically compares two evidence-based interventions with large participant groups and meaningful stakeholder engagement. Additionally, PCORI funds research on methodological, engagement, and dissemination projects that support CER. The overarching goal of work supported by PCORI is to help patients and providers make…
  • 5:00 PM
    MCH Fellowship Fair
    The MCH Fellowship Fair will include upcoming 2025-26 MCH fellowship opportunities from BUSPH faculty (research fellowship) and public health organizations (practice fellowship). Students will be able to learn more about these opportunities and engage with fellowship preceptors. All MPH students with an interest in gaining experience in MCH-related work are invited.
  • The Contested Meaning of Symbolic Spaces in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Shanghai
    This roundtable moderated by Robert Weller will bring together discussion of the parks, squares, monuments, and other symbolically important parts of three urban centers. The participants will discuss notable struggles to define the meaning and control the use of key spots within the metropolis they know best. The discussion will move from Bangkok and Hong…

Thursday, October 2

  • 10:00 AM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture)
    This tutorial will provide some more advanced techniques and common strategies used for interacting with the Shared Computing Cluster and its resources. The topics discussed during the tutorial include: Customizing your environment Parallel computing on the SCC Jobs monitoring and profiling: CPU and GPU utilization, memory usage Profiling programs for performance optimization General optimization strategies…
  • 12:00 PM
    ME-ARC Seminar: Building & Testing a Chatbot for Maternal & Infant Health (Virtual)
    “Building and Testing a Chatbot for Maternal and Infant Health” Quynh Nguyen, PhD, MSPH, intramural investigator, NINR, director, HashtagHealth Lab. Zoom Meeting ID: 993 4640 2482 - Passcode: 278494
  • 1:00 PM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Open-Source Generative AI with Hugging Face (Hands-on)
    What to Expect: This tutorial introduces Hugging Face, the leading open-source platform where the machine learning community collaborates on models, datasets, and applications. Best known for its Transformers library for natural language processing, Hugging Face also provides a vibrant ecosystem for sharing, exploring, and deploying machine learning models. You will gain hands-on experience navigating the…
  • 5:00 PM
    Film Screening: "Made in Ethiopia"
    When a massive Chinese industrial park lands in rural Ethiopia, a dusty farming town finds itself at the new frontier of globalization. The sprawling factory complex’s formidable Chinese director Motto now needs every bit of mettle and charm she can muster to push through a high-stakes expansion that promises 30,000 new jobs. Ethiopian farmer Workinesh…

Friday, October 3

  • 3:00 PM
    2025 Alumni Industry Roundtable Panel
    This is an alumni industry roundtable event where we have invited alumni to come speak at a panel with our current students. We are hosting this event to foster meaningful connections between our students and successful alumni. They will be sharing insight into their current role, key milestones and challenges in their career, and valuable…

Saturday, October 4

  • 11:00 AM
    Hackathon for Health Equity
    Are you passionate about using data to tackle real-world challenges related to equity and social justice? Interested in exploring ways to improve access to and transparency of public health data in the United States? This one-day hackathon event brings together undergraduate students and public health professionals to answer important public health questions by applying quantitative…

Monday, October 6

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