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All Topics (July 12 through September 4)

Monday, July 13

  • 12:00 AM
    NeuroErgonomics 2026 – Neuroscience of the Everyday World
    The Neuroergonomics Conference showcases a wide range of neurotechnologies. These advancements cover diverse areas, including critical care, well-being, and everyday life. The spectrum of innovations presented includes revolutionary invasive devices, targeted non-invasive approaches, and wearable technologies The conference explores how these technologies benefit various fields, such as enhancing the performance of human operators, impaired patients,…
  • 1:30 PM
    Special CReM Seminar
    “Tracking Cell Fate Plasticity in Organ Regeneration Using Dual Recombinases” Bin Zhou, MD, PhD, Professor, Shanghai Institutes for Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Zhou, a leading figure in lineage tracing technologies and the development of dual-marker systems using Cre and Dre recombinases. His research spans multiple organs, namely, lung, liver, heart,…

Wednesday, July 15

Thursday, July 16

Friday, July 17

  • 3:00 PM
    CISE Seminar: Huajing Zhao, University of Tulsa
    Towards Multimodal, Human-Centered, and Trustworthy Robotics For robots to reliably assist with activities of daily living, it is important that they leverage multisensory feedback, enable contact-rich manipulations, and behave in ways that people perceive as safe and trustworthy. My research develops human-in-the-loop frameworks that integrate multimodal perception with learning-based control to enable adaptive and trustworthy…

Wednesday, July 22

  • 10:00 AM
    The Global Fight to Reclaim the "Right to the City"
    Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities for a virtual discussion on the Global Fight to Reclaim the "Right to the City." The "right to the city" has become a powerful framework for urban social movements and has increasingly shaped conversations in policymaking, law, and international organizations, including UN-Habitat. Yet its meaning remains contested. For…

Friday, July 24

  • 12:00 PM
    ECE Seminar: Ilan Goodman
    ECE Seminar: Ilan Goodman Zoom Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/96315563219?pwd=IOmlpeLs9NLRYJLTP5aEOoqcuurbRm.1&from=addon Meeting ID: 963 1556 3219 Passcode: 612775 Title: Frequency Estimation Abstract: Google Trends tracks the day’s rising searches, exchanges flag the most volatile stocks, retailers rank their best sellers, and security teams hunt for the accounts sending the most spam. Different products, one question underneath: in a stream…

Tuesday, July 28

  • 12:00 PM
    World Head & Neck Cancer Day Lunch & Learn (Hybrid)
    Please join us for a Lunch & Learn for World Head & Neck Cancer Day! A clinical perspective will be presented by Laurel Henderson, DDS, MS, as well as research and patient/survivor perspectives from Maria A. Kukuruzinska, PhD, and Thomas Healy, respectively. Lunch will be provided, and a virtual attendance option is available.

Wednesday, July 29

  • 11:00 AM
    [ISSO] Town Hall: New USDHS Rules For International Students & Scholars
    USDHS published new rules that will restrict academic program changes and set fixed expiration dates for international students and scholars by eliminating duration of status (D/S) effective September 15, 2026. Join the ISSO, Office of General Counsel, Federal Relations and a Boston-based immigration attorney for a virtual town hall to learn more. This session will…
  • 1:00 PM
    ECE Seminar: João Fernandes
    ECE Seminar: João Fernandes Zoom Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97857949765?pwd=eNvO4WJHhQyaZhNr7oNWrUKO8mxpAz.1&from=addon Meeting ID: 978 5794 9765 Passcode: 087712 Title: Designing with Responsibility: GRASP Patterns in Software Engineering Abstract: Every software system begins with a shared understanding of its problem domain: the key concepts, and how they relate. That understanding is rarely controversial. Yet the moment we move from understanding…
  • Public Health Conversation: The Future of Public Health Teaching
    This event is part of our SPH50 programming, in celebration of 50 years of public health research, education, and practice at BUSPH. For this program, we have invited a select group of innovative leaders in academic public health to reflect on the current state of public health teaching and envision how it could look over…

Thursday, July 30

  • 12:00 PM
    [ERC, GPS] genAI + Research
    Generative AI can be a powerful assistant to your research when used conscientiously and effectively. In this workshop, we’ll discuss practical ways to make the best use of AI without compromising academic integrity or your intellectual value. Hosted by the Educational Resource Center.

Friday, July 31

  • 11:00 AM
    MechE Seminar Series: Tapomoy Bhattacharjee
    Speaker: Dr. Tapomoy Bhattacharjee Title: Physical regulation of cellular growth by 3D confinement Abstract: The natural habitats of most microbes are complex 3D environments with spatiotemporally dynamic material properties which exerts a physical constraint on fundamental biological processes such as growth. However, our current knowledge of cellular biology largely derives from experiments performed using either…

Tuesday, August 18

  • 12:00 PM
    Info Session: Convergent Research Funding Opportunities
    The Office of Research is pleased to offer two funding opportunities designed to accelerate convergent research at Boston University. To introduce these opportunities, we will host two online Zoom information sessions. Each session will provide an overview of the convergent research seed and planning grant opportunities, including eligibility, submission timelines and requirements, the selection process,…
  • 1:00 PM
    [ISSO] Town Hall: New USDHS Rules For International Students & Scholars
    USDHS published new rules that will restrict academic program changes and set fixed expiration dates for international students and scholars by eliminating duration of status (D/S) effective September 15, 2026. Join the ISSO, Office of General Counsel, Federal Relations and a Boston-based immigration attorney for a virtual town hall to learn more. This session will…

Wednesday, August 19

Thursday, August 20

  • 4:00 PM
    [Scismic] Turning Research into IP
    The first of a series of events on how scientists/engineers can use their own research to unlock commercial opportunities for themselves. In a climate where funding and job opportunities feel harder to predict, this fireside chat with Dr. Andrew Mathis, Patent Associate at Wolf Greenfield, will explore the opportunities already sitting in your own work,…

Monday, August 24

  • 2:00 PM
    Preparing for the Fall: Developing AI Policies and Assessing Current Materials
    Join the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning for a two-hour session discussing strategies and techniques to address AI policies and examine teaching materials in preparation for the Fall 2026 semester. This event is open to all BU faculty members. Faculty are invited to join us the entire time or drop into sessions as…

Tuesday, August 25

  • 10:00 AM
    ECE Seminar: Seou Choi
    ECE Seminar: Seou Choi Title: Toward Self-Driving Optics Laboratories with Robotics Abstract: Robots now run synthesis in chemistry labs and assays in biology labs. Optics, though one of the most foundational experimental domains, has been left behind. In the lab, optical systems still depend almost entirely on manual assembly and alignment — largely because optical…

Tuesday, September 1

  • 1:00 PM
    Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Professor Emerita Liah Greenfeld
    Memorial Lecture and Community Remembrance. Zoom option available; registration required for both in-person and virtual attendance. Liah Greenfeld was one of the most original thinkers of our time. Best known for her work on nationalism, she has continually expanded the range of her scholarship—from minds to nations to civilizations—until she formalized her subject as The…

Wednesday, September 2

  • 2:00 PM
    In the Shadow of Survival: Autocrats, Democrats, and Two-Level Games in Asia
    As elsewhere, countries in Asia have experienced increasingly polarized domestic politics alongside growing geopolitical tensions. How do Asian states—authoritarian and democratic, large and small—respond to these two power plays simultaneously? Do these dynamics intensify security flashpoints in the region, or can they help mitigate them? Join us for answers to these questions and more as…

Thursday, September 3

  • 12:00 PM
    Info Session: Convergent Research Funding Opportunities
    The Office of Research is pleased to offer two funding opportunities designed to accelerate convergent research at Boston University. To introduce these opportunities, we will host two online Zoom information sessions. Each session will provide an overview of the convergent research seed and planning grant opportunities, including eligibility, submission timelines and requirements, the selection process,…
  • 12:30 PM
    Power Over Progress: How Politics Shape Development Finance in Africa
    Join us for a book talk featuring Keyi Tang, Asst. Professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, on development finance in Africa How does Chinese overseas development finance compare with World Bank and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) bilateral finance once money reaches the ground? The GDP Center is excited to host author…

Friday, September 4

  • 12:00 PM
    Annual Sue Kim Hanson Memorial Lecture: Sarah Gaffen, PhD (Hybrid)
    "At the Crossroads of IL-17 Signaling in Autoimmunity, Inflammation and Host Defense" Sarah Gaffen, PhD, Gerald P. Rodnan Professor, division of rheumatology and clinical immunology, director, basic rheumatology research, PMI graduate faculty, University of Pittsburgh
  • 3:00 PM
    CISE Seminar: Mengye Ren, New York University
    The Always-Learning Machine Today’s AI models acquire most of their knowledge through offline, Independent and Identically Distributed (IID) learning. In-context learning offers some capacity for online adaptation, but a crucial question remains: can models keep learning at deployment, or even learn from scratch, through continuous streams of experience? In this talk, Mengye will present several…

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