Events Calendar

Events are intended only for BU Faculty & Staff unless explicitly noted otherwise.

Please check back in August for our 2026-2027 events list.

All Topics (September 5 through November 20)

Wednesday, September 9

4:30 PM Faculty Welcome (Back) Reception: Hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and BU Diversity & Inclusion

Tuesday, September 15

1:00 PM Latino/a/x or What? Rethinking Language, Identity, and Inclusion

Thursday, September 17

2:00 PM Nikki Giovanni Opening Celebration

Saturday, September 19

2:00 PM Alumni Weekend Open House & Reception

Tuesday, September 22

6:30 PM WGS Queer Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Wednesday, September 23

10:30 AM BU Leadership & Belonging Series: A Conversation with Manuel Cuevas-Trisán, Senior Vice President for People, Belonging, and Culture

Friday, September 25

12:00 PM LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: Understanding Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Across Populations

Monday, September 28

5:00 PM Performance by S. Bear Bergman—The First Jew in Canada: A Trans Tale

Thursday, October 1

4:00 PM 5th Anniversary Celebration of the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff

Tuesday, October 6

12:00 PM Faculty & Staff Community Lunch: Hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and BU Diversity & Inclusion

Thursday, October 8

3:00 PM National Coming Out Celebration: Affirming Queer Joy

Wednesday, October 14

6:00 PM Latinx/LGBTQIA+ History Month Event, Featuring Isa Noyola

Friday, October 16

12:00 PM LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: Understanding Intersex: Lived Experiences, Bodily Autonomy

Tuesday, October 20

Wednesday, October 21

11:30 AM International Pronouns Day

Friday, October 23

12:00 PM Fall Researchers’ Roundtable

Tuesday, October 27

12:00 PM Celebrating QTBIPOC Communities and Affirming Queer Joy

Wednesday, October 28

6:00 PM Grrreasetime with BUCK

Thursday, October 29

12:00 PM Celebrating TGNC+ Communities and Affirming Queer Joy

Friday, November 6

12:00 PM Early Career Academics’ Roundtable

Tuesday, November 10

1:00 PM Decriminalizing Gender & Queering Political Economy Author Panel

Friday, November 13

12:00 PM LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: Black Church, Gay Church: Identity Prioritization and Church Preference Among Black Sexual Minorities

Tuesday, November 17

6:30 PM WGS Queer Book Club: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Friday, November 20

4:00 PM Transgender Day of Remembrance @ CRC