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Job Hunting? Dos and Don’ts for Negotiating Salary
Five tips to help women negotiate a fair wage and close the gender pay gap
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog to Reflect on His Career Tonight
Talk with CAS professor about memorable stories and legendary films, followed by Q&A
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BU Students: Learning on the Ground in Puerto Rico
Lessons on the staggering disconnect between what is needed, what is available
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BU Today Seeks Summer, Fall Interns
Deadline for applying is April 5
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Operatic superstar Renée Fleming (standing, left) gave a master class to BU and New England Conservatory students, among them Opera Institute soprano Ashlee Lamar (CFA), at Jordan Hall March 12. NEC pianist Chelsea Whitaker accompanied the singers. The class was coordinated by Phyllis Hoffman (CFA’61,’67), a CFA professor of music. Photo by Andrew Hurlbut/NEC
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BU Undergrad Researchers Find Microplastic Pollution in Seagrasses
Two BU undergrads doing a marine semester in Belize made a startling discovery in 2017: microplastics residing inside the lowest rungs of the ocean’s herbivore food chain, the tiny plants nourishing sea-dwelling vegetarians like parrotfish. Their finding—“everybody is playing a role in plastic pollution whether they know it or not”—was published recently in an international journal for marine environmental scientists.
What’s Up BU?
Monday
- ISE 2019 Spring Symposium Series: Water, Energy, and the Utility of the Future5:00pm
- Every Man For Himself, And God Against All: Werner Herzog Lecture7:00pm
- Info Session: Resident Sustainability Leaders Program7:00pm
- Paint Night!7:00pm
- Movie Screening & Discussion: Intelligent Lives 7:30pm
- Time's Arrow Concert8:00pm
Tuesday
Don’t Miss
Wheelock Paint Night
Come to the BU Wheelock Student Government Community Committee's Paint Night. Paul Hastings, director of student services, will lead participants through the steps to create a painting of Boston (featuring the Citgo sign). Proceeds go towards the spring formal the Community Committee is planning. Admission: $20
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Athletics Headlines
- BU Athletics to Name Community Service Award in Honor of Paul Lewis ’85 March 14, 2019
- Boston University Athletics Seeking to Build Upon Record-Breaking Giving Day March 6, 2019
- BU Athletics Achieves Fundraising Milestone as Part of $1.5B Campaign March 1, 2019
- Weekend Parking Advisory February 27, 2019
- Weekend Parking Advisory February 21, 2019
- Boston University Athletics Hosts City of Boston Day February 20, 2019
Series Spotlight
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Video: Athletes in Motion: Javelin Throw
Devon Latrell on the importance of staying loose
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Video: Athletes in Motion: Triple Jump
David Oluwadara on deciding when to come down
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Video: Athletes in Motion: Swimming
Nikki Bookwalter on thinking about going fast
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