The Week Ahead: March 20 to 26
WBUR’s CitySpace, the station’s newly built venue for public events and arts performances. Photo by Conor Doherty
The Week Ahead: March 20 to 26
Our new weekly feature delivers a curated list of what’s coming up around campus, Boston, the country, and the world, so you can plan ahead
BU Today’s new weekly feature The Week Ahead aims to help keep you informed of what’s coming up around campus, Boston, the country, and the world, with a curated list of interesting and notable happenings.
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Monday, March 20
Global Health Politics Workshop: War is Not a Metaphor: Police Power & Public Health in the Pandemic Era
A continuation of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future’s Global Health Politics Workshop, Adia Benton, an associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University, addresses the rapid increase of police power during the West African Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics. Her talk draws on ethnographic material to discuss marginalized communities’ experience during these times.
Global Health Politics Workshop: War is Not a Metaphor: Police Power & Public Health in the Pandemic Era, noon, 67 Bay State Rd. and online. Register here.
Tuesday, March 21
SPH’s Research with the Experts Webinar: Findings from Co-Researchers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Importance of Inclusion on Research Teams
In recognition of World Down Syndrome Day, and hosted by the School of Public Health, through presentations and panel discussions, attendees will learn about co-research—a practice where the co-contributor is involved in everything from forming the research questions to data collection to analysis. Inclusion of people with and without disabilities on research teams fosters equitable collaboration.
SPH’s Research with the Experts Webinar: Findings from Co-Researchers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Importance of Inclusion on Research Teams, noon, online. Register here.
Wednesday, March 22
Student Health Services Immunization Clinics
These clinics are for students needing required MMR, tetanus, meningitis, hepatitis B, varicella, and optional flu and HPV vaccines.
Immunization clinics, March 22 to 24, 9 am to 3pm, FitRec. Learn more here.
Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Storytelling Through Animation
What steps are people and organizations taking to break the barriers to have more inclusive storytelling in animation? Panelists including Pilar Flynn (COM’97), coexecutive producer and showrunner of Disney/Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and Jennifer Yuh Nelson, first female Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature Film and supervising director of the Netflix anthology Love, Death & Robots, will discuss that question and more.
Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Storytelling Through Animation, 3 pm, online. Register here.
Thursday, March 23
SSW: Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice
Boston University’s School of Social Work presents its emerging scholars: Darien Alexander Williams, a PhD candidate at MIT, OreOluwa Badaki, a PhD candidate at UPenn, and Shanondora Billiot, an assistant professor of social work at Arizona State University. The three will discuss social work in relation to climate and environmental justice.
SSW: Social Work, Climate & Environmental Justice, 11:30 am, George Sherman Union Terrace Lounge and Zoom. Register here.
Friday, March 24
Boston University Virtual Career Fair
Open to all BU students and majors, this virtual career fair will be held via Handshake. One-on-one and group employer sessions will be available for advance sign-up.
Boston University Virtual Career Fair, 10:30 am, online. Register on Handshake.
Saturday, March 25
Going Down
The BU School of Theatre Senior Theatre Arts Major Productions, nicknamed STAMP, will perform its new sketch comedy show featuring digital shorts and musical guests.
Going Down, 10 pm, CFA 354, David Copeland Blackbox Theatre, 855 Commonwealth Ave. More information here.
Sunday, March 26
The Best Strangers in the World: All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro discusses his new memoir
NPR journalist and host of All Things Considered, Ari Shapiro, will speak about his memoir detailing his broadcast career, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening. General admission attendees will receive a signed copy of Shapiro’s book.
The Best Strangers in the World: All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro discusses his new memoir, 4 pm, WBUR CitySpace. Register here.
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