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This calendar is a round-up of events related to research from around BU. Browse all upcoming events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
All Topics (June 10 through August 1)
Monday, June 10
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Workshop: Rethinking the Media-Gentrification NexusWhere: Zoom (Virtual) When: June 10 and July 2, 2024 | 9:00 am–4:30 pm US-EDT / 2:00 pm-9:30 pm UK-BST First day of workshop; learn more through the provided link.
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to OpenMP (Hands-on)Many programs can be sped up by using additional CPU cores. To do this the execution needs to be parallelized and distributed across multiple cores. OpenMP provides a relatively straightforward way to do this for single machines (desktop/laptop) or a single computational node on a cluster. By adding directives within the code to modify the…
Wednesday, June 12
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Career Development Learning CommunityJoin your fellow PhD students for a four-week learning community aimed to support your work in the PhD Progression Career Development Pathways. The Career Development Pathway will help you to work through the essential steps in developing your awareness about the resources available to you and the steps to take to find the right career…
Friday, June 14
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Python with Dask (Hands-on)Dask is an open source Python library for parallel computing. This helps to scale Python code to large scale problems, including ones where the quantity of data is much greater than the amount of computer memory on hand. It provides a convenient way to adapt existing programs based around libraries such as Pandas and Numpy…
Monday, June 17
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
Tuesday, June 18
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Python Optimization (Hands‐on)This tutorial is for those with intermediate Python experience who are interested in optimizing their code to maximize performance. The topics covered are profiling and timing Python code, selecting data structures, avoiding common pitfalls, using external libraries, and tuning Python code.
Wednesday, June 19
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Career Development Learning CommunityJoin your fellow PhD students for a four-week learning community aimed to support your work in the PhD Progression Career Development Pathways. The Career Development Pathway will help you to work through the essential steps in developing your awareness about the resources available to you and the steps to take to find the right career…
Monday, June 24
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
Tuesday, June 25
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Bretton Woods Revisited: A Monetary and Financial Order for the 21st CenturyJuly 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Agreement, a pivotal moment in history that established the global financial and monetary order post-World War II, leading to the creation of institutions like the IMF and World Bank. While some elements have changed over the decades, the core structure remains largely intact. However, in…
Wednesday, June 26
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Career Development Learning CommunityJoin your fellow PhD students for a four-week learning community aimed to support your work in the PhD Progression Career Development Pathways. The Career Development Pathway will help you to work through the essential steps in developing your awareness about the resources available to you and the steps to take to find the right career…
Monday, July 1
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
Tuesday, July 2
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Workshop: Rethinking the Media-Gentrification NexusWhere: Zoom (Virtual) When: June 10 and July 2, 2024 | 9:00 am–4:30 pm US-EDT / 2:00 pm-9:30 pm UK-BST Second day of workshop; learn more through the provided link.
Monday, July 8
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
Monday, July 15
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Dissertation Writing GroupAre you looking for structured writing time and a community of like-minded peers where you can make significant progress on your prospectus, dissertation, or other related writing projects? The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) offers both! The beginning of each three-hour session will be devoted to setting achievable writing goals and sharing them with a small…
Monday, July 22
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Dissertation Writing InstituteA special program for new dissertation writers, our four-day institute will equip you with essential strategies to succeed in the dissertation writing process. Each day, you will attend skill building and professional development workshops facilitated by Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs staff. Workshop topics will include dissertation planning and goal setting for the academic semester.…
Tuesday, July 23
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Dissertation Writing InstituteA special program for new dissertation writers, our four-day institute will equip you with essential strategies to succeed in the dissertation writing process. Each day, you will attend skill building and professional development workshops facilitated by Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs staff. Workshop topics will include dissertation planning and goal setting for the academic semester.…
Wednesday, July 24
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Dissertation Writing InstituteA special program for new dissertation writers, our four-day institute will equip you with essential strategies to succeed in the dissertation writing process. Each day, you will attend skill building and professional development workshops facilitated by Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs staff. Workshop topics will include dissertation planning and goal setting for the academic semester.…
Thursday, July 25
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Dissertation Writing InstituteA special program for new dissertation writers, our four-day institute will equip you with essential strategies to succeed in the dissertation writing process. Each day, you will attend skill building and professional development workshops facilitated by Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs staff. Workshop topics will include dissertation planning and goal setting for the academic semester.…
Friday, July 26
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World Head & Neck Cancer Day: Lunch & Learn (Hybrid)Join us for World Head & Neck Cancer Day! Lunch will be provided for those who attend in-person. Clinical Perspective: Marcus Couey, DDS, MD, Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Goldman School of Dental Medicine Research Perspective: Xaralabos (Bob) Varelas, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Patient/Survivor Perspective:…
Monday, July 29
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
Tuesday, July 30
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Are We Out of the (Bretton) Woods Yet? The International Financial Architecture 80 Years OnJuly 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Agreement that established the post-World War II multilateral economic order. The agreement, reached at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944, led to the establishment of the Bretton Woods institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and precursors to the World Bank…
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
Wednesday, July 31
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
Thursday, August 1
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.