Events 2011-2012
September 29
Lunch & Learn Lecture
“High Quality Connections at Work: What are they and how do we create and sustain them?”
Speaker: Kathy Kram, Professor of Organizational Behavior
Location: Colloquium Room in Photonics at 8 St. Mary’s Street
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time: 12 – 1 p.m.
October 14
2011 Newcomers Luncheon
“From Ouagadougou to Hanoi: The Evolution of a Career in International Public Health”
Speaker: Lisa Messersmith, Associate Professor of International Health
Hosted by: Dr. Beverly Brown
Location: Sloane House, 135 Ivy Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011
Time: 11:15 a.m – 1 p.m.
Cost: Free. By invitation only.
November 17
Lunch & Learn Lecture
“The Recipe Box: A Historian’s Treasure Chest”
Speaker: Barbara Rotger (MET’11, MLA in Gastronomy)
Location: Colloquium Room in Photonics at 8 St. Mary’s Street
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Time: 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
December 8
Winter Tea at the Metcalf Trustee Lounge
“Dickens, Christmas, and the Fragmented Self”
Speaker: Natalie McKnight, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Professor of Humanities, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Location: One Silber Way, 9th Floor
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
January 23
Lunch & Learn Lecture
“Stories to Tell: The Muses of Playwrights”
Speakers: A conversation between Lydia R. Diamond and Kate Snodgrass
Location: Playwright’s Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m
February 15
Lunch & Learn Lecture
“Fools, Cowards, and Connivers: Actor Training and the Tradition of Masks”
Speaker: Judith Chaffee, Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts
Location: Barrister’s Hall, LAW Building, 1st Floor
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m.
March 29
Lunch & Learn Lecture
“Fertility and Single Motherhood in Wild Orangutans: Reflections on Human Evolution”
Speaker: Cheryl Knott, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
Location: Colloquium Room in Photonics at 8 St. Mary’s Street
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m
April 19
BUWG at the Opera: Scholarship Fundraiser
“Dialogues of the Carmelites”
Presented by the College of Fine Arts
Location: Boston University Theatre (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston)
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 6 p.m. Reception; 7:30 p.m. Performance
May 9
Annual Business Meeting
Location: Kenmore Conference Room (1 Silber Way, 9th Floor)
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
May 22
Annual Luncheon
“Women and Leadership in Higher Education”
Speaker: Jean Morrison, Boston University Provost
Location: GSU Ballroom
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Time: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.