Bioinformatics Graduate Program at Boston University

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground is hosting the following event, "Regenerating from Racism and Ethnocentrism: a Boston University Student-Faculty Forum."

When: Thursday, December 3 from 6:30 – 8 pm EST.

Register for Zoom Webinar: https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aplQsmRqRqWapFoFPRel7Q

After a year filled with pain, hardship and suffering due to the pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, the final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 will look to regeneration. Specifically, how to bring health, repair, recovery, growth, and new life to where there was once damage, disease, and destruction.


Featuring:

Katherine Kennedy, Director of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground

Harvey Young, Dean of the College of Fine Arts

Timothy Longman, Director ad interim, of the African Studies Center; Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs; Professor of International Relations and Political Science

Moderated by Virginia Sapiro: Professor, Department of Political Science; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, and Dean Emerita of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Photo credit: Tony Webster on Wikipedia Commons. Creative Commons.

The CMD-IT Center For Minorities And People With Disabilities In IT is hosting a panel discussion, "Standing Against Racial Injustices: Sharing Our Stories."

Join us August 7th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm CT for a panel discussion examining racial injustice from the perspective of Black professionals in computing. Our panelists will provide their stories of overcoming racial injustices to get to where they are today. They will also share advice and insights about systemic changes needed for equity and inclusion.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Jamika D. Burge is a lead for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design team that supports the conversational agent, Eno, at scale, at Capital One. She is also co-founder of blackcomputerHER.org.

Dr. Nicki Washington is a professor of the practice of computer science at Duke University and the author of Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech.

Dr. Joel W. Branch is Chief of Product at Lucd, Inc., where he leads development of platforms for end-to-end governance, explainability, and trust in building and deploying AI solutions in the enterprise.

Dr. Bryant W. York was an associate professor of computer science at Boston University (1986 – 1991) and Northeastern University (1991 – 2001), and professor of computer science at Portland State University (2001 – 2019).

Register now!:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/standing-against-racial-injustices-sharing-our-stories-tickets-115102719332

Standing Against Racial Injustices: Sharing Our Stories Standing Against Racial Injustices: Sharing Our Stories

Yuqing Zhang Presented at the 2019 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics | bubioinfo PhD candidate Yuqing Zhang attended the 2019 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics from May 29 – June 1, 2019 in Bellevue, Washington. Where she presented h

Did you know that the BU Bioinformatics Program offers Merit Scholarships to Master's Students? These scholarships do not require a separate application, and are available to both international students and U.S. citizens. Make sure to submit your application for Fall 2019.

Apply Now for the BU's BEST Mentoring Circles Program! http://tinyurl.com/BUMentorCircle19

Please join us for Emily Speranza’s Thesis Defense, today, December 5th at 1:00 pm in Room L-504, 72 East Concord Street, BUMC

Circulating Immune Response to Ebola Virus Disease in Humans and Non-Human Primates

Major Professor: John Connor