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From left to right: Michael Rosario, Kiloni Quiles-Franco, Luis Ramirez, Alicia Wooten and Chinaemere Igwebuike partake in the “What Does a Scientist Look Like?” panel Tuesday. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Graduate Medical Sciences prompt discussion about minority struggles in STEM field

Roshni Kotwani November 1, 2018
Kiloni Quiles-Franco, a doctorate student in the School of Medicine at Boston University, spoke on the difficulties minorities face in the STEM field at a panel discussion BU Graduate Medical Sciences held at the Photonics Center on Tuesday.
From left to right: Yuri Connigan, Judith Wechsler and Anna Winestein partake in a Q&A session after the screening of Wechsler’s film “Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination” Monday evening. LAUREN RICHARDS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Harvard professor, BU alum remembered for nostalgic work in film screening

Lauren Richards October 23, 2018
A voice on the speaker broke the silence in the auditorium as the film began to play. A flurry of photographs illuminated the screen alongside interviews that played for the next hour: the moving parts came together to illustrate the memory of Svetlana Boym.
Amanda J. G. Napior, doctoral candidate of religion and society at Boston University, speaks at the “BU Graduate Student Conference on Religion and Technology” Saturday. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Conference on Religion and Technology’ investigates two fields’ overlooked intersection

Victoria Bond October 4, 2018
People from as far as California and as near as Cambridge flocked to Boston University’s Photonics Center Saturday to explore the relationship between religion and technology. BU’s Graduate Program in Religion Student Association hosted the “Conference on Religion and Technology.”
Lin Tian, Ph.D, professor at UC Davis, speaks at the Biology, Neurophotonics and NRT Seminar at Boston University Monday. PHOTO BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Neurophotonics seminar shares cutting-edge technological discoveries, changes brain research

Minali Prasad September 13, 2018
On Monday, Lin Tian, Ph.D., professor at UC Davis, and Michael Bruchas, Ph.D., professor at Washington University, spoke at the “Watching the Brain in Action: Creating Tools for Functional Analysis of Neural Circuitry” seminar at the Boston University Photonics Center.
Nicole Jollimore, a Global Brigades volunteer engagement associate, speaks at a student leadership conference on Sunday. Global Brigades hosted the conference. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Global Brigades conference unifies chapter leaders, GB mission

Camille Mojica April 8, 2018
Global Brigades, a nonprofit dedicated to helping resolve global health and economic disparities, held its Northeast Regional Conference at Boston University’s Photonics Center on Sunday. In attendance were approximately 30 student leaders and members of various chapters at BU, Smith College, Harvard University and Northeastern University.
Author Zadie Smith speaks during a BU book club breakfast held at BU on Monday. Smith was on campus to talk about her novel “Swing Time.” PHOTO BY ALLEGRA PEELOR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Zadie Smith talks ‘Swing Time,’ creative process during book club breakfast

Lillian Ilsley-Greene March 28, 2018

Zadie Smith entered the room and took her seat, unnoticed. Tuesday morning, the Colloquium Room of Boston University’s Photonics Center filled slowly with students and professors. Attendees gathered...

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 10-12

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 10-12

Isabel Owens November 16, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Nov. 10-12. Hydrogen gas alarm triggered at Photonics Center The department of environmental health and...

Xin Zhang hosts BU Materials Day Workshop 2017 about “Integrating Metamaterials with Quantum Materials: A Design Paradigm for 21st Century Science & Technology” at the Photonics Center Sept. 29. PHOTO

BU Materials Day workshop sheds light on photonics research

Marcello Orlando October 5, 2017

Xin Zhang, a professor of electrical, computational and materials science engineering at Boston University, hosted the first BU Materials Day Workshop in the Photonics Center on Friday. Nine researchers...

Brooklyn artist Carson Fox speaks about her piece “Blue-Green Brainbow” at the Photonics Center Thursday afternoon. Boston University commissioned Fox to install her piece in the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Artist introduces commissioned work in CILSE

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

A drab white wall would have dominated the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, had the Blue-Green Brainbow, a 230-cubed-foot three-dimensional wall...

Students report campus-wide Wi-Fi outage

Students report campus-wide Wi-Fi outage

Alana Levene April 25, 2017

Several students reported Monday night that they experienced a Wi-Fi outage in parts of South, Central and West Campus. Atid Malka, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he posted in...

Boston University's School of Social Work hosts a panel to discuss the role of social work in reducing health inequities Thursday night at the Photonics Center. PHOTO BY BRIAN MCHALE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panelists discuss racial health inequities in Boston

Hannah Harn February 24, 2017

The Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health hosted a panel discussion on social work’s role in managing health inequities in Boston on Thursday in the Photonics Center....

Campus Crime Logs: Dec. 1 – 5

Campus Crime Logs: Dec. 1 – 5

Alana Levene December 8, 2016

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department Crime Logs from Dec. 1-5. Student receives fake check A male student reported on Friday at 3:56 p.m. that he had answered...

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