News & Events

SHBT Fall Retreat and Summer Talks

Organized by the rising G4s, the Fall Retreat (new in 2022; formerly the End-of-Summer Talks) provides the opportunity for all SHBT students to congregate in a setting outside Boston to present and discuss their research, attend workshops on the topic of their choice (careers, mental health, etc.), and participate in team building activities. This annual event is supported by the Office for Graduate Education and planned in coordination with the SHBT Program Administrator. Rising G2s and G3s present their ongoing rotation work to their peers and faculty (in person or virtually). Each presenter is given 10 minutes to speak, with 2–3 additional minutes for questions. All students are strongly encouraged to attend this retreat in person. A few selected faculty may be invited onsite as well.

Midwinter Research Forum 

This event features student research posters and a keynote address by a member of the SHBT faculty. The Forum provides an opportunity for SHBT students to get feedback on their research from faculty and classmates in a friendly, informal setting. Since the Forum is timed to occur during admissions interviews weekend, it also gives candidates for admission an overview of research activities within SHBT and serves as a recruitment tool. All SHBT students in Year 3 or later are expected to present a poster. Year 2 students are also encouraged to present, if interested. This is not meant to be onerous, so it is fine to reuse a poster you already presented at a conference or use a draft of a poster you are about to present elsewhere. See previous keynote speakers.

SHBT Distinguished Lecture Series 

A talk organized by a committee of G2s in which an invited speaker outside the SHBT faculty gives a lecture on a research topic related to Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology. The specific topic varies from year to year so as to cover the diverse research interests of faculty and students ranging across speech, hearing, voice, language, neuroscience and balance. The organizing committee chooses and invites the speaker in coordination with the program director. The talk usually lasts 1.5 hours. This is an opportunity for students to invite and interact with researchers they admire. As part of the event, we typically hold a student luncheon with the speaker, which gives students an opportunity to informally interact with the researchers who are pushing boundaries in the fields of speech and hearing sciences. See previous speakers.