As the Spring 2025 semester wrapped up, Spark! students proved once again that their learning doesn’t end in the classroom—it accelerates into impact. This past Friday, the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences buzzed with energy as students, faculty, staff, and Spark! partners gathered for Demo Day—a staple of the Spring 2025 Experiential Learning […]
CivicHacks 2025 brought together 192 students from diverse backgrounds for a high-energy, impact-driven hackathon at the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences. With stunning views of Boston from the 17th floor, students spent two days collaborating on technology-driven solutions to real-world challenges. Guided by mentors, industry experts, and fellow hackers, participants turned ideas […]
Last week’s Civic Tech Hackathon proved that we’re in good hands when it comes to the next generation of students influencing the future of technology. On February 22-23, 2025, Boston University’s Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences transformed into a hub of innovation for the 2025 Civic Tech Hackathon. In record turnout for the […]
For Spark! students, the end of the semester doesn’t signal an end to their work. It is merely the beginning, as they demonstrated during Demo Day Fall 2024. In bi-annual Spark! fashion, BU students, faculty, staff, and Spark! partners alike filled Floors 1 & 2 of the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences this […]
Boston University students create solutions for voter access, financial inclusion, and mental health Boston University’s innovation hub, BU Spark!, kicked off the academic year by hosting their annual Welcome Back Mini Hack on October 5, 2024. Designed as a gateway into tech for underclassmen, this hackathon introduces new students to the world of coding, collaboration, […]
While campus life promises to come to a stall in the upcoming weeks, Demo Day Spring 2024 proved that Spark! students are always innovating, no matter the season. BU students, faculty, staff, and Spark! partners alike filled Floors 1 & 2 of the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences this past Thursday to celebrate […]
Students from across the country participated in a two-day hackathon, spearheaded by Tech for Change, to solve society’s most pressing challenges. From data breaches to nationwide outages, technology is constantly battling against alarming complications. But there’s a new generation of students who believe technology should be used to foster a better and more equal society. […]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years at Demo Day, it’s that innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. That would explain why students, faculty, staff, and Spark! partners alike gathered between Floors 1 & 2 of the BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences to bear witness to Fall 2023 Demo Day. Demo Day […]
By now, it’s essentially a fact that Spark! students continuously show up and show out, and Fall Demo Day 2022 was no different. In record fashion, almost 220 people came together in the Questrom School of Business Auditorium in person and virtually to witness what’s been a semester’s worth of innovation for students in the […]
It wouldn’t be a proper opening of the most environmentally sustainable building that Boston University has ever seen if it wasn’t in a climactic fashion. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stood alongside BU President, Robert A. Brown, distinguished members of CDS faculty, City Counselor Kenzie Bok, and Dean of Arts & Sciences, Stan Stan Sclaroff, for the […]