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GBH News: Have an old or forgotten credit card bill? You might end up carless.

in Civic Tech, Equity, In the News, Justice Media Co-Lab

Read about how the recent rise in debt collection has caused major issues for many, and the work being done to fix the system.

Tagged: CDS, civic tech, equity, Justice Media co-Lab

Inside Higher Ed: The Uncertain Future of Private Research Universities

in Impact, In the News, Research

Dr. Brown writes that the growing share of research costs covered by institutions risks making the private research university business model unsustainable. Read more about his thoughts in this article.

Tagged: Boston University, CDS, Robert Brown

Graduates “Be a Force for All that is Good”

in CDS News, Events, Graduation

Commencement ceremony highlights the CDS Class of 2024’s history-making accomplishments at BU.

Tagged: 2024, Bella Davies, Bestavros, Brahm Rhodes, CDS, Commencement, Convocation, Graduation, Maureen McCarthy, Tanima Chatterjee, Thomas Gardos, Tom Tullius, Wesley Wildman

2024 Faculty & Staff Awards

in Awards, CDS News

Read about the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at BU annual community appreciation and award ceremony, May 2024.

Tagged: Awards, BU Spark!, CDS, center for computing & data sciences, faculty & staff, Maureen McCarthy

CDS Students Launch Co-ed Technology Fraternity

in Impact, Profiles, Student Spotlight

Read about the co-ed fraternity launched by BU data science students.

Tagged: CDS, co-ed fraternity, data science, Kappa Theta Pi, Maureen McCarthy, Paul Lee, Toni Fitzgerald, Tye Robison

Fall 2024 Course Spotlight

in Announcement, Profiles

Learn about some of the upcoming computing and data sciences courses, the faculty leading the charge, and discover the inspiration behind each of these courses.

Tagged: bioinformatics, Brian Cleary, Paweł Paweł Przytycki

CDS Spring Fling Reflections & Inspirations from Emma Steel

in Events, POV, Student Events, Student Spotlight, Views & Voices

Read about the CDS Student Government’s first annual Spring Fling in April 2024.

Tagged: CDS, CDS Student Government

CDS Faculty Fellow Ana Fiszbein Receives $1.3M CAREER Grant From NSF

in Announcement

Read about CDS Faculty Fellow Ana Fiszbein and the $1.3 Million CAREER grant she received from the National Science Foundation.

Tagged: Ana Fisbein, CDS, Faculty Fellow, Faculty Fellows

Student Voices: Harnessing Data Science for Urban Policy-making

in Civic Tech, Equity, Events, Student Events, Sustainability, Views & Voices

With the success of the recent Exploring Data & Cities panel event, read student moderator Vijay Fisch’s perspective on the panel’s impact and its important context.

Tagged: civic tech, equity, Sustainability

CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’24

in CDS News, Impact, Q&A, Student Spotlight

Hear from the students of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences as they share what CDS means to them and how they would sum up CDS in just one word.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, civic tech, data science, data sciences, undergraduate

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