You’re Invited: Diversifying STEM

BU IN DC
You’re Invited: Diversifying STEM

Learn how a hackathon for young women is changing the future of technology at a November 12th Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by Boston University, the Women’s High-Tech Coalition, and Bloomberg Government.  RSVP today

 

COMMUNITY RESOURCE
Combating Human Trafficking — With an App

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced her office will use technology developed by BU students to identify and help victims of forced labor.  See the RESULT

 

FACULTY EXPERT
Artificial Intelligence Needs a Heart

BU Professor Azer Bestavros explains that computer scientists need to broaden their studies to understand the role of ethics, fairness, and safety in technology.  Learn why

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

Jessica Stern of the BU Pardee School of Global Studies warns the jihadi movement will continue after the death of ISIS leadership in The New York Times... BU Questrom School of Business Dean Susan Fournier outlines five ways to close the gender wage gap in Authority MagazineVictor Coelho of the BU College of Fine Arts talks about the role of the Rolling Stones in music history with WBUR… BU professors explain what exactly quid pro quo means anyway… BU Law Professor Danielle Citron discusses the danger of revenge porn in New York magazine.