Hip to Hacking Square
ENG alums’ class project earns spot at Black Hat USA 2015 The Square Reader mobile point-of-sale device is the small white object plugged into the iPad Mini in this photo. Photo courtesy of Square Inc. The Square Reader, used by millions of businesses in the United States, could at one point be converted in less […]
BUSTI Program Aims a Spotlight Offstage
Summer Theatre Institute for high-schoolers adds design track The students in BUSTI’s design class use a basic model kit to create their own production designs. Photos by Cydney Scott. Lindsey Walko remembers back in the sixth grade, when she saved the day while playing one of the orphans in a production of Annie. “During the […]
New ENG Offerings in Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Robotics
Master’s students can now specialize in these fast-growing fields Amazon announced plans to deliver packages via drones; graduate students who specialize in ENG’s new robotics program could find themselves working for the commerce giant in the near future. Photo by Flickr contributor Arts Electronica Center. In an effort to train its graduate students in rapidly […]
Breaking Nicotine’s Hold
An undergraduate aims to help smokers quit for good By Andrew Thurston Bhavya Narala (CAS’15) is studying the effects of nicotine withdrawal on the brain and hopes to provide new insights on the stimulant’s impact. Photo by Dan Watkins. For America’s 42.1 million smokers, the best hopes of quitting—willpower, gum, prescribed drugs—don’t offer much hope at […]
Following in a Legendary Humanitarian’s Footsteps
Two BU students named Albert Schweitzer Fellows Amanda Alon (CAS’12, MED’14, SDM’18) (left) will encourage better dental care among low-income children in Lawrence with her Schweitzer Fellowship. Aline Souza (MED’16) will use her fellowship to improve the heart health of homeless Bostonians. Photos courtesy of BU School of Medicine. Two BU students will honor the […]
Volunteer for FYSOP, Do Good around the City
Incoming freshmen can move in early, work for a cause, learn about Boston Last year, FYSOP student volunteers worked at Dorchester’s Nightingale Community Garden. Photo by Jackie Riccardi. Kirsten Kuhn started her first year at BU feeling more prepared than most of her fellow freshmen. Before classes even began, she had visited the Franklin Park […]
MET’s Online Programs for Veterans Get Top Grades from U.S. News
Lauds criminal justice, computer information systems, business programs Overseas postings make MET’s online programs especially convenient for soldiers. Photo by Vernon Doucette. Three Metropolitan College online master’s programs for military veterans have just been crowned among the nation’s best in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. MET’s Criminal Justice program tied for second place with […]
Sights and Sounds from Commencement 2015
Highlights of Sunday’s ceremony About 25,000 people filed onto Nickerson Field on Sunday for Boston University’s 142nd Commencement and to celebrate the Class of 2015. Under partly sunny skies and seasonal temperatures, they listened as Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and talk show host Meredith Vieira (Hon.’15) delivered the main address, looked on as the University conferred […]
The Shark
BU Commencement speaker Vieira’s memorable lesson on dancing to your own tune Meredith Vieira and a surprise friend offered a lesson about nonconformance to BU graduates during the University’s 142nd Commencement Sunday. Photo by Chitose Suzuki. Early in her Commencement address Sunday, Meredith Vieira fretted that the graduates might forget her speech years from now. She […]
NAACP President Delivers Baccalaureate Address
“Let us march on until victory is won,” urged Cornell William Brooks (STH’87, Hon.’15) A Methodist minister as well as president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cornell William Brooks returned to his alma mater Sunday to deliver the 2015 Baccalaureate address in what he called a homecoming to […]