Institute News
Hariri Faculty Emily Ryan and Yves Atchadé are named Duan Family Faculty Fellows
Hariri Institute faculty affiliates Yves Atchadé and Emily Ryan have been honored by Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Read more

Michelle Amazeen’s New Book Unpacks Media and Climate Disinformation
A new book authored by Michelle Amazeen, Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Mass Communication, arrives next week, Read more

Advances in Synthetic Data Generation for Public Health Research
By Maeve Smillie Graduate Student Fellow Spotlight: Sarah Milligan (SPH) The Hariri Institute welcomes Sarah Milligan as part of the Read more

John Byers Appointed Executive Director of AIDA
John Byers, Professor of Computer Science (CAS) and Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate, was appointed the Executive Director of Boston University’s Read more

City Trees Have Their Own Microbiomes—and Urban Living Is Changing Them
Urban trees play a vital role in maintaining the health of cities and their residents by cooling neighborhoods, filtering air Read more

EVAL Launches to Bridge the Gap Between AI EdTech Tools and Scientific Evidence
The Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative invites EdTech companies to enter their competition for independent validation. By Maria Read more

Interpreting Genomic Data Through Computation
By Maeve Smillie Junior Faculty Spotlight: Pawel Przytycki As a 2025 Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing, Read more

From Classroom to Creation: How RASTIC Fuels Student Innovation in Robotics
By Mia Knežević, CISE Staff The Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC) at Boston University has rapidly Read more

BU Ignition Award Winners Aim for Real-World Impact
Annual honors support innovative Boston University research projects preparing to leap from lab to commercialization Boston University’s Ignition Awards, administered Read more

Ajay Joshi Wins NSF Award to Build Light-Powered Chips for Next-Gen AI
by Brendan Galvin, CISE Staff Artificial intelligence now powers countless everyday tools—from chatbots to image generators—but running these systems consumes Read more