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JFF Dillon Brout Receives Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize
Recognized for advances in cosmic microwave background and supernovae cosmology Dillon Brout, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Boston University and... More
From Pilot to Platform: BU’s SAIL Wins Sloan Grant to Scale AI Access Initiative
Open-source framework to make generative AI more reproducible, secure, and accessible across higher education By Maureen Stanton Boston University’s Software & Application... More
Boston University’s Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows
Prestigious Honor Recognizes the Most Accomplished Researchers in Medical and Biological Engineering By Maureen Stanton The American Institute for Medical and Biological... More
Sharing open-source use of PandemIQ Llama LLM code
By Cassandra Kennedy (BEACON) The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) announced public availability of PandemIQ Llama, an open-source, domain-trained large language... More
Four New Faculty Affiliates Welcomed to the Hariri Institute
The Hariri Institute is pleased to welcome an exceptional group of new faculty affiliates to our community: Questrom School of... More
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos on the Future of Scientific AI
By Brendan Galvin, CISE Staff High above the ground, a sudden jolt of turbulence can unsettle even the calmest airline passenger. More
What Will the Climate Look Like in 10 Years?
Elizabeth Barnes Explores how Data-driven Models can Improve Forecasts from Days to Decades By Molly Glass, The Brink Predicting climate is incredibly... More
BU’s EVAL Collaborative Names Amira Learning Winner of Inaugural EVAL EdTech Evaluation Challenge
Source: Hariri Institute for Computing Advancing Evidence-Based Literacy Reform in Massachusetts As Massachusetts considers landmark literacy legislation requiring schools to adopt evidence-based... More
Hariri Institute Welcomes New Faculty Affiliates
The Hariri Institute for Computing is pleased to welcome four new faculty affiliates: Nikolaos Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, More
Boston University Faculty Brian DePasquale Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow
Prestigious award recognizes the most promising early-career researchers in their fields By Maureen Stanton Theoretical neuroscientist Brian DePasquale has been named a... More