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    BU Research Underscores Impact of Groupon on Reputation

    September 12, 2011
    John Byers, Georgios Zervas, and their collaborator at Harvard University, Michael Mitzenmacher published a paperon arXiv.org last week, which showed statistically significant influence on reputation on Yelp for merchants who use Groupon deals: Yelp ratings go down by 10% and reviews from deal seekers are 20% more negative than average, but number of reviews surges significantly. The paper got […]
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    BU Researchers Use “Digital Twins” to Predict Language Recovery After Stroke

    June 29, 2026
    By Brendan Galvin For people recovering from a stroke, relearning how to communicate can be one of the biggest rehabilitation challenges.  For bilingual patients, the challenge is even greater. Which language should their speech therapy focus on? A recent study published in npj Digital Medicine explores how artificial intelligence-powered "digital twins" can help answer that […]
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    BU RISCS Researchers Win Two Grants from DARPA

    April 2, 2020
    Recently two research teams with researchers from BU, UC Berkeley, MIT, Microsoft Research, and Caltech were recognized with a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Award. Both projects are part of the DARPA SIEVE program whose mission is to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security. The first project, which is for $4M […]

  • BU Scientists Advance Efforts to Predict the Behavior of Bacterial Colonies

    September 10, 2025
    Using COMETS simulations, researchers showed how metabolism, nutrient use, and physical growth shape colony structure and genetic diversity By Maureen Stanton Microbes — tiny organisms invisible to the naked eye — rarely live in isolation. They form dynamic communities that shape ecosystems in our bodies, soils, oceans, and industries. Despite their microscopic size, these communities […]
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    BU Spark! Hosts LEGO Serious Play Meetup

    May 3, 2017
    Need a break studying for finals? Join BU Spark! as they host a Lego Serious Play Meetup at the Hariri Institute (date TBA). Lego Serious Play is a facilitation methodology to foster creative thinking through team building activities using lego bricks.
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    BU Spark! Opens Doors for Technology-Focused Student Entrepreneurs

    July 13, 2017
    Since the initiative’s launch in late 2016, BU Spark! Director Ziba Cranmer has worked diligently to gather insight from students and faculty, develop relationships with internal and external partners, and cultivate new opportunities to support student-driven innovation and entrepreneurship in computer science, computer engineering and related disciplines.
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    BU Spark! Sources Projects for CS506

    April 3, 2017
    Launched this January, BU Spark! is already contributing to the student experience at BU. As one its first projects, the new initiative worked to source real-world projects for CS 506 (Spring 2017 section) students to work on.
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    BU Team Wins Gold at Genetically Engineered Machines Competition

    December 12, 2012
      An undergraduate team from BU took first place in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Americas East competition, leading to a presentation at the World Championship last month across the river in Cambridge, MA. The iGEM Foundation focuses on advancing the field of synthetic biology. Team members Monique De Freitas (MET ’13) and Shawn Jin […]
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    BU Today Features BU Spark! Director Ziba Cranmer

    February 13, 2017
    BU Spark! is an initiative for student-centered entrepreneurship and innovation in computing led by Ziba Cranmer. As BU Spark! Director, "Cranmer’s tasks include Creating a supportive community for student innovators and developing programs and activities to serve their needs and raise the visibility of student entrepreneurship at BU." BU Today spoke with Cranmer to discuss her extensive leadership background in fostering innovation and her future goals for BU Spark!
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    BU Today Profiles BWWC Partnership with Institute

    January 27, 2017
    Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Women's Workforce Council (BWWC) released a first-of-its-kind gender wage gap report in early January, while at the same time announcing a new partnership that would move the BWWC to the Hariri Institute for Computing. BU Today covered the work of the BWWC and Hariri Institute in developing a secure, multi-party computation platform to analyze propriety payroll data from numerous Boston area companies: