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BU COM Professor Wins Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Boston University College of Communication Professor Ayse Lokmanoglu won the prestigious fellowship this past week, becoming one of 24 in the 2026 cohort. What will Lokmanglu’s research focus on? As an emerging media studies professor in the College of Communication, Lokmanoglu’s work focuses on how we think about the internet, particularly images, in politically tense […]
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Why Business Leaders Need AI Fluency, Not Just AI Tools

Most managers can use AI. Very few can lead with it. That’s the gap that’s about to define the next decade of business careers — and it’s wider than most leaders realize. McKinsey’s 2025 Superagency in the Workplace report found that 92% of companies plan to increase AI spending in the next three years, yet […]
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Digital Communication Strategy: The Skills Modern Leaders Need

The job of a communications leader looked very different five years ago. The channels were the same — paid, earned, shared, owned — but the speed, the scale, and the tools weren’t. Today, generative AI is writing first drafts, predictive models are choosing audiences, and 23% of ads at the most recent Super Bowl involved […]
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