Amplifying Latino voices is a year-round effort that doesn’t end with Hispanic Heritage Month, a sentiment that Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SPHE) President, Arturo Garcia Ovalles (ENG’23), is familiar with. SHPE is the nation’s largest association dedicated to fostering Hispanic leadership in the STEM field, and the Boston University chapter of the organization is no different. […]
Need some inspiration to carry you through the week, or better yet the entire semester? We got you covered. Our most recent Spark graduates left behind words of wisdom for those still building their legacy at Spark!, and here’s what they had to say.
Over 200 people laid eyes on Spark! students at the conclusion of the Spring 2022 semester with one intention: to witness the debut of groundbreaking technology that the marketplace hasn’t seen. Attendees gathered in person and virtually in the George Sherman Union at Spark!’s most successful Demo Day to date. Throughout the semester, students in the […]
The absence of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry isn’t just a surface-level issue. The homogeneity in the field is a major reason that flaws exist within emerging technology. It’s hard to ignore the disparities that have become overwhelmingly obvious — just think about facial recognition’s algorithmic bias that harms communities of color. BU’s […]
For years, the call for women to join the tech field has largely remained just that: a call. Without the resources to implement a true sense of equality, the number of women claiming their spot within a field that has the highest projected job growth has continued to stall. “As a woman who is pursuing […]
Before a record-setting blizzard enveloped Boston on Saturday, BU students took over the Charles River campus for BU Bazaar. Innovate@BU sponsored the first-ever event of its kind, where student creativity and innovation was celebrated in the form of a campus-wide meetup and sale. Free clothes, art, jewelry, home goods, and more were up for grabs, […]
For what seemed like ages, virtual Demo Days were the norm. Innovation transcended through the computer screen, as teams proved that physical separation doesn’t blockade creativity. This time, innovation surged within four walls at the first in-person showcase after three Demo Days apart. With no technical difficulties in sight, Spark!’s end of semester event was […]
When the rose colored glasses are removed, the cost of college dissuades even the most promising students from attending. “It’s my personal goal to make college accessible for everybody,” Spark! alum Vipul Patel said. Patel is fulfilling that goal with his start-up, Tasseled. Tasseled allows for students to take lower cost college courses at thousands […]
Most people dream of seeing the culmination of their work in a published paper. Spark! alum and Google Software Engineer Jorge Nario (CAS’20) made that a reality with his recent work, “Capturing Covertly Toxic Speech via Crowdsourcing.” As one of the brains behind the Google team who authored the paper, Nario worked to address the issue of […]
For over a century, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has fought to ensure the end of race-based discrimination. Spark! students are now joining the NAACP in that ongoing fight by creating an app which media outlets can use to self-assess bias in their coverage. “The purpose of this application is […]