Events

Level up your skills. Find your community. Fuel your brain (and your stomach). That’s what BU Spark! events are all about. Stay up to date on all of our upcoming events, and sign up for one of our events!

Weekly Events

Cookie O’Clock

Wednesdays at 3 PM | Floor 2 of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences Come take a break, play some games, and grab a cookie!

Tech Talk

Wednesdays at 6:30 PM | Floor 2 of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences Spark! Ambassadors host different workshops weekly to help you build skills, connect with industry professionals, and connect with other computing and data science students!

Syntax & Snax

Thursdays at 4-7 PM | Floor 2 of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences
Work alongside your peers on personal projects with the help of Spark! technical mentors and experts in residence.

Special Events

DS+X Hackathon

October 25 at 9 AM – October 26 at 3 PM | Floor 2 of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences

Innovate across disciplines this October at BU: AI, art, wellness, bioinformatics, and beyond. Team up, build fast, and turn big ideas into reality in just one weekend at the DS+X Hackathon.

Demo Day

December 11 at 3-7 PM | Floor 1 and 2 of the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences

At the end of each semester, Spark! partners with the BU Cross-College Challenge (XCC) to host Demo Day as part of the Experiential Learning Expo. During Demo Day, you’ll have the opportunity to witness feats of innovation, visit project demo stations, and vote on your favorite project, as students reveal the projects they’ve spent a semester working on.