{"id":6296,"date":"2023-08-01T10:51:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/?page_id=6296"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:49:57","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/about\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/spark\/files\/2023\/08\/logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6703 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2023\/08\/logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2023\/08\/logo-189x189.png 189w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2023\/08\/logo-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/files\/2023\/08\/logo.png 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a99e;\">Igniting Student Impact<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>BU Spark! is an innovation and experiential learning lab for computing, data science, and engineering projects housed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.edu\/cds\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Boston University Faculty for Computing &amp; Data Sciences<\/span><\/a>. Spark! supports student innovation and engagement in applied research and real-world projects while fostering an inclusive and interdisciplinary community.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.edu\/spark\/programs\" class=\"button\">Learn more about our programs<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a99e;\">What our students say<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container student-quotes autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-8077\" data-slideshow-name=\"student-quotes\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-fade\" id=\"bu-slideshow-8077\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-8077_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/spark\/files\/2025\/08\/NAOMI.jpg-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-8077_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/spark\/files\/2025\/08\/shateva.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-8077_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/spark\/files\/2025\/08\/juan.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-8077\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Igniting Student Impact BU Spark! is an innovation and experiential learning lab for computing, data science, and engineering projects housed at the Boston University Faculty for Computing &amp; Data Sciences. Spark! supports student innovation and engagement in applied research and real-world projects while fostering an inclusive and interdisciplinary community. &nbsp; What our students say<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21966,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6296"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8087,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6296\/revisions\/8087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}