Boston University

Data Sciences

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Academics

BU Launches Data Science as an Undergraduate Major

June 29, 2021

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Construction

Erector Crew Error Blamed for Beam Accident at Center for Computing & Data Sciences Construction Site

June 1, 2021

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Soil Microbiome

Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live

May 7, 2021

Innovation

At BU Spark! Demo Day, Basketball Recruiting Software for International Athletes Wins Judges Choice

May 5, 2021

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Computational Science

BU and Red Hat Extend, Expand Partnership for Cloud Research

April 27, 2021

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Mental Health

Majority of US Faculty Members Help Students Deal with Mental Health Issues—but Few Are Trained for It

April 15, 2021

Deaf Studies

World’s Largest American Sign Language Database Makes ASL Even More Accessible

March 22, 2021

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Science Leadership

From the Broad Institute to the White House: Eric Lander Makes Science Exciting

March 2, 2021

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COVID CONTROL

BU Publishes Public Health Data from Its Fall 2020 COVID Surveillance Efforts

February 26, 2021

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Mental Health

Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness Are Peaking in College Students

February 17, 2021

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Research Accolades

Two BU Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships

February 16, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence

Can an Ancient African Philosophy Save Us from AI Bias?

February 11, 2021

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University News

Update on BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences

February 3, 2021

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Trump Banned

Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside

January 8, 2021

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Center for Antiracist Research

Ibram Kendi, Azer Bestavros Team Up to Launch Racial Data Lab

December 15, 2020

Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences, standing with his arms crossed in a gray sweater and looking off into the middle distance as he leans on a fence near the site of the future data sciences building.

Academics

Computing & Data Sciences Now Accepting Applications for Its New PhD Program

December 4, 2020

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Talking to Kids about Race

If Babies and Toddlers Can Detect Race, Why Do So Many Parents Avoid Talking about It?

November 9, 2020

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COVID-19 & Low Blood O2

Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia

October 8, 2020

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Star Formation

Gazing into Magnetized Interstellar Clouds to Understand How Stars Are Born

September 1, 2020

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WeChat & TikTok Bans

If TikTok and WeChat Bans Go into Effect, Will It Be a Crime to Use the Apps in the United States?

August 24, 2020

If TikTok and WeChat Bans Go into Effect, Will It Be a Crime to Use the Apps in the United States?