Boston University

Digital Learning

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University News

BU Names Jennifer Gunter King First Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

August 26, 2024

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University News

BU’s Metropolitan College Online Programs Continue to Climb in U.S. News Rankings

February 7, 2024

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University News

Six Tips for Getting the Most out of Blackboard Ally

September 21, 2023

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University News

BU Forms AI Task Force

September 8, 2023

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Diversity & Inclusion

This Student-Created CDS Workshop Examines Equality in the Technology Industry

June 30, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman, a tall white man in a blue collared shirt, teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

Photo: The Ribbon cutting to officially open the Center for Computing and Data Science Dec 8. From left are Associate Provost for Computing and Data Sciences Azer Bestavros, CAS dean Stan Sclaroff, Boston City Mayor Michelle Wu, President Robert A Brown, Board of Trustees chair Ahmass Fakahany (Questrom’79), Provost Jean Morisson, and Boston city councilor Kenzie Bok. They all stand with scissors in hand looking down as a cut blue ribbon floats to the ground.

University News

BU Unveils Dramatic, Fossil Fuel–Free Center for Computing & Data Sciences

December 8, 2022

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Cybersecurity

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach

October 11, 2022

Dawn Belkin Martinez (center), a School of Social Work clinical associate professor, with graduate students Noor Toraif (CAS’16, SSW’23) (left) and Greer Hamilton (SSW’24), who worked with her to create a free online course on structural racism. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Academics

School of Social Work Offers Free Online Course for Understanding Structural Racism

October 11, 2022

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Commencement

Online MBA, “Biggest Experiment” in Questrom’s History, Is a Success

May 2, 2022

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Data Science

Data Science Jobs Are Hot—and with a State-of-the-Art Building, New Faculty, and a New Major, BU Is Ready

November 19, 2021

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University News

BU School of Public Health to Offer Online Master’s Degree

November 16, 2021

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Giving

$8 Million Gift from Richard Shipley Will Expand Technology’s Role in Residential Education

November 1, 2021

Photo of Aaron Rasmussen (COM’06, CAS’06), with a spherical keyboard he made for himself because of a repetitive strain injury, at home in Washington State. He wears a gray suit jacket, glasses, in stands in the bushes which are illuminated by the lights of his keyboard.

Innovation

BU Alum Aaron Rasmussen: Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor, Perpetual Student

July 28, 2021

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Accolades

Two CAS Faculty Honored for Teaching

May 12, 2021

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University News

Digital Learning & Innovation Virtual Faculty Forum to Explore Innovations in Teaching and Technology at BU

May 10, 2021

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Student Life

LfA-ing from Taiwan

April 12, 2021

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Digital Learning

Questrom’s New Online MBA a Hit

April 6, 2021

Stephanie Joseph measures the elastic properties of Jello while her lab mate watches virtually during their Physics of Food lab at Boston University.

Academics

BU Students: Zoom vs In-Person Classes? It’s Complicated

November 9, 2020

Photo of room 302 at 730 Commonwealth Ave, circular tables with single chairs are in a row divided by white boards. This space is now reservable using a new student study app.

Student Life

Need to Find a Place to Study or Attend a Class Remotely While on Campus? It Just Got Easier

October 13, 2020

Need to Find a Place to Study or Attend a Class Remotely While on Campus? It Just Got Easier