Category: Learning
LAW’s Julie Dahlstrom Wins 2026 Metcalf Cup and Prize
Julie Dahlstrom won the 2026 Metcalf Cup and Prize, Boston University’s highest teaching honor. Dahlstrom is associate dean of experiential education, clinical professor of law, and director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program at the School of Law. Her work takes law students out of the classroom to fight for the victims of human trafficking, including in the courts and the legislature.
New Double Terrier Scholarship Helps BU Grads Save on a Master’s Degree
Designed to retain top talent and celebrate BU alumni, the Double Terrier Scholarship will be offered to all past and future BU bachelor’s degree holders who enroll in an eligible University master’s program beginning in summer 2026. Graduating seniors and alumni holding BU bachelor’s degrees are able to receive a guaranteed 25 percent award toward eligible master’s programs at the University. The Double Terrier Scholarship is automatically awarded upon admission—no separate application is required.
Boston University Ranks 41st in Time’s Inaugural Ranking of World’s Top Universities
Time—in partnership with consumer data company Statista R—ranked Boston University 41st in its list of the World’s Top Universities of 2026, the publication’s first such ranking. BU’s global footprint, measured by both its economic impact and its community of international students and scholars, drove the impressive showing in Time’s compilation of the 100 top universities.
Boston University Makes LinkedIn’s First “Top Colleges” List for Student Career Success Prep
The professional networking social media platform LinkedIn launched its inaugural list of the Top Colleges in the US. In the compilation of the 50 undergraduate institutions that best prepare students for successful careers, Boston University is 43rd. Among the top fields with BU alumni, the rankings identified technology and internet companies, higher education, and advertising.
BU Rises in New Rankings of World Universities, Cited as a Digital Leader in Higher Education
French rating company Emerging put Boston University in the top tier of schools for digital education and graduate employability. Emerging’s rankings, Digital Leaders in Higher Education 2025, gives BU high grades in several categories: 9th out of 150 schools for Data Science, AI & Business Analytics; 11th out of 200 schools in Digital Talent Development; 12th out of 150 schools for Computer Science; 21st out of 150 schools in Digital Entrepreneurship; and 21st out of 150 schools for Digital Transformation Management.
BU Data Platform Will Help Massachusetts Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts selected Boston University to develop a data platform that will underpin new wage equity legislation in hopes of closing the Massachusetts wage gap. To help in the creation of aggregate wage reports, a group of researchers within the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences has developed an encrypted program that anonymizes demographic and salary information as well as enables anyone to query the database to see high-level trends.
BU Ramps Up Strategy on AI
Boston University is creating the Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator for Academic and Administrative Excellence, an initiative designed to coalesce the long-standing and widespread investment in AI at BU. Informed by the findings of two interdisciplinary task forces that investigated the matter, the initiative will foster collaboration across BU. Faculty and staff can share best practices, coordinating the University’s adaptation of AI as a tool to make BU more innovative, efficient, and creative.
After Five Years of Planning, Pardee’s New Home Will Unite Global Studies School
Boston University is building a new home for the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at 250 Bay State Road. Plans for the 12-story, 186-foot-tall building indicate that it will be the largest-mass timber tower on the East Coast.
BU Helps Massachusetts Expand Access to AI Computing
Boston University will play a major role in the AI Hub, a Massachusetts entity that will drive collaboration in cutting-edge artificial intelligence among state government, academia, and business. The Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC)—a 12-year-old supercomputing facility that opened with funding from BU and others—will provide “leading-edge, AI computing infrastructure in support of the AI Hub.”
Boston University Climbs to #41 in U.S. News Rankings
Boston University climbed two places in U.S. News & World Report‘s annual Best College Rankings of national universities. BU tied with Ohio State and Rutgers, among a field of 434 national universities offering a full range of undergraduate majors, master’s, and doctoral degrees, according to U.S. News methodology.
