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Computational Science

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Cancer

BU Paves Way for MED Prof’s $10M Plus Partnership with Industry

April 3, 2017

Portrait of Ziba Cranmer who leads BU Spark! the new in-house incubator for student technology projects at the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

Hariri Institute

Trustee’s Gift Ignites Student Entrepreneurship

February 13, 2017

Azer Bestavros at podium, behind him Katie Conboy, Evelyn Murphy, Marty Walsh, and Eddie Ahmed

Politics

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code

January 27, 2017

Paul Cormier, Red Hat executive vice president and president of products and technologies is presented a gift by Boston University President Robert A. Brown commemorating the new partnership between BU and Red Hat

Data Science

BU and Red Hat Forge $5 Million Partnership

January 25, 2017

Laptop open with coding on the screen and a man's hand on the keyboard

Computer Science

Is Your Computer Sexist?

December 6, 2016

Cathie Jo Martin and ntern Ben Getchell sitting in a room at a meeting

Technology

SAIL: A Resource from Literature to Medicine

November 30, 2016

Elizabeth Grossman, Lauren Lockwood, Azer Bestavros, and Daniel Castro discuss smart cities at a panel discussion in Washington

Science & Technology

Thinking about Smart Cities

November 10, 2016

Siemens Healthineers 3 Tesla MRI scanner

Neuroscience

NSF Funds State-of-the-art MRI Scanner

September 30, 2016

David Baylies

Computational Science

Building a Better Electronic Trumpet

August 4, 2016

Roscoe Giles, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Engineering

Someday, You’ll Have Supercomputing in Your Hand

July 11, 2016

susan b. anthony dollar coin and john f. kennedy half-dollar coin

Computer Science

Calculating Gender Pay Equity

July 8, 2016

Boston University cybersecurity experts Joseph Calandrino, Joseph Lorenzeo Hall, and Sharon Goldberg

Faculty

Cybersecurity Experts Go to Washington

July 5, 2016

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

Professor Daniel Segrè and PhD candidate Allyson Byrd at the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative

Biology

BU Scientists Attend Launch of National Microbiome Initiative

May 17, 2016

Sharon Goldberg, Boston University associate professor of computer science and faculty fellow at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

Computer Science

Will Unlocking Apple’s iPhone Unlock a Pandora’s Box?

March 15, 2016

Paul Dalba

Engineering

BU’s Shared Computing Cluster: Results Hundreds of Times Faster

February 23, 2016

Rajita Menon, a doctoral candidate in physics, presented her work on microbial interactions in the human gut.

Data Science

Show Me the Data

February 17, 2016

Senior lecturer Dave Sullivan says changes in the Introduction to Computer Science course CS 111 have made it more appealing to students in general and women in particular. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

University News

Interest in Computer Science Surges

February 16, 2016

Theodore Moustakas, College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Photonics and Optoelectronics Emeritus

Faculty

BU Wins $13 Million in Patent Infringement Suit

December 7, 2015

Beaver holding log in water

Science & Technology

Beavers vs. Humans

December 1, 2015

Beavers vs. Humans