Boston University

Computers

Collage: (from left to right) Photos of en Gardiner, Elizabeth Rosen, Serena Theobald, and Louie Belile. Ben Gardiner poses in front of dark grey backdrop with Apple laptop in hands. Elizabeth Rosen, a young white woman wearing glasses, a green blouse, white cardigan, and ripped jeans, stands with hands on hips and poses in front of a beige backdrop. Serena Theobald poses in front of dark grey backdrop. A young woman with long black hair and wearing a navy blue long-sleeved shirt and black pants, smiles and stands sideways to the camera with hands on hips. Louie Belile, a young Black mean wearing a white polo shirt and jeans, sits and poses with legs crossed in front of a grey backdrop.

Student Life

For These BU Students, Data Science Is Their Present and Their Future

December 5, 2022

Photo: a young Black girl sits in library, typing on laptop for her assignment. She has various books and notes open in front of her on the table as she looks to her screen in concentration.

Higher Education

POV: Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Writing at the University. Let’s Embrace It

December 5, 2022

Photo of an Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Metal sign reads "Uber" on a glass-paned building.

Cybersecurity

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

October 11, 2022

Congressman Stephen Lynch listens as Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discusses a bill they have introduced, called the ECASH Act at the School of LAW on October 4, 2022. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Cybersecurity

US Reps Stephen Lynch, Ayanna Pressley Tout ECASH Bill for Those Shut Out of Digital Transactions

October 4, 2022

Photo of Selina J. Manua. A young, South east Asian woman holds a laptop in front of her as she poses in front of the BU Data Sciences building.

Student Profile

Introducing the Class of 2026: Selina Manua

September 2, 2022

Photo the cast and crew, including artist in residence Paolo Scoppola, middle, of Exit the King running a tech rehearsal April 27 at CFA’s Studio One. A large golden throne is seen center stage; behind it, a wall that reads "EXIT THE KING" in blue and is splattered with red paint. At right, an actor, Declan Schliesmann (CFA’22), dressed as a king with red and gold robes sits and practices his lines, script in hand. Scoppola, in black pants, crimson shirt, and a face mask is seen at left.

Theater Technology

Exit the King, and Enter Random Actor

May 3, 2022

Stock photo of the Center of Boston University campus on a winter day. Snow dusts the campus on a cloudy day.

Accolades

BU and Red Hat Announce First Research Incubation Awards

January 25, 2022

Photo of an open Apple laptop with the Google search homepage displayed on the screen.

Higher Education

University Negotiates Discount for New Google Workspace Charges

January 24, 2022

Photos of Joie Liu (from left), Alvin Lu, and Gabriel Romualdo, wearing read shirts and smiling as they sit on the edge of a park bench. Trees are seen behind them.

computer science

Teaching Middle Schoolers How to Create the Next Minecraft

September 4, 2021

Photo of construction at the Data Science Center at 645-665 Commonwealth Avenue. You can see the skeleton of the building in steel beams, the concrete elevator shaft in the background, and a few construction workers on the ground.

University News

MassMutual Donates $1 Million to BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

August 24, 2021

Photo of a construction worker standing on the large steel beam scaffolding of the future Center for Computing & Data Sciences building. The sky behind them is light blue.

Academics

BU Launches Data Science as an Undergraduate Major

June 29, 2021

Accolades

Popular CAS Master Lecturer David Sullivan a 2021 Metcalf Award Winner

May 11, 2021

Screenshot of Paul Cormier, Red Hat president and CEO, left, and BU President Robert A. Brown discussing the potential rewards of the extended partnership in a Zoom meeting. Both men smile and look towards the camera.

Computational Science

BU and Red Hat Extend, Expand Partnership for Cloud Research

April 27, 2021

A photo of the Museum of Science in Boston

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 22 to 25

April 22, 2021

Andrew Sellars, director of the School of Law’s Technology Law Clinic, seen in a file photo meeting with students (from left) and Luke Sutherland (LAW’19), Courtney Merrill (LAW’19), and former senior program coordinator Jess Martinez.

Law

BU and MIT Renew Partnership on Technology Law

July 16, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

A composite image of portrait photos of Abbas Attarwala and Matthew Fox

Computers

CAS Computer Scientist and SPH Epidemiologist Win University Teaching Awards

June 1, 2020

Screenshots of the RideFair app demoed at BU Spark!'s demo day. Three phone screenshots demonstrate how users can use the app to get from Warren Towers to Boston Public Library.

Computational Science

BU Spark! Innovation Fellows and X-Lab Practicum Programs Name Best Idea, Tech, and Design Winners

May 18, 2020

Screenshot of a recreation of Boston University’s campus in the popular video game Minecraft. Image shows BU's central campus. Terriers have used Minecraft to create a national, virtual college graduation.

Gaming & Graduation

Terriers Build a Global Commencement and BU’s Campus, All in Minecraft

May 5, 2020

Illustration of a woman working on a laptop at home in bird cage as pathogens of the COVID-19 virus float around. A cat sits on top of the bird cage.

Coronavirus

Coping with Being Cooped Up

March 20, 2020

Coping with Being Cooped Up