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Innovation

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Awards

$100,000 Awarded to Student Entrepreneurs at SHA’s Annual Hospitality Leadership Summit

April 8, 2024

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Arts & Culture

Could This Be the Next SNL? BU Student’s Wicked Smaht Comedy Troupe Performs This Weekend

April 3, 2024

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Awards

Innovate@BU Awarded $15,000 to Students Who Came Up with Ways to Help Boston Face Climate Change

March 12, 2024

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Business

A Family Recipe Turns into a Successful Vegan-Friendly Snack Company

January 29, 2024

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Student Innovation

BU Student Used Her Hollywood Earnings to Launch a Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Store

November 21, 2023

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Innovation

App That Helps Cannabis Users Find Smoking Buddies Wins Innovate@BU Start-Up Competition

November 13, 2023

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Business & Law

Building a Better City with Hospitality

November 3, 2023

Innovation

Student Entrepreneurs: Head to IDEA Con Tomorrow

October 13, 2023

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University News

Six Tips for Getting the Most out of Blackboard Ally

September 21, 2023

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Innovation

Questrom Student Creates Stuffed Animals and Books to Teach Kids about Sustainability

September 8, 2023

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University News

BU Forms AI Task Force

September 8, 2023

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Data Sciences

Destination Data

August 11, 2023

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Commencement 2023

Inaugural Class of BU Computing & Data Sciences Majors Prepare to Graduate

May 16, 2023

Photo: A group of people stand and pose for a photo in front of a sign that reads "2023 New Venture Competition Winners". Ian Mashiter, director of curriculum at Innovate@BU (from left), Johar Singh (Questrom’24), Shen Ning (MED’24), Stamatios Liapis (MED’23), Philippe Rival (Harvard Business School), Siobhan Dullea, executive director of Innovate@BU, Caspian Chaharom (CAS’23), Kelsey Mann (CFA’23), Chloe Adamowicz (CAS’23), and Harunobu Ishii (MET’22).

Innovation

Teams Win $72,000 in Funding at Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition

May 2, 2023

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Awards

$50,000 in Prize Money Awarded at SHA’s Poyiadjis Hospitality Innovation Competition

March 27, 2023

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University News

BU Appoints New Executive Director of Innovate@BU

March 15, 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

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Innovation

IDEA Con Is a Crash Course for Young Innovators and Entrepreneurs

February 7, 2023

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Academics

Biannual Cross-College Challenge Expo, Featuring Projects That Address Real-World Problems, on Tuesday

December 12, 2022

Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide: Alumni-Owned Businesses

December 9, 2022

Holiday Gift Guide: Alumni-Owned Businesses