Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education
Hank Fien Named First Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation
BU Wheelock’s Hank Fien was recently named the inaugural Nancy H. Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation. Established with a generous gift from Nancy Roberts (CAS’59, Wheelock’61,’75) and her husband, Edward, the endowed professorship will support Fien’s scholarship in early literacy and early mathematics. Fien’s appointment was celebrated with a formal installation ceremony on October 20. […]
The Machines Are Coming
lgorithm-informed machines learn what we like to buy and look at on the internet, feeding us more of that. Smart “assistants” greet us on our favorite websites to answer questions and point us in the right direction. Robots assemble almost everything we own, from our cars to our televisions to our clothing. Artificial intelligence (AI) […]