The partnership between Spark! and the Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) began in 2023 to apply data science and computational skills to social science research, according to the CISS website. CISS and Spark! partnership was made possible by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences dedicated to experiential learning, initiated by Dean Stan Sclaroff, according to the CISS website. The interdisciplinary nature of the partnership aligns with Spark!’s goals, “to be the bridge between the computing and data sciences and the rest of the university,” Ziba Cranmer, the director of Spark! said.

This weekend, BU hosted Tech For Change’s second annual Civic Tech Hackathon, a two-day competition in which students from across the country use technology to develop solutions for national challenges.

2024 Women of Impact Honoree and COM alum Fiona Whittington was not an average advertising student during her time at BU.

The website stands for "Recognize and Evaluate Signs to Uncover Labor Trafficking."

BU alum Amal Radhakrishnan co-created the web platform and app "Parkaze" in 2019 to address the problem of finding parking.

Students traveled across Boston to its Fort Point neighborhood to attend a BU Spark! workshop about interaction design Friday. There they delved into interaction design and explored how to develop user-friendly software.

Boston Public Schools students rarely travel more than a mile radius beyond their own neighborhoods, causing them to miss educational opportunities in greater Boston. A team of college students, with...

Boston organizations have joined advocates from 10 other cities this week in launching a campaign to reduce demand for commercial sex by 20 percent in two years, according to a Feb. 4 press release. Demand...