Inspired by the increasingly popular sport of Formula 1 racing, the first F1 Arcade in the U.S. — outfitted with a full restaurant and multi-screened racing simulators — opened in Seaport yesterday following its launch party Thursday.
On Saturday, BU Sustainability partnered with the College to Climate team to host the College to Climate Symposium, making its debut with lush views from the 17th-floor of the BU Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences.
At a talk held on March 22 as part of Spark!’s DEI in Tech Speaker Series, Chandler discussed how she drew upon these experiences as her career progressed.
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.
CareYaya, a North Carolina healthcare startup founded in 2021, recently came to Boston to match families with caregivers in the community who are college students.
BU juniors Remi Chester and Prianna Sharan noticed the difficulty of making plans and finding friends as busy college students, so they developed Popple, a social networking platform that creates real-world connections.
Questrom recently announced the founding of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets and Society with the goal of examining the role businesses and markets play in solving global issues.
Carol Bliss, general manager of a distinguished Boston social club, highlights the unique field of club management and the opportunities it offers to her students the hospitality industry.
In 2014, Harry Susilo endowed Boston University’s Questrom School of Business with the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, Questrom’s first permanently endowed institute.
