As diseases spread faster across borders, a team of scientists, engineers and public health experts launched a first-of-its-kind, open-source global surveillance platform to detect emerging biothreats. The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network, or BEACON, officially launched April 24 during an introductory conference at Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The platform is based at Boston University’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases and developed in partnership with the Hariri Institute for Computing and Data Sciences at BU and HealthMap at Boston Children’s Hospital.

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department’s crime logs from Oct. 23 – Oct. 29. Medical at 512 Beacon St.  An RA reported at 3:09 a.m. on Oct. 23 that...

The organization brings Questrom graduate students together for a break from the competitive business school environment.

SG President Devin Harvin presented proposed changes to BU’s budget allocation process for student groups Tuesday night.

Boston University’s Student Government discussed the funding of Cabinet events and reviewed the Community Student Fee allocation process at its meeting Monday night.

Ten months after Allocations Board instated a new system of allocating funds to clubs on campus, Madison Cannon, assistant director of student organizations, said the university is still working on...

Two Door Cinema Club’s “Gameshow,” released Friday, is a landmark album for the Irish trio.  Not only does it serve as a re-emergence for the band since their last album in 2012, but the “Beacon”...