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.
In the midst of national headlines about undocumented immigrants and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Northeastern University professor Tiffany Joseph visited Boston University Monday to discuss her research on how factors such as race and culture affect the health care latinx immigrants receive in the United States.
Teenagers across the country use social media to voice their opinions, though not always to spread positivity. A lecture hosted by the Boston University Department of Sociology Monday explored the...
Columbia University professor Tey Meadow recalled meeting Rafe, one of the research subjects in her new book “Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century,” as a young girl demonstrating a dance move from a Britney Spears video.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts heard a case on Tuesday that will determine whether or not colleges should be held responsible if one of its students commits suicide. Boston University...
