By John Tatum, Associate Business Editor
• June 6, 2025
Every year, about 3,000 new students join the Boston University community with over 300 majors ranging from music to chemistry and everything in between. For non-business students, entrepreneurship may seem out of reach.
Innovate@BU, a center located on BU’s Charles River Campus, provides students with resources, funding and mentorship to pursue business ventures — regardless of their academic major or background.
Boston University Student Government approves two funding requests, denied one funding request and spoke with BU President Melissa Gilliam at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 4.
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.
Shop Swapp, a thrifting service and platform exclusively for BU students was started by two College of Engineering seniors, Katie Hill and Mikayla Crowley.
