Three advisory committees composed of current BU faculty will be tasked with various administrative responsibilities for BU’s new Computing and Data Sciences department by Feb. 28. The committees will provide preliminary recommendations to Jean Morrison, university provost and chief academic officer.

As new technologies emerge, the role of government surveillance is continually redefined. In a talk Wednesday at Boston University’s School of Law, Susan Landau explained the legal complexities of modern communication systems.

Boston University School of Law students attended their first school day in the renovated Law Tower Wednesday after a two-and-a-half year construction project on the building. The tower, Pappas Law...