BU Today

Tuesday, May 30th

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Sam Sokolow with Genius star Geoffrey Rush at a premiere event for Genius in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Alum behind NatGeo’s Genius

Sam Sokolow (COM’91) grew up in the business

Participants in the Storytelling with Data Workshops will learn methods for scraping from a web site and new data visualization techniques.

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone

COM workshops teach finding, mining, and presenting digital information

The Brookline, Mass., home where President John F. Kennedy was born is run by the National Park Service and is open to the public from mid-May through October.

Celebrating John F. Kennedy’s Centennial

Tour 35th president’s Brookline birthplace, head to JFK Presidential Library

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Overhead aerial view of the 2017 Boston University Commencement

Hiding in Plain View

BU Today hereby issues a challenge: graduates, family members, friends, and sundry others who were at BU’s 2017 Commencement on Nickerson Field on May 21, see if you can find yourself in this photo, courtesy of Gigapan.

Upcoming Events
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Urbanity Dance Spring Revue

When:
June 3 at 7:30 pm
Where:
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave.

Ward's Berry Farm CSA Pickup

When:
June 8, all-day
Where:
George Sherman Union Plaza, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

Platform Strategies

When:
June 12 at 9:00 am
Where:
Executive Learning Center, Questrom School of Business, Rafik B. Hariri Building 595 Commonwealth Ave.

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Making Research Work

In this four-part series, BU Today explores some of the many challenges faced by university researchers today.

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