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Finding My Way: Bandish - "It really is rocket science"
Working on the "brain" of the BU Nano-Satellite Project, says Bandish, was a giant learning curve. But the rewards are huge, too.
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BU Community: The Howard Thurman Center - Embracing Diversity
At the Howard Thurman Center for Race, Culture and Ethnicity, students talk, relax, study, learn about others and more about who they are.
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Life at BU: Why Broomball Rules
When BU's 106 broomball teams take to the ice, they have no fear, no skates and, in the case of this embedded reporter from BU Today, no clue.
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Life at BU: "Music gives me great joy"
In the Inner Strength Gospel Choir, students of all races and denominations find friends, comfort and joy by making emotional music together.
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Points of Departure: Shawn Quirk
"I might be in Europe for the next five years and not even speak English," says Quirk (COM'09), a film major and French minor. Actually, he will be using his native tongue as he teaches English in Givet, a village in Ardennes, France — [...]although far less than if he was returning to his hometown of Westerly, R.I.
His undergraduate years were "a really nice transition for me, from growing up in this tiny little state to going who knows where," he says.
Read the story on BU Today: /today/node/8879
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International Relations vs Political Science: What’s the Difference?
In the latest installment of our video series Compare Mode, which pairs two Terriers from similar majors and explores what makes each unique, Chloe Walker (Pardee'27) and Astrid Newton (CAS'27) talk about the differences between international [...]relations and political science.
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Data Science vs. Computer Science: What's the Difference Between These Majors?
In the latest installment of our video series Compare Mode, which pairs two Terriers from related majors and explores what makes each unique, Neeza Singh (CDS’25) and Valentina Haddad (CAS’25) dive into the differences between data science and [...]computer science.
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Comparing Majors: Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering... What's the Difference?
Everywhere he looks, mechanical engineering major Paul Ferrer (ENG’24) sees physics and math at work: the efficiency of an air-conditioning system, the weight that a structure can carry, the ability of a plane to become airborne. For biomedical [...]engineering major Arjavi Vyas (ENG’24), her academic life is not only physics and math, it’s also biology, human physiology, and chemistry.
In the latest installment of our video series Compare Mode, which pairs two Terriers from similar majors and asks them to talk about what makes their respective programs unique, Ferrer and Vyas discuss the academic demands of their program, the career possibilities available to them, and (surprise!) the unexpected upside of homework. Take a look.
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Psychology vs. Sociology: What’s the Difference Between the Majors?
When you think of psychology and sociology, it’s easy to imagine that the focus is on, well, people and behavior. One major (sociology) takes more of a macro view, focused on societies and cultures. . The other—psychology— takes a micro [...]approach. “Psychology is looking at the individual person rather than society,” says Dinah Sher Gongora (CAS’24), a senior majoring in psychology. “And then some more biology, neuroscience. Very STEM-heavy subjects.”
In the latest installment of our video series, Compare Mode, which pairs two Terriers from similar majors and asked them to talk about what makes their respective programs unique, Gongora and her video co-host, sociology major Sofia Marin (CGS’22, CAS’24), talk about how their majors differ from one another, the kinds of courses each takes, the academic demands each program requires and the internship possibilities available in both fields.
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