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Fall 2021 XCC Course Offerings: The mission of the Semester Ahead
For its fourth consecutive year, XCC is continuing to weld together faculty and students from all 10 BU undergraduate colleges for interdisciplinary learning. XCC Fall 2021 truly offers something for every student - whether it be public policy, social equity, climate change, Cannabis, music and film, or technology. Students... More
XCC Worldwide: The Digital Pivot of BU Study Abroad
Last October, six months after BU and colleges around the nation transferred to online learning, the Boston University Global Programs announced the cancellation of all study abroad programs in a BU Today article, citing the safety and wellbeing of all students. XCC was tasked with finding a way to bring... More
COM NEWS: GRANT TO HELP COM, CDS LAUNCH JUSTICE MEDIA CO-LAB
The following was published by BU COM on November 24, 2020. Starting next semester, students of COM and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) will collaborate on computational journalism projects for media outlets on public interest topics,thanks to a grant award from New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network Challenge. The award will... More
BU Today: Amid Worldwide COVID-19 Surge, University Cancels Spring Study Abroad
October 22, 2020 By Rich Barlow (BU Today) The following was published by BU Today on October 22, 2020. BU suspends spring Study Abroad programs because of COVID-19 Will offer virtual alternatives to students who’d registered for foreign study Pandemic has disrupted four straight semesters of Study Abroad The global COVID-19 surge has... More
Resilience through real-world challenges
An XCC classroom isn’t exactly your typical classroom. If you were to take a pick and waltz into any of the classes mapped across the campus, you’d find a mosaic of experiences carefully tied together to foster an environment where you’re asked to say “creative” before you say hello. The pieces... More
XCC Faculty talk about making good art and finding solutions in creativity
May 12, 2020 By Devyani Chhetri Cross-College Challenge (XCC) is now pacing towards this semester’s homestretch and students are doing what they do best: creating and collaborating. In XCC’s Spark! Innovation Fellowship program, students have been designing software that provide solutions to tackle roadblocks people from different walks of life face. Ranging from solutions... More
Using Gamefication to Navigate the Cannabis Dispensary Industry
April 14, 2020 By Devyani Chhetri First comes the thought then comes the process. Anyone who has taken the time to go through Cannabis’ legal assent in Massachusetts knows that there’s much that goes into the making of a cannabis dispensary. Host community agreements (HCAs) signed with local bodies, negotiating the community impact... More
XCC Adjusts to Online Course Delivery
March 30, 2020 By Devyani Chhetri While some were on their way home and logging in from the airport, some were trying to match the time difference from their rooms oceans away. As the clock neared 12:30pm on a routine Tuesday afternoon, the usual setup of tables and chairs in BU’s Howard Thurman... More
XCC Class Goes to the Bullpen to Finish the Semester
March 30, 2020 By Devyani Chhetri It’s a time of virtual interactions, time differences and uncertainty. As the global pandemic brings with it mounting challenges, students, faculty and staff of BU have started finding ways to innovate and cope. Amid this flux, we sat down for an interview via Zoom with Prof. Andy... More
Show, don’t tell: XCC students explore societal issues using puppets
March 26, 2020 By Devyani Chhetri They say that actions speak louder than words. Nothing was more true when XCC students took the stage last Friday to reveal the anxieties of the world borne from issues such as climate change, sexual harassment and immigration— through puppets. In what seemed like a sequel to... More