Building bridges is at the core of the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Our first annual Digital Creators Award in the Humanities continues this mission by making connections across various disciplines at BU.
Congratulations to the AY 23-24 Digital Creators Awards recipients, whose diverse projects creatively bridge the humanities and emerging digital technologies.
Audio Category
Nicole Ratmiroff, CAS ’27
Nicole’s podcast, The Idealist, addresses mental health and wellness through media trends.
App Category
Cheryl Lai, COM/CAS ’26, Public Relations, Religion
Cheryl’s app, “Grow Your Spirit,” gamifies the process of building consistent rituals in users’ lives by tying their action logs to growing virtual plants.
Visual Category
Iris Ren, CAS ’27, Computer Science
Iris’s comic draws connections between Kehinde Wiley’s painting, John, 1st Baron Byron, and literature that Iris studied through the Core Curriculum.
Web Category
Ki Hang Cheung, COM ’24, Advertising, Japanese Language & Literature Minor
Ki Hang’s website explores the enduring literary legacy of Japan’s Asakusa Rokku theatre district as depicted in Japanese literature.
Preview the winning submissions here:
Nicole’s podcast, The Idealist.
Cheryl’s app, “Grow Your Spirit”.
Cheryl’s app, “Grow Your Spirit”.
Defining the Humanities
The Center defines the humanities both as designated departments and as an expansive and flexible mode of inquiry. Humanities disciplines and methods focus on human experiences through primarily critical, interpretive, or speculative lenses, as distinguished from the empirical and quantitative approaches of the natural and social sciences. Please visit this page for a list of CAS departments and programs that fall squarely within the humanities or that offer some courses with strong humanistic content. If you are unsure whether your project demonstrates strong humanistic content, please email the Center at buch@bu.edu using the subject line “Digital Creator Category Inquiry.”
Submission Guidelines
Currently enrolled BU undergraduates are eligible to submit digital projects related to the humanities in one of the following four categories. Undergraduates are limited to two submissions maximum. AI assisted creations permitted with proper disclaimers. If you are unsure as to which category your project belongs, email the Center at buch@bu.edu using the subject line “Digital Creator Category Inquiry.”
All submissions should be submitted via link and hosted on an independent platform (i.e., Youtube, website, online portfolio). Please select a 15-minute highlight if your project runs longer than 15 minutes.
- Web Design (i.e., websites, digital exhibitions)
- Audio (i.e., music, podcasts)
- Visual (i.e., still images, videos, animation)
- Game/App Design
