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AI for Good: Northeastern students develop CatBot to boost special needs cat adoptions
AI for Good
September 11, 2025

AI for Good: Northeastern students develop CatBot to boost special needs cat adoptions

Northeastern students turned compassion into action with CatBot, an AI-powered chatbot helping place Boston's senior and special-needs cats in loving homes. CatBot answers questions, dispels misconceptions, and guides potential adopters, fostering stronger community engagement while freeing volunteers to focus on care.

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AI for Good at D'Amore-McKim: How the Prison Project uses generative AI to open doors after incarceration
AI for Good
September 11, 2025

AI for Good at D'Amore-McKim: How the Prison Project uses generative AI to open doors after incarceration

At D'Amore-McKim, students are proving AI can be a bridge, not a barrier. Through the Prison Project at Suffolk County House of Correction, they guide incarcerated individuals in using generative AI to build resumes, practice interviews, and even draft business plans—skills that boost confidence and future job prospects.

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Three D'Amore-McKim faculty pilot Essaybot to rethink grading with AI
Research
April 16, 2025

Three D'Amore-McKim faculty pilot Essaybot to rethink grading with AI

Faculty explore how Essaybot, built on the DASH_box, can streamline grading, improve feedback, and shape AI-assisted learning.

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Supercharging data analysis: How 'The Box' is transforming Kickstarter research
Research
April 16, 2025

Supercharging data analysis: How 'The Box' is transforming Kickstarter research

Debashish Ghose uses DASH_Box to overcome hardware bottlenecks and accelerate large-scale data analysis of Kickstarter project trends.

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Empowering AI research: How the DASH_Box accelerates innovation
Research
April 16, 2025

Empowering AI research: How the DASH_Box accelerates innovation

Professor Guohou Shan uses DASH_Box to power large-scale AI models, accelerate discovery, and build real-world applications in information security.

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DASH_Box: A game-changer for AI and network science
Research
April 16, 2025

DASH_Box: A game-changer for AI and network science

Professor Chris Riedl leverages DASH_Box to power breakthrough research in AI, workforce studies, and network modeling—securely and at speed.

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How do you use AI? A supply chain researcher uncovers global patterns of forced labor
Research
March 31, 2025

How do you use AI? A supply chain researcher uncovers global patterns of forced labor

In 2024, D'Amore-McKim professor Shawn Bhimani helped launch Supply Trace, which uses machine learning to comb through millions of data points including news clippings, container labels and shipping documents.

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D'Amore-McKim launches online module to equip undergraduates with essential AI skills
Education
February 10, 2025

D'Amore-McKim launches online module to equip undergraduates with essential AI skills

Offered at no cost to current D'Amore-McKim undergraduates (including combined majors and minors), the new module also provides students with a digital badge that signals to employers their readiness to apply cutting-edge AI tools in business.

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D'Amore-McKim hosts first-ever 'AI Teaching Day'
Education
December 19, 2024

D'Amore-McKim hosts first-ever 'AI Teaching Day'

Professors Bruce Clark and Barbara Larson led an insightful exploration into the use of AI in the classroom.

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Beyond Boundaries: Key insights from The Future of Global Business event
Research
December 17, 2024

Beyond Boundaries: Key insights from The Future of Global Business event

With the global economy facing unprecedented uncertainty and geopolitical tension, D'Amore-McKim faculty share insights gleamed from our second "Beyond Boundaries" event focused on effective global leadership.

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Exploring the behavioral side of digital transformation
Research
December 5, 2024

Exploring the behavioral side of digital transformation

'How technology influences behavior, and how behavior influences technology' is the mantra for D'Amore-McKim's newest management course.

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De Cremer's 'AI Savvy Leader' on 2024 OWL longlist of top titles shaping our world
Research
November 7, 2024

De Cremer's 'AI Savvy Leader' on 2024 OWL longlist of top titles shaping our world

Selected as a Top 5 Business Leadership book, the 'AI Savvy Leader' is credited with transforming how organizations lead, educators teach, and communities grow.

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Igniting an entrepreneur's passion for AI
Research
October 28, 2024

Igniting an entrepreneur's passion for AI

"Through the AI Strategic Hub Research Practicum, I work closely with business professors on practice-focused research projects using data analytics and machine learning. I'm working on an expert bot project with four integrated AI bots, and we're currently developing features like a collaborative discussion panel." – Atharva Rotkar, MS in Business Analytics'24

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