Creator(s): Benjamin Bates, Jessica Chin, Zlata Rezanova, Ziyu Wang, Lisa Simmons Course: ARTD2100 Narrative Basics This artifact is one of four experiences co-created by students and partners. After thorough research on the history of ROXFILM, the group utilized an app called “Hoverlay” to create an AR experience that walks you through the history of the…
Category: Spring 2023
Stories of Casco Bay Seagrasses
Creator(s): Fatema Alkhalifa, Phoebe Brown, Kate Mason, Belkis Montas, Catherine Hayden, Christina Lau, Arielle Lee, Alina Moreno, Lauren Smith, Mia Hedengren, Melanie Guzman, Christopher Lee, Akshaya Venkateshwaran Course: ENVR4050 Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone For their Senior Capstone Projects, the students of Environmental Capstone class produced 4 technical documents and 4 Story Maps for…
Access to Housing Systems Map
Creator(s): Nathalie Massud, Julian Fuchsberg, Vanessa Chan, Jemima Barrol Brown Course: HUSV3570 The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy & Social Change Throughout the semester, our class researched 7 community partners along with the systems in which those organizations work to affect change. Our community partner, Reclaim Roxbury, addresses gentrification and lack of affordable housing the Roxbury area….
Women’s Foundation of Boston
Creator(s): Emily Liu, Emaan Shah, Riva Shukla, Joshua Newstadt Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization The Women’s Foundation of Boston (WFBoston) is dedicated to promoting the well-being of women and girls in the Greater Boston Area. They help build and sustain organizations and programs that are designed to economically empower women for the future. A…
District Seven: How Does Funding Impact Crime?
Creator(s): Eamonn Ryan, Sophie Louie & Noah Mack Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization We met with the Boston City Councilor for District 7, Tania Anderson, who was excited to talk with us about the problems her district — which includes parts of Roxbury, Fenway, and the South End — is facing. Specifically, the Councilor…
District 7
Creator(s): Claudia L., Emmett B., & Teng L. Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization To accomplish this goal, the project utilized Analyze Boston, a platform that provides comprehensive data on various neighborhood demographics, including poverty rates, per capita income, labor force, school enrollment, age distribution, and race. Specifically, the project focused on analyzing the subsets…
Roxbury International Film Festival AR Co-Creation – Through Time
Creator(s): Franco Aguirre, Madison Cohen, Elizabeth McCaffrey, Yanxing Wu, Daniel Callahan, Thato Mwosa Course: ARTD2100 Narrative Basics This artifact is one of four experiences co-created by students and partners. After thorough research on the history of ROXFILM, the group utilized an app called “Hoverlay” to create an AR experience that walks you through the history…
Women Writers Project
Creator(s): Emily Gringorten, Sofie Cook, Grace Brown Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization The goal of this project is to uncover new insights in the data and present our findings in an exciting and accessible way; WWP’s hope is to get young people interested in learning more about the texts in the collection. We will…
Friendship Works
Creator(s): Stephen Magliocchino, Vivek Divakarla, Jingkai (Kenny) Wang Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization Our project involves the non-profit company FriendshipWorks, who work to match older adults to volunteers to make a lasting connection and lower rates of isolation. FriendshipWorks has multiple programs, but two they focus on are medical escort and friendly visiting. Medical…
Bridge to Calculus
Creator(s): James D’Elia, Tehani Cabour, McKenna Quam Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization Seeing the long-lasting effects discrepancies in public education have on the overarching racial and social issues of a city, Dr. Case decided to found Bridge to Calculus (BTC), a program which prepares students from underserved high schools in Boston for AP Calculus….