Boston College dropped three spots to No. 39 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 rankings of the best national universities. Prior to this year’s rankings, BC had held steady at No. 36 for two years.
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Email, Instagram Account Announce Plans to Form ResLife Student Workers Union
Boston College Residential Life Workers called for the establishment of a ResLife student workers’ union in an email sent to resident assistants (RAs) and graduate assistants on Sunday night.
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Remembering Chemistry Professor Jeffery A. Byers
Chemistry professor Jeffery A. Byers, who taught at Boston College for 13 years before he died in August, was a world-class scientist, according to Dunwei Wang.
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Hafley and Grant Were BC’s Highest-Paid Employees in FY22
Football head coach Jeff Hafley and men’s basketball head coach Earl Grant were the highest-paid employees at Boston College during the 2022 fiscal year (FY22), according to the University’s 990 tax filings.
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Leahy Issues Statement Critiquing the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., released a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-based affirmative action in college admissions this morning, calling the ruling a “frustrating departure” from decades of judicial precedent.
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Supreme Court Rejects Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admissions
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled to ban affirmative action in college admissions on Tuesday afternoon, voting 6–2 against Harvard University and 6–3 against the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in a landmark decision.
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Gopuff Temporarily Loses Mass. Liquor License for Selling Alcohol to Underage BC Students
Massachusetts authorities revoked online delivery service Gopuff’s liquor license on May 18 for allegedly selling alcohol to underage Boston College students multiple times. One week later, a judge paused the state’s revocation of Gopuff’s license.
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BC Law Rises 8 Spots to No. 29 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023–24 Law School Rankings
Boston College Law School rose to No. 29 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023–24 law school rankings, an eight-spot increase from last year.
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“An Advocate, Trailblazer, and an Inspiration”: Remembering Donald Brown
Donald Brown, former director of Boston College’s Office of AHANA Student Programs for 27 years, died on April 2, according to a University release. He was 75 years old.
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Posts Featuring CJBC, Divestment Removed During EcoPledge Takeover of BC’s Instagram Story
When EcoPledge Co-President Maureen Kelly took over the Boston College Instagram story at the Earth Day fair on Friday afternoon, no one gave her any restrictions about what content to post, she said. But when Kelly posted a video of Climate Justice at BC (CJBC) explaining its mission and advocating for BC to divest from fossil fuels, it was taken down immediately, she said.
