An interdisciplinary minor in global public health and the common good was introduced this semester as part of the greater Global Public Health program, which launched last year and plans to unveil a major in the fall of 2021.
News, On Campus
Public Health Observatory to Finish First Project
The project aims to draw resources to environmental issues by drawing media attention and equipping politicians and policymakers with a steady flow of background information.
News, Top Story
Earth and Environmental Sciences Adds Doctoral Program
The doctoral program will join the master’s program, undergraduate major, and undergraduate minor currently offered by the department.
News, Off Campus
U.S. News Places Boston College at No. 37 in New 2020 Rankings
The 2020 U.S. News college rankings named Boston College the No. 37 best national university, a one-spot improvement from last year’s placement.
News, On Campus, Administration
University Continues Work on Schiller, Pete Frates Center
In a speech at last week’s faculty convocation, Boston College Executive Vice President Mike Lochhead offered an overview of the nearly 75 ongoing and completed campus improvement projects.
News, Top Story
Patrick J. Walsh, WCAS ’23, Dies in Hometown of Westwood
Patrick J. Walsh, WCAS ’23, died suddenly in his sleep on Sunday night, according to a university-wide email from Woods College of Advancing Studies Dean Karen Muncaster.
Metro, Featured Story, Boston
Two City Hall Aides Convicted of Conspiracy, Extortion
Two top aides of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh were found guilty on Wednesday of pressuring Crash Line Productions, the organizers of Boston Calling Music Festival, into hiring union workers for performances at City Hall Plaza.
News, On Campus, Featured Story
Construction on Pine Tree Preserve Concludes
Renovation on the Pine Tree Preserve, located at the corner of Campanella Way and St. Thomas More Road, will come to a conclusion at the end of July. The Preserve will provide four acres of green space to Boston College students and faculty. The University has agreed to manage the land, despite it being owned…
News, Top Story, Administration
Mara Hemano Appointed New VP for Institutional Research and Planning
Mara Hermano takes over for Kelli Armstrong, who left BC this month to serve as president at Salve Regina University.
On Campus, News
C21 Convenes Panel of ‘Lay Business Leaders’
A panel of three “lay business leaders” and Boston College alumni discussed problems plaguing the Catholic Church and their potential solutions at the Church in the 21st Century Center’s fourth “Revitalizing Our Church” panel on Monday night. Denise Morrison, retired president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company and BC ’75, said that one of the…
