UGBC’s budget for the upcoming academic year is set at $343,225, an increase of $14,087—or 4.3 percent—over last year’s allocation.
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Lynch Teaching Fellows to Maintain Full Health Care Coverage
A previous policy change, made in early August, announced that fourth- and fifth-year teaching fellows would not be eligible for coverage in the upcoming academic year.
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BC Dining Unveils Updates for New School Year
Several changes are coming to Boston College Dining this fall—including the creation of a new Eagle Mart on the first floor of Corcoran Commons.
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Leahy Addresses Faculty at Convocation
University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., spoke to the Boston College faculty and staff at Wednesday’s University convocation, where he expanded on the role of BC as a Jesuit liberal arts university. He emphasized that the University’s primary goal is to be an institution of “teaching, research, creativity, debate, service, and learning.” “[BC students]…
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VP for Student Affairs Joy Moore Previews Changes
After serving in the position on an interim basis since last fall, Joy Moore, BC ’81, was named vice president for Student Affairs last month, an opportunity she said she is thrilled about and reaches far past what she ever thought was possible in her career.
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Leslie Odom Jr. to Headline 27th Annual Pops on the Heights
Tony and Grammy Award-winning performer Leslie Odom Jr.—known for originating the role of Aaron Burr in ‘Hamilton’—will headline this year’s gala.
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Judge Overturns Student’s Suspension Amid Title IX Lawsuit
The student was suspended in June following an alleged sexual misconduct incident this past spring, but a judge decided on Tuesday that suspension was not a fair outcome. The student is cleared to return to class Monday.
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BC Advances Nine Spots in 2019 Forbes Rankings
This iteration of the list is also the first since 2016 to name BC one of its top 25 colleges in the Northeast, placing it at No. 24.
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Charles F. Smith, First Tenured Black Professor, Dies at 86
Smith arrived on the Heights as an instructor of social studies methods and the director of the Teachers Corps Program.
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UPDATE: Saoirse Kennedy Hill, BC ’20, Dies at Kennedy Compound
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, BC ’20, died on Thursday of a suspected overdose at the family’s compound on Cape Cod in Hyannis Port, Mass.
