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Conference Dissects Mounting Need for Four-Day Work Week After COVID-19 Pandemic

Anthony Yang • April 23, 2023

Boston College hosted a public conference on Friday that dissected findings from an expansive global trial exploring the effectiveness of the four-day work week after the COVID-19 pandemic.

BC Will Officially Integrate LGBTQ+ Programming and Support Into BAIC This Summer, Administrators Announce

Natalie Arndt, Olivia Joung, and Lucy Freeman • April 21, 2023

Boston College will officially integrate its LGBTQ+ programming and support into the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center (BAIC) this summer, according to an email sent to the BC community on Friday afternoon.

Horn Discusses Societal Ignorance Toward Modern Day Oppression of Jewish Communities

Luke Bellaud • April 20, 2023

Despite universal condemnation of the oppression of Jewish communities during the Holocaust, hatred toward Jewish Americans today goes largely ignored, according to author Dara Horn, recipient of three National Jewish Book Awards.

UGBC’s Proposed 2023–24 Budget Increases Spending by $15,050 to $377,500

Will Martino • April 19, 2023

The Student Assembly (SA) voted to pass a $377,500 UGBC budget for the 2023–24 academic year during its meeting on Tuesday night, increasing last year’s budget by $15,050.

BC Announces Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Will Deliver Commencement Address

Lucy Freeman • April 18, 2023

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, will deliver Boston College’s 2023 commencement address on May 22, according to a University release.

Remembering Former STM Dean Rev. Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Olivia Joung • April 16, 2023

Rev. Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., a New Testament scholar and former dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (STM), died on April 8 after a battle with glioblastoma, according to a University release. He was 60 years old.

Experts Speak on Adam Smith and Capitalism in Two-Day Campus Event

Alexis Thomas • April 16, 2023

Jerry Muller spoke at an event on Thursday that was the first part of a two-day conference co-sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy and the Institute for the Liberal Arts. Speakers discussed Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, and the state of capitalism today.

Chakrabarty Discusses Historical Perspectives on Humans and the Environment

Aditya Rao • April 16, 2023

Historians and geologists view natural and human history from two differing perspectives, according to Dipesh Chakrabarty, a professor of history and South Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago.

Wright Discusses the History and Art of Belonging in a Texas Neighborhood

Karyl Clifford • April 14, 2023

The African and African diaspora studies department hosted Willie Jamaal Wright, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Florida, on April 12 as part of the New Directions Lecture Series. Wright discussed his latest project, a book on how Black artists in historically Black neighborhoods use art and public performance to create a vision of development rather than gentrification.

SA Passes a Resolution Expressing Support for Creation of LGBTQ+ Resource Center

Olivia Joung • April 14, 2023

The Student Assembly (SA) unanimously voted to pass a resolution expressing its support of continued proposals for an on-campus LGBTQ+ resource center at its meeting Tuesday night. The resolution is a written notice of support for the GLBTQ+ Leadership Council (GLC) that responds to a recent Boston Globe article about calls for the University to open an LGBTQ+ resource center on campus.

The Resource Center: BC Students Continue Calling for an LGBTQ+ Space After Years of Advocacy

Will Martino • April 14, 2023

Following roughly two decades of advocacy, BC students continue to call for a resource center.

BC to No Longer Require COVID-19 Vaccinations or Boosters for Students, Staff, or Faculty

Natalie Arndt • April 13, 2023

Boston College will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters for incoming students, staff, or faculty, according to Director of University Health Services Douglas Comeau.