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“A Very Big Opportunity”: Karl Bell to Lead New Mentoring and Academic Achievement Pillar of Pine Manor Institute

Olivia Joung • March 26, 2023

Karl Bell will serve as director of the new Mentoring and Academic Achievement pillar at Boston College’s Pine Manor Institute for Student Success, according to Joy Moore, University vice president and executive director of the Pine Manor Institute.

Who’s on Aux? Student-Created App MCEE to Launch on Wednesday

Will Martino • March 26, 2023

The reign of aux cord tyrants may reach an end this Wednesday when MCEE, an app created by three Boston College students to allow communal control of the music played in group settings, launches in the Apple App Store.

BCSSW Research Team Works to Provide Aid for Afghan Refugees Resettled in the U.S.

Luke Bellaud and Isabel Sullivan • March 26, 2023

The Boston College School of Social Work’s (BCSSW) Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) will collaborate with the University of Illinois at Chicago for a project that aims to provide mental health and familial support for Afghan refugees resettled in the United States, according to BC News.

UGBC Candidates Talk Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in First Debate

Olivia Joung • March 24, 2023

After launching their campaigns on Tuesday morning, the two teams running in this year’s UGBC presidential and vice presidential election faced off for the first time in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) debate Thursday night.

“You Have an Obligation to Make a Difference”: Liz Cheney Urges Students to Run for Office

Lucy Freeman • March 24, 2023

Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney addressed an overflowing audience at Boston College on Thursday, stressing that she never doubted former President Donald Trump should be impeached following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

Two Teams Announce Campaigns for UGBC President and Vice President on Tuesday Morning

Will Martino • March 23, 2023

UGBC presidential and vice presidential campaign season kicked off Tuesday morning, with two teams announcing their bids in the election on April 3. The candidates for president are Jonah Kotzen, Council for Students with Disabilities policy coordinator and MCAS ’24, and Jordan Nakash, BAIC ambassador, former Student Assembly (SA) representative, and MCAS ’24.

Bachiochi Analyzes Historical Women’s Rights Advocates’ Stances on Bodily Autonomy

Alexis Thomas • March 23, 2023

Early women’s rights advocates had different opinions about bodily autonomy from modern abortion-rights advocates, according to Erika Bachiochi, author of The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision.

SA Brainstorms How to Spend Remaining $5,572.42 in UGBC Budget

Will Martino • March 22, 2023

The Student Assembly (SA) unanimously voted to pass a bill allocating $200 of its budget to fund an induction ceremony for Boston College’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society, in its meeting on Tuesday night.

Professors from BC’s COP27 Delegation Explore the Conference’s Impact on Environmental Change

Aditya Rao • March 21, 2023

COP27 provides attendees with the opportunity to share their perspectives on climate change issues with global leaders, according to María Fernanda Piñeros-Leaño, an assistant professor in the Boston College School of Social Work and one of the University’s conference delegates.

Bartoli Shares How Sant’Egidio Foundation Utilizes Global Peacebuilding

Gabby Savo • March 19, 2023

Co-sponsored by the Boston College School of Social Work, the Office of Global Engagement, Catholic studies program, and international studies program, the Church in the 21st Century Center hosted a discussion Thursday night about Catholic peacebuilding in an increasingly fractured world.

Students Analyze Human Ecology Through Inter-Religious Perspectives at Mysterion’s 2023 Spring Conference

Aditya Rao • March 19, 2023

Mystērion, Boston College’s undergraduate theology journal, hosted its second annual spring conference on Saturday morning, highlighting inter-religious perspectives and the future of human ecology.

Espresso Your Faith Week Wins Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award

Natalie Arndt • March 19, 2023

Boston College’s “Espresso Your Faith Week,” an annual campuswide celebration of faith, received an award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in February, according to BC News.