Renowned environmental sociologist Andrew Jorgenson has been chosen by the United States Global Change Research Program to write the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
BC Invited to UN Conference on Climate Change
For the first time in the school’s history, Boston College was invited to attend COP26, a two-week United Nations conference on climate change. A group of BC students and faculty will join 20,000 people from around the world in Glasgow, Scotland for the conference.
20 Years Later: Boston College Remembers Alumni Who Died on 9/11
Video of BC Trustee Associate Soliciting Prostitution to be Destroyed
Video evidence of Boston College Trustees Associate Robert Kraft, who was accused of soliciting prostitution in 2019, was ordered to be destroyed on July 30 by a Florida judge.
Off-Campus Students Face Persistent Break-Ins
Hannah Freehill, MCAS ’22, first realized someone had broken into her off-campus house on Radnor St. when she noticed something was wrong with her jewelry.
“It was a sacred place, and it was being desecrated”: BC Reacts to Mob at U.S. Capitol
On the afternoon of Jan. 6, Rev. Michael Davidson, S.J. turned on CNN in his residence at Boston College and watched with fear and embarrassment as a mob of rioters objecting to the certification of the Electoral College stormed the U.S. Capitol Building.
Leahy Condemns Violence at U.S. Capitol
Leahy condemned the Wednesday storming of the U.S. Capitol by a group of rioters objecting to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Biden Names Three BC Alumni to Administration
President-Elect Joe Biden appointed three Boston College alumni—John Kerry, BC Law ’76; Louisa Terrell, BC Law ’95; and Cathy Russell, BC ’83—to his administration on Nov. 20.
International Students Confront Challenges of Virtual Learning
When the University suspended in-person classes in March, Jiayi Wang, MCAS ’22, returned home to Henan, China to finish out the semester in a different hemisphere, and because of U.S. travel restrictions barring entry to those coming from China, she was unable to return to campus for the fall semester.
OIP Cancels Study Abroad for Spring Semester
Boston College canceled all of its study abroad programs for the Spring 2020 semester on Monday, according to an email sent to students scheduled to study abroad next semester from Office of International Programs Director Nick Gozik.