Twelve undergraduates tested positive this week, with a positivity rate .66 percent on Thursday—a drop nearly 3 percent drop from last week.
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Last Week’s Positivity Rate Jumps as BC Fixes Reporting Error
Boston College conducted 596 fewer undergraduate tests last week than it initially reported it had done on Saturday. BC changed the number of undergraduate tests conducted last week from 2,647 to 2,051 on Tuesday afternoon “to correct a data error,” the University’s COVID-19 dashboard said.
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Commonwealth to Take the Lead on BC Contact Tracing, Baker Says
Massachusetts authorities will take the lead on contact tracing at Boston College in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease after the number of COVID-19 cases increased at the University last week.
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As Number of Positive Cases Climbs, BC Reminds Students of ‘No Party’ Policy
Boston College has reported 21 additional cases of COVID-19 among undergraduates since Thursday. The positivity rate for undergraduates tested last week dropped from 3.75 percent on Thursday to 2.5 percent on Saturday, according to BC’s COVID-19 dashboard.
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BC Students Establish Conservative Newspaper ‘The Maverick’
Two Boston College students recently established The Maverick, an independently run conservative newspaper, in an effort to give conservative students at BC an outlet to voice their political beliefs, according to a post by co-editor-in-chief Taylor Morales in The Official Boston College Class of 2023 Facebook Group.
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Faculty Strike for Racial Justice
University professors and scholars from across the country engaged in a 48-hour Scholar Strike in response to racism, police brutality, and mass incarceration.
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Career Center Gives Advice for Navigating Virtual Recruiting
The Career and Internship Fair will be held virtually this year on Sept. 17. Information can be found on BC’s new online platform Handshake.
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Virtual Pops Off The Heights To Feature Josh Groban
The 28th annual Pops on the Heights will be held online and will feature Grammy-nominated singer and actor Josh Groban as a headliner.
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Springsteen Speaks at First-Year Convocation
The annual freshmen parade down Linden Lane to Alumni Stadium for freshman convocation was missing this year, as members of the Class of 2024 remained in their dorm rooms and were addressed by keynote speaker Bruce Springsteen over Zoom. The award-winning musician spoke to Boston College freshmen remotely from a music studio, and encouraged the…
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COVID-19 Positivity Spikes Among Undergraduates, Swimming and Diving Team Affected
The COVID-19 positivity rate for Boston College undergraduates tested this week is 3.75 percent as of Thursday, according to BC’s COVID-19 dashboard. Forty-six undergraduates have tested positive out of the 1,228 tested so far this week. Sixty-eight undergraduates are in isolation as of Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. Twenty-eight are in isolation housing, and...
