The Heights

‘Technical Glitch’ Leads to Housing Confusion

Jack Miller • July 27, 2019

Many students in the Boston College class of 2023 did not receive their requested roommates and dorms on Friday.

Construction on Pine Tree Preserve Concludes

Owen Fahy • July 26, 2019

Renovation on the Pine Tree Preserve, located at the corner of Campanella Way and St. Thomas More Road, will come to a conclusion at the end of July. The Preserve will provide four acres of green space...

Rebecca Cegledy Named Associate Athletics Director for Campus Recreation

Jack Miller • July 20, 2019

Former associate director of facilities and operations Rebecca Cegledy will now serve as the associate athletics director for campus recreation.

BC Names Joy Moore VP for Student Affairs

Abby Hunt • July 18, 2019

After leading the division of Student Affairs on an interim basis since last August, Joy Moore, BC ’81, has been named the vice president for Student Affairs.

Computer Science Department Gains New Chairman, Hires

Jack Miller • July 17, 2019

Professor Howard Straubing took the reigns of Boston College’s computer science department earlier this summer. Straubing, a 35-year veteran of the department, will serve as chairman for the next three years, succeeding Professor Sergio Alvarez.

Margot Connell Recreation Center Opens Its Doors

Jack Miller • July 8, 2019

In a July 2 email outlining the timeline for the structure's soft opening, the University said that not all of the four-story facility’s spaces will be available right away.

Alexander Urtula, MCAS ’19, Dies Monday Morning

Jack Miller • May 20, 2019

Alexander Urtula, MCAS ’19, died Monday morning, according to a University release written by Boston College Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Joy Moore.

At 143rd Commencement Exercises, Class of 2019 Looks to the Future

Jack Miller • May 20, 2019

Isabel Capeloa Gil, the first female president of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, gave the keynote speech, in which she encouraged the attendees to do their best to drive the world forward.

Armstrong Dives Into Student Experience Survey Results at Student-Admin Forum

Abby Hunt • May 14, 2019

Kelli Armstrong—outgoing Vice President of IRPA—discussed the results of the Student Experience Survey administered last fall.

C21 Convenes Panel of ‘Lay Business Leaders’

Owen Fahy • May 12, 2019

A panel of three “lay business leaders” and Boston College alumni discussed problems plaguing the Catholic Church and their potential solutions at the Church in the 21st Century Center’s fourth...

Jinoo Song, MCAS ’20, Wins Aquino Scholarship

Owen Fahy • May 9, 2019

Jinoo Song, CSOM ’20, received the 2019 Benigno and Corazon Aquino Scholarship on April 29. He was one of five finalists for the award, which comes with a $20,000 tuition scholarship and $1,000 gift certificate to the bookstore.

BC Researchers to Demo New Retirement Planning Tool

Celia Carbone • May 7, 2019

BC's Center for Retirement Research will demo a new retirement planning tool, created in partnership with First Eagle Investment Management and Upstatement.