The LEGO Foundation recently awarded a grant of $3.2 million to the Boston College School of Social Work’s Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) as part of the foundation’s Playful Parenting initiative.
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Perrault Outlines Goals as Chair of Intersectional Experience Committee
Laura Perrault, MCAS ’21, discusses her goals as the new chair of the Intersectional Experience Chair for the Undergraduate Government of Boston College.
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Olson Explains Fight For Climate Justice
Julia Olson spoke to a crowded room of Boston College students about her current lawsuit against the United States government on Oct. 24 at an event hosted by the environmental studies program, sociology department, and BC Law School.
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Holocaust Survivor Rena Finder Speaks on Experience
The Emerging Leaders Program welcomed Holocaust survivor Rena Finder back to Boston College for a ninth year on Tuesday. Finder is one of the 1,200 Jewish people saved by Oskar Schindler’s efforts to remove them from concentration camps. Born in Krakow, Poland in 1929, Finder said that she is committed to telling her story, as…
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Students Offer Elevator Pitches in Shea Competition
The Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the fifth annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Wednesday. The panel of judges awarded first place to EmployMint, presented by Jacob Small, CSOM ’20.
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BC To Offer New Palliative Care Certificate
The program aims to attract individuals who have experience in or exposure to hospice care, according to Teresa Schirmer, associate dean of the School of Social Work.
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First Circuit Hears Lawsuit Against BC’s Investigative Process
The heart of the complaint is that the plaintiff did not have an opportunity to ask questions of the other parties.
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Panelists Share Stories of Wrongful Conviction
The Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program hosted a panel discussion regarding wrongful convictions and the means of which victims of the legal system can be freed on Oct. 29.
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Students Protest Controversial Speaker Andrew Klavan Outside BC Republicans Event
The BC Republicans-sponsored event began 15 minutes early, which shut out many of the students who had hoped to protest from inside.
