Editor’s Note: Over 100 students gathered outside Andrew Klavan’s Tuesday night appearance to protest his lecture. Read our coverage of it here. Andrew Klavan, a popular conservative journalist and writer, will be coming to Boston College on Tuesday for a Boston College Republicans-sponsored event. Klavan often talks about Judeo-Christian identity in the West, and his…
Environmental Studies Adds New Concentrations
Boston College’s environmental studies program has introduced four new concentrations this year: environmental health, environmental justice and policy, environmental entrepreneurship, and biodiversity conservation. The concentrations were created in an effort to respond to popular student interests and expand academic flexibility within the program, according to the program’s director, professor Tara Pisani Gareau. Since the environmental…
Remembering Alberto Godenzi: “An Inspirational Leader, a Visionary”
Close friends said Alberto Godenzi, who served as the dean of the School of Social Work and vice provost for Global Engagement, lived with virtue and integrity.
First Circuit Reverses, Allows BC Student’s Lawyer to Appear
First Circuit Judge David J. Barron’s Oct. 24 order came with a note that the motion for Gersen to appear was denied “because it would create a recusal.”
FBI Briefs Students on Foreign Misinformation Campaigns
Kristopher Grahame, a current member of the FBI, warned the Boston College community to filter how they consume their news at his public cybersecurity and foreign influence briefing. The Monday event, which was a joint effort of the Woods College of Advancing Studies and BC Information Technology Services, touched on the ways foreign actors can…
Panel Discusses Religion and The Democratic Party
The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life hosted a panel to discuss the role of religion in the modern Democratic Party on Monday. Mark Silk, a professor at Trinity College; Peter Skerry, a professor at Boston College; and Michael Sean Winters, a writer for the National Catholic Reporter, came together to debate. Their…
Saoirse Kennedy Hill Died of Accidental Overdose, per Report
The death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, BC ’20, has been ruled an accidental overdose, according to her death certificate that was reviewed by WCVB-TV.
Former Lynch Dean Named Provincial for New East Province of Jesuits
Rev. Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., was named the first provincial of the new USA East Province of the Jesuits just a week after the province was created.
PILF Brings BC Law Community Together for Days of Service
Sixty-five volunteers took part in the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)’s Day of Service on Sept. 7. The next Days of Service will be on Nov. 8 and 9.
Coleman Center Director Talks Community Improvement Through Art
Jackie Clay, executive director of the Coleman Center for the Arts, spoke about her artistic journey and the Coleman Center’s evolution on Wednesday as part of the “Currents Presents” series.