Gayle King, co-host of CBS This Morning and editor-at-large of O, the Oprah Magazine, spoke about her career and and answered questions from BC undergrads at the fifth annual Council for Women at Boston College (CWBC) Colloquium on Oct. 17. King opened her talk by commending BC’s student body on its unique energy. “I walked into…
The events held throughout the week are meant to unite students across campus and reflect the core values of ALC, according to Juliann Zou, ALC’s marketing coordinator and MCAS ’23.
The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life hosted a panel about the relationship between the natural sciences and theology on Tuesday. This event was largely in response to a controversial Vatican document that instructs Catholic schools on how to deal with issues surrounding gender identity.
The Provost’s Office hosted the first of its “Courageous Conversations,” a new initiative that aims to foster discussion about difficult topics between faculty and students, on Tuesday.
Melinda Lopez is bringing a diverse outlook to BC’s theatre department.
Alumni and current students gathered at the McMullen Museum of Art for Arts Career Night, an event sponsored by Arts Council and the Career Center.
The Boston College English department opened a new writing center for undergraduate students on Oct. 1. The center, which is located in room 418 of Stokes Hall South, houses 10 peer mentors, who offer appointments for students hoping to improve the strength and quality of their general writing skills. The main coordinators of the writing…
Boston College opened up its latest satellite campus this fall in a less-than-traditional location: the Massachusetts Correctional Institute, a men’s correctional institute in Shirley, Mass., (MCI-Shirley), where 16 men are currently taking classes through the University’s new Prison Education Program. The program is modeled on and supported by the Bard Prison Initiative, which has offered…
Boston College, led by Vice Provost for Faculties Billy Soo, is working to continue to diversify its faculty population through a variety of programs and initiatives. Forty-two percent of the current faculty is female and 20.4 percent is AHANA+, according to Soo. As with racial diversity, an obstacle to increased gender diversification at BC is…
Boston College recently established a new affinity group for faculty and staff members with disabilities, Awareness Benefiting Leadership and Employees about Disabilities, or ABLED@BC. Affinity groups at BC serve as a way for staff and faculty members to promote education and awareness for a common interest in order to sustain an environment that celebrates inclusion. …
