Boston College economics professors Tayfun Sönmez and M. Utku Ünver pioneered a matching system for the world’s first four-way liver transplant exchange program, which enabled two successful four-way exchanges within the past year.
News, Academics
BC Professor Receives Grant to Research Role of Gut Microbes in Type 1 Diabetes
The Beatson Foundation awarded assistant professor of biology Emrah Altindis a two-year, $275,000 grant to support his lab’s research on how gut microbes affect Type 1 diabetes. The grant is only awarded to five U.S. research teams each year.
News, On Campus
BC’s Roche Center Receives $2.5 Million Grant From Healey Education Foundation
The Healey Education Foundation awarded Boston College’s Roche Center for Catholic Education a $2.5 million grant, along with resources to establish a preK-12 Catholic school board training program. The grant will be dispersed over five years, providing the center roughly $500,000 per year.
News, Top Story
Leahy Issues Statement Critiquing the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., released a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-based affirmative action in college admissions this morning, calling the ruling a “frustrating departure” from decades of judicial precedent.
News, Top Story, Administration
Supreme Court Rejects Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admissions
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled to ban affirmative action in college admissions on Tuesday afternoon, voting 6–2 against Harvard University and 6–3 against the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in a landmark decision.
Academics, News, On Campus
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice To Join BC Law Faculty in 2024
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Elspeth B. Cypher is set to join the Boston College Law School faculty after she retires in 2024.
Off Campus, On Campus, News
Gopuff Temporarily Loses Mass. Liquor License for Selling Alcohol to Underage BC Students
Massachusetts authorities revoked online delivery service Gopuff’s liquor license on May 18 for allegedly selling alcohol to underage Boston College students multiple times. One week later, a judge paused the state’s revocation of Gopuff’s license.
News, On Campus, Academics
BC Law Rises 8 Spots to No. 29 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023–24 Law School Rankings
Boston College Law School rose to No. 29 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023–24 law school rankings, an eight-spot increase from last year.
News, Top Story, On Campus
“Take Action for What We Love”: Ukrainian Ambassador Addresses BC Graduates at Commencement
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova urged Boston College’s graduating Class of 2023 to ask, “What is it that gives us strength?” during her commencement address on Monday.
News, On Campus
CJBC Urges BC to Uphold Jesuit Values, Divest From Fossil Fuels During Protest
Members of CJBC and a crowd of students gathered at the entrance of O’Neill Library for the protest on Tuesday night.
