The Schiller Family gifted $2.5 million to Boston College Athletics as an endowment for the lacrosse head coaching position, making BC head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein the first to hold the position.
News, On Campus
Fisher Examines Co-Dependency of Democracy and Expertise
Expertise plays an essential role in sustaining democracy, according to Liz Fisher, professor of environmental law at Oxford University’s Corpus Christi College.
Features, On-Campus Profiles, Profiles
Scholarship, Collaboration, and Interdisciplinary Education: The Schiller Institute Opportunities for Boston College
“It’s really interesting to be able to talk to people from so many different backgrounds and understand those nuances better,” Sehdev said. “And I think a lot of Schiller’s programs tend to be like that, because there are so many people from fields like economics, political science, law, and other different fields in the humanities, and then obviously a lot of STEM.”
On Campus, Academics, News
BC Delegates Share Takeaways from COP28 Conference in Schiller Symposium
There is incremental progress made at every United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), according to Edwin Ward, Boston College COP28 delegate and BC Law ’24.
News, Academics
Thiede Discusses Impacts of Climate Change on Health
Recent research has demonstrated that the global impacts of climate change on human health stem from pressing systemic issues, according to Brian Thiede, associate professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography at Pennsylvania State University.
Features, 2024 Celebrating Black Voices
Success Over Stigma: Black Perspectives in STEM at BC
While some kids were afraid of going to the doctor, Christie Louis looked forward to each of her doctor’s appointments. From a young age, she knew she wanted to go into healthcare.
Features, On-Campus Profiles, Profiles
Beyond Borders: Van de Water Researches Medicine in Low-Resource Settings
“In South Africa, the inequities on race and class were just very obvious because of the legacy of apartheid, which made me very interested in doing work there,” Van de Water said. “There was a brutal HIV epidemic and devastation on the whole healthcare system.”
Long-term Features, Top Story, Features, Long-form Features
Maroon, Gold, and Green: The Divestment Debate at BC
“Keep talking,” Landrigan said. “Keep impressing on the elders the importance of the issue. The fact that your generation is going to have to live with [climate change] for a lot longer than we do. And keep making the argument that climate change has to be taken seriously, especially in a Jesuit Catholic University.”
News, On Campus
Genova Uses Storytelling to Understand, Destigmatize Alzheimer’s Disease
Lisa Genova expressed that her knowledge as a neuroscientist was not enough to fully understand or explain the brain and certain neurological diseases—she had to become a storyteller.
The Week in Photos, Multimedia, Photos
This Week in Photos 10/23/23 – 10/29/23
BC football wide receiver Lewis Bond leaps over UConn defenders in the Eagles’ 21–14 homecoming win on Saturday, October 28, 2023 (Chris Ticas / Heights Editor). BC women’s soccer midfielder Elly Slensky fights for the ball against two defenders in the Eagles’ 1–1 draw against No. 3 North Carolina on Thursday, October 26, 2023 (Emily...
