The Heights

Global Engagement Committee Strives to Enhance BC’s International Presence

Cole Dady • February 26, 2018

“BC has been growing from a regional university to a national one,” said Alberto Godenzi, the co-chair of the initiative. “We have been engaged internationally, but not in a strategic way."

As Columbia Decides Not to Bargain with Grad Student Union, BC Reaffirms Decision to See Appeal Through

Jack Goldman • February 7, 2018

“This is going to establish a trend, a pattern, and a precedent,” Gary N. Chiason, a professor at Clark University, told The New York Times.

STM’s Groome to Finish Term as C21 Director

Cole Dady • January 5, 2018

The search for a new C21 director will begin this week and will be chaired by Robert Newton, special assistant to University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.

Union Stages ‘Work-In’ at Hillside, Calls for BC to Drop Appeal

Cole Dady • December 12, 2017

A number of supporters of the union organized to do their work, displaying signs on the back of their chairs that read “I’m working on …” followed by their subject matter.

Leahy Letter Criticizes Impact of Tax Bills on Higher Ed

Cole Dady • December 8, 2017

He wrote to the community to ask students and faculty to call or email members of Congress within the next few days to urge them to include a provisions, which would lessen the impact of the new tax bills on BC.

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Brings Holiday Spirit to BC

Cole Dady • December 5, 2017

A number of acapella groups performed that night, such as the Heightsmen, the Acoustics, the Liturgy Arts Group, the BC Bells, the Sharps, and the Dynamics.

BC Creates Board of Regents to Support Leahy, Board of Trustees

Cole Dady • November 9, 2017

The Board includes two University Trustees: John F. Fish, chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, and Christian W.E. Haub, the Co-CEO of the Tengelmann Group. Fish is the board’s inaugural chair.

LTE: In Response to “Peter Markell, New Chair of Trustees, Discusses Goals, Recent Activism at BC”

Letters • November 5, 2017

"University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. as the leader of Boston College, should speak out whenever situations occur that especially hurt students. There cannot be a substitute for that."

Institute for Integrated Science and Society to Be Named for Schiller Family

Connor Murphy • November 3, 2017

Boston College's planned Institute for Integrated Sciences and Society will be named after Phil Schiller, BC '82, and his wife Kim Gassett-Schiller.

BC Signs Letter Asking Congress to Take Action on Dreamers

Samantha Karl • October 25, 2017

Boston College joins hundreds of other universities in signing a letter to congressional leaders. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. has always been a supporter of DACA, and wrote in the statement that rescinding DACA is a mistake that conflicts with the nation's values and heritage.

LTE: A Response to “LTE: A Response to ‘Looking Forward to a Progressive Future’”

Letters • September 23, 2017

"The bible solely existing as a piece of literature notwithstanding, it is hypocritical to claim that traditional marriage is vindicated in the bible and therefore rationalizes oppression of marginalized communities."

LTE: A Response to “Looking Forward to a Progressive Future”

Letters • September 21, 2017

"Father Leahy and BC are merely exhibiting the very Jesuit ideals this University was founded upon in 1863," writes Dietrich in her letter.