BC News Archive: 2024
January 2024
BC's C21 Center launches Mass and Mingle
Lilly Endowment Inc. awards Boston College $15 million grant
Pedaling with a Purpose: Lucas Beyer ’24
Crossing Boundaries: BC Law Professor Katharine G. Young
Lowell Humanities Series: Spring 2024
"The Lost Generation Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant-Garde" at the McMullen Museum
In Memoriam: Larry W. McLaughlin
BC Provost David Quigley named to International Association of Universities board
The American Economic Association honors Economics' Kit Baum
BC's Clough Doctoral Fellows Explore Political Geography in Mexico
BC joins area schools in educational series to promote civil discourse
February 2024
The Age of Identity: Q&A with BC authors Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves
BC Biologist Losick Studies Polyploid Cells and their Role in Healing
UGBC president Jonah Kotzen reflects on years at the Heights
BC hosts 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Banquet
BC STM Launches Courage to Preach Certificate Program
BC co-hosts conference for undergraduate women in physics
The Marian Consort performs at Boston College
BC's Dean Colloquium focuses on Teaching, Research, and Learning in the Age of AI
Meet the dockmaster: BC grad Christina Martin
Bestselling author Celeste Ng to speak at BC
BC School of Theology and Ministry to be named for benefactors Gloria and Chuck Clough
Charles Hack donates collection of Belgian paintings to McMullen Museum
BC Connors Center named to The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame
BC's Karen Bullock honored for work in hospice, palliative care
BC's Hilary Palevsky wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
BC's Emrah Altindis receives $2.5 million NIH grant
BC's Phil Landrigan joins Senator Markey at event on risks of lead-sheathed telecom cables
An uncommon experience for BC's Common Tones
Spring lineup at BC's Robsham Theater
New play by BC students: "Cleveland Circle"
Julie Canuto-Depina wins BC's Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
Q&A with MLK Jr. Scholarship keynote speaker and past winner Philip McHarris
March 2024
Interdisciplinary BC project targets infant malnutrition
CSTM Launches Young Alumni Leadership in Ministry Award
BC student Paul McLaughlin is inaugural winner of the Edward D. and Patricia K. Miller Scholarship
BC Messina College Dean Erick Berrelleza, SJ, will be Laetare Sunday speaker
BC's Elizabeth Graver wins multiple awards for her book Kantika
BC's Ana Martínez Alemán named one of 40 outstanding women in higher education
BC School of Social Work Latinx Leadership Initiative marks 10th anniversary
Smart Playgrounds Project aims to make computer science child's play
Boston College event venue 2101 Commonwealth reopens
Telling the story of Giannis: Kristen Lappas ’09 takes on the project of a lifetime
Finance, economics, biology, polisci most popular majors at BC
BC showcases student work at Graduate Research Symposium
BC's Park Street Corporation Speaker Series in Health, Humanities, and Ethics
BC Unveils Academic Wall of Honor
BC Dynamics will compete at the ICCA Semifinals for a chance to perform in New York City
Nurse and filmmaker Denetra Hampton to Deliver Boston College Pinnacle Lecture
BC's Messina College looks forward to welcoming inaugural class
"The Long Road" oratorio has U.S. weekend premiere at Boston College
April 2024
BC's Daniel Daly named executive director of new CHA center.
BC Jesuit physicist joins NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx mission
Registration open for 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Summit
BC's Lin Goodwin named AERA Fellow
Boston College researchers use electrocatalysis for site-specific protein modification
BC's Oh Myo Kim named Fulbright U.S. Scholar
BC senior Grace Lenahan named America Media O'Hare Fellow
Forum on Racial Justice: Confronting Injustice with the Eyes of Faith
Environmental law practicum highlighted at major forum
Keeping the Republic: New book by BC polisci profs
Growing God: Children's book sequel by C21 Center's Karen Kiefer
BCPD Holds Polar Punge to Support Special Olympics Massachusetts
Melanie Paredes Wins BC's 2024 Romero Scholarship
Racing for Impact: BC students and alumni run Boston Marathon for local charities
Boston College admits Class of 2028
Twenty-five years ago, BC formalized its presence in Dublin
Bishop of Hong Kong Cardinal Stephen Chow, S.J., will speak at Boston College Commencement
Anderson "A.J." Franklin Unity Against Racism Lecture
BC graduate programs rank high in latest U.S. News survey
Professor of Physics Ilija Zeljkovic wins “Serbian Nobel for Physics"
"Titles with Taste" abound at BC's Edible Books Festival
BC junior Sancia Sehdev wins Goldwater Scholarship
Weston Observatory tracks local earthquake
In Memoriam: Marilyn J. Matelski
BC Connell School of Nursing honors Adelene Egan
BC Finance Conference will bring together global figures in security, tech, and monetary policy
Mary Ann Hinsdale, I.H.M., honored for theological excellence
Kinship: New Book of Poetry from BC Professor Maxim Shrayer
Event will showcase Boston College poets Shrayer and Weiskott
International honors for two BC faculty members
BC's Messina College partners with Liberty Mutual Insurance to provide student internships
BC's City Connects Expands into Ireland
May 2024
BC and Trinity College Dublin host symposium on forced migration
CSTM Professor Honored for Catholic Education Research
Boston College "Seniors to Remember" 2024
Parting Thoughts: Retiring faculty and staff reflect on their Boston College experience.
BC study explores cannabis legislation effect on teen substance abuse
Boston College to pass $80 million mark in sponsored research
BC's Raquel Muñiz receives William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award
BC's John West named captain of Lou Gehrig Community Impact team
New website showcases Black history at BC Law School
Hanan Sjah wins Boston College's 2024 Aquino Scholarship
BC researcher studies 'digital barrier' to migration
Delegation from the Philippines visit BC
David Goodman named dean of BC's Woods College of Advancing Studies
Bishop of Hong Kong Cardinal Stephen Chow, S.J., addresses Boston College Class of 2024
Commencement: 2024 honorary degree citations
Commencement 2024: Capping it off
Francis Hodgens receives BC's Finnegan Award
This year's fellowship winners include 11 Fulbright scholars
BC Economics Professor Joseph Quinn receives Bellarmine Award
First-generation college student Ashley Dossous ’24 celebrates the power and versatility of hair
BC VSLC reception honors new graduates bound for full-time service work
In Memoriam: Michael A. (Mick) Smyer
Highlight reel: Revisiting high points of the 2023-24 academic year
Five Decades On, Don Fishman ‘a Champion’ at BC
BC grad Jenna Grodzicki writes to inspire children
Grant for BC Law's Initiative on Land Housing and Property Rights
June 2024
BC fundraiser benefits St. Francis House day shelter
BC receives NSF support for project to cultivate STEM interest among rural Navajo youth
BC scientists discover a 'rule-breaking' quantum material
BC Connell School Prof. Ann Burgess to be featured in docuseries on Hulu
Connell School of Nursing alumna Jennie Chin Hansen honored by Harvard
Clough School of Theology and Ministry's Rafael Luciani receives a honorary doctorate
University President William P. Leahy, S.J., to step down in summer 2026
In Memoriam: Kathleen M. McGillycuddy NC'71
BC STEM educators guide Charles River Collaboratory project for underserved youth
Boston College earns 5-star rating in “Money” 2024 Best Colleges
Historian Heather Cox Richardson receives Authors Guild Baldacci Award for literary activisim
BC Law's Initiative on Land, Housing and Property Rights awarded $2M JPMorgan Chase grant
Connell School Associate Dean Colleen Simonelli receives Community Service Award
Toward a greener future: Sustainability initiatives are everywhere at BC