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UGBC Highlights Resources for Students Amid Increased ICE Activity in Boston
Reetu Agnihotri September 17, 2025
UGBC President Cami Kulbieda highlighted OGE's global engagement gateway as a resource offering students guidance and support amid increased ICE activity in Boston.
BC Places No. 22 on LinkedIn’s List of Best Colleges for Long-Term Career Success
Asha Woerner September 16, 2025
Boston College ranked No. 22 in LinkedIn’s inaugural list of the top 50 colleges for long-term career success.
BC Celebrates Start of Hispanic Heritage Month With Focus on Community
Annika Engelbrecht September 16, 2025
Cheers erupted in Gasson 100 as students carried flags representing each Hispanic country across the room, kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month at Boston College.
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Dylan Lonergan threw his first interception of the season in Saturday night’s loss. (Paul Criado / Heights Staff)
BC Goes Scoreless in Second Half, Loses to Stanford in First ACC Contest
Maria Stefanoudakis, Sports Editor • September 14, 2025
Stanford held BC football scoreless in the second half, and the Eagles lost 30–20 on Saturday night.
(Ellie El-Fishawy / Heights Editor)
UGBC Highlights Resources for Students Amid Increased ICE Activity in Boston
Reetu Agnihotri September 17, 2025
UGBC President Cami Kulbieda highlighted OGE's global engagement gateway as a resource offering students guidance and support amid increased ICE activity in Boston.
(Molly Bruns / Heights Archives)
BC Places No. 22 on LinkedIn’s List of Best Colleges for Long-Term Career Success
Asha Woerner September 16, 2025
Boston College ranked No. 22 in LinkedIn’s inaugural list of the top 50 colleges for long-term career success.
(Itzel Morales / Heights Staff)
BC Celebrates Start of Hispanic Heritage Month With Focus on Community
Annika Engelbrecht September 16, 2025
Cheers erupted in Gasson 100 as students carried flags representing each Hispanic country across the room, kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month at Boston College.
(Catherine Li / Heights Staff)
De Waal Discusses “Weaponized Starvation” During Israel-Hamas War
Amelia Alexopoulos September 14, 2025
The ongoing famine in Gaza is the consequence of Israel's deliberate attempt to use starvation as a weapon of war, according to Alex de Waal, the executive director of the World Peace Foundation and research professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. 
(Jack Weynand / Senior Heights Staff)
McKibben Outlines Hope for Future in Clean Energy Lecture
Jack Weynand September 14, 2025

Bill McKibben, a world-renowned author and climate justice activist, made the case Monday evening for why climate justice is a worthwhile fight—and...

(Molly Bruns / Heights Archives)
BC Rebrands Office of Institutional Diversity, Renames DEI Web Pages
Nikita Osadchiy September 12, 2025
Boston College quietly replaced the Office for Institutional Diversity (OID) with the new Office of the Vice President for Human Resources (OVPHR), according to archived versions of the University website.
(Jashodhara Jindal / Heights Editor)
What You Missed From the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
Anthony McPhelim September 16, 2025
Between homework due at midnight and Sunday Night Football, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards might have slipped your mind. A night filled with upsets and newcomers, here are this year's highlights.
(Stella Hallberg / Heights Staff)
Black Student Forum’s Second Annual dARTy Is a Resounding Success
Stella Hallberg September 14, 2025
Black Student Forum (BSF) kicked off the semester with their second annual dARTy, hosted at the McMullen Museum of Art. The evening featured a multitude of fun activities for attendees, with each floor of the museum being utilized for different creative endeavors. 
(Parker Leaf / Heights Editor)
Twenty One Pilots Closes a Chapter in ‘Breach’
Leah Stitzel and Abby Rapuano September 14, 2025
The story of genre-defying band Twenty One Pilots’ new album, Breach, really begins 10 years ago, with the 2015 release of their first chart-topping album, Blurryface. Since then, the band has been building not just a discography, but a world, spanning a decade of albums, music videos, and lore.
(Parker Leaf / Senior Staff)
‘Play’ Is Sheeran at His Worst
Kendall Poglitsch September 14, 2025
Ed Sheeran’s new album, Play, proves he’s past his prime.
(Jashodhara Jindal / Heights Editor)
“Long Live Downton”: The Franchise Waves Farewell With ‘The Grand Finale’
Alexandrine Bourlot September 14, 2025
Closing out the trilogy, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale offers long-time fans one final treat.
(Photo Courtesy of Rhys Asplundh / Wikimedia Commons)
Fitz and the Tantrums To Headline 2025 Stokes Set
Milo Priddle September 12, 2025
Fitz and the Tantrums will headline the annual Stokes Set concert, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced in an Instagram video posted on Friday morning.
BC kicks off the Eagle Class on Thursday versus Harvard. (Itzel Morales / Heights Contributor)
BC Beats Albany in Five Sets, Remains Undefeated
Paige Martino September 16, 2025
The Eagles showed poise under pressure, seizing momentum at the moment it mattered most.
The Eagles sit at a 4–1–3 record with their first ACC game on the horizon. (Yamari Santillan / Heights Staff)
Shippee Records Third Straight Shutout, BC Ties St. John’s 0–0
Sebby Fitzgerald September 15, 2025

Boston College women’s soccer finished .500 in conference play last season—in all its other games, it went 8–1.  The Eagles find themselves...

Burkhardt's penalty goal was his first of the season. (Yamari Santillan / Heights Staff)
Eagles Upset No. 14 Hokies on the Road With Shutout Win
Maria Stefanoudakis September 14, 2025
Boston College men's soccer captured its first ACC win of the season behind a six-save performance from Andrej Borak and a penalty-shot goal from Jack Burkhardt.
A first-time candidate, Kazakoff-Eigen challenged incumbent Maria Greenberg. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)
JJ Kazakoff-Eigen Drops Out of Ward 1 City Council Race
Laney McAden September 16, 2025
Jonathan “JJ” Kazakoff-Eigen announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign, leaving Ward 1 incumbent Maria Greenberg with an unopposed track to the Ward 1 Newton City Council seat.
Susan Denison and Ted Kuklinski released this year’s butterfly, named Chrys, at the festival. (Matthew Antonecchia / Heights Staff)
Butterflies Take to the Skies at Newton’s Fifth Annual Monarch Festival
Matthew Antonecchia September 16, 2025
Wellington Park in West Newton was abuzz Saturday morning, as children, parents, and curious onlookers gathered for the Fifth Annual Newton Monarch Festival.
(Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)
Programs and Services Committee Recommends Former U.S. Senate Doorkeeper for City Clerk
Laney McAden September 14, 2025
On Thursday, Newton’s Programs and Services Committee unanimously voted to recommend Andrew Willison, a lawyer and former U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as the city clerk.