On Wednesday, Boston College Law School’s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy hosted a panel to discuss past, present, and pending policies regarding domestic violence.
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Panelists Discuss Benefits, Risks, and Legality of Facial Recognition Software
Facial recognition technology poses privacy and security threats to everyone, according to Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the American Civil Liberties Union.
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BCSSW Research Team Works to Provide Aid for Afghan Refugees Resettled in the U.S.
The Boston College School of Social Work’s (BCSSW) Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) will collaborate with the University of Illinois at Chicago for a project that aims to provide mental health and familial support for Afghan refugees resettled in the United States, according to BC News.
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SCE Honors Lisa Sowle Cahill with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society of Christian Ethics honored Lisa Sowle Cahill, the Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College, with their Lifetime Achievement award for her contributions to Christian ethics at its annual meeting earlier this month.
Off Campus, News
CEO of CVS Health Karen Lynch Talks Health Equality, Goals of Company
Amazon will not surpass CVS as a health care retailer because Amazon is a transactional company focused on monetary gain, while CVS’s primary goal is the wellbeing of its customers, said CEO of CVS Health Karen Lynch at a Boston College Chief Executives Club event.
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Clough Center Hosts Event Celebrating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Jonathan Laurence, director of Boston College’s Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, said that constitutional democracies are necessary in the 21st century to address growing racial inequality and widening social divisions.
