Boston College reported six new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,605 undergraduate tests since the Tuesday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .23 percent. The updated numbers bring the weekly undergraduate positivity rate to .25 percent, slightly above Tuesday’s rate of .17 percent. Around half of BC’s undergraduate population opted to…
BC Records Five New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19
Boston College reported five new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,119 undergraduate tests since the Friday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .24 percent.
Weekly Undergrad Positivity Rate Falls to .57 Percent, BC Cautions Students as Finals Approach
Fifty-four undergraduates were in isolation as of Friday, with 36 in isolation housing and 18 isolating at home.
BC Reports 14 New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19
Boston College reported 14 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 3,174 undergraduate tests since the Tuesday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .44 percent.
OIP Director Nick Gozik Accepts Position at Elon University
Nick Gozik, director of the Office of International Programs, is leaving Boston College after eight years to serve as the next dean of global education at Elon University in North Carolina, according to an Elon press release. Gozik, who will begin his new role in January of the coming year, said that BC will announce…
BC Reports 28 New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19
The University reported 28 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of the 3,903 undergraduate tests since the Thursday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of 0.72 percent.
“Our Democracy Worked as it Should”: Boston College Reacts to Biden Victory
When freshman Marie Hauck went to bed Friday night, three days after the presidential election, Donald J. Trump was president of the United States, and it was still unclear whether his challenger, Joseph R. Biden Jr., had garnered enough votes to unseat him. When Hauck woke up Saturday morning, her phone was blowing up with…
“An Election Like No Other”: Boston College Braces for 2020 Presidential Election
“I am trying not to hedge my bets. I’m trying not to get my hopes up,” Katz said. “I’m trying not to resort my mental state to just envisioning the impending doom.”
BCEMS Meets Increased Risks, Responsibilities in 25th Year
On National First Responders Day—which honors first responders each year on Oct. 28—Boston College Emergency Medical Services plans to celebrate the same way that they usually do: going to work.
BC Delays Start of the Spring Semester, Cancels Spring Break
The University announced that it will delay the start of the spring semester by nine days and cancel Spring Break in an email sent to members of the Boston College community on Monday.