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As wildfires ravaged the Pacific Palisades, Gigi Glass, MCAS ’27, watched in disbelief from her deck as smoke billowed over her neighborhood. By the time the flames subsided, her family’s home was reduced to ashes, she said. “When they started, I was at my house,” Glass said. “We could see the smoke from our roof…
The topic of climate change is pertinent in today’s world and has an evident impact on our daily lives, according to Alexia Cole, MCAS ’26. “It’s November,” Cole said. “It’s super hot today.” The Boston College Office of Global Education, McGillycuddy-Logue Fellows program, and EcoPledge hosted a film screening and discussion about climate change and…
From the teaching to the research, the field of psychiatry is ever-evolving, according to Ann Burgess, professor of nursing at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing (CSON). “I think [psychiatry] changed a lot in terms of the education in itself,” Burgess said. “It has been wonderful to see that in not only the training but…
For over three decades, the Capstone Program at Boston College has enabled seniors to engage in self-reflection through a small fleet of highly demanded courses. But now, the program is expanding, offering more opportunities for seniors to take the introspective journeys the courses promise. “I think that the topics that will be found in these…
Newton’s Angier Elementary School received a National Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education.
