The Emerging Leaders Program welcomed Holocaust survivor Rena Finder back to Boston College for a ninth year on Tuesday. Finder is one of the 1,200 Jewish people saved by Oskar Schindler’s efforts to remove them from concentration camps. Born in Krakow, Poland in 1929, Finder said that she is committed to telling her story, as…
Students Offer Elevator Pitches in Shea Competition
The Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the fifth annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Wednesday. The panel of judges awarded first place to EmployMint, presented by Jacob Small, CSOM ’20.
BC To Offer New Palliative Care Certificate
The program aims to attract individuals who have experience in or exposure to hospice care, according to Teresa Schirmer, associate dean of the School of Social Work.
First Circuit Hears Lawsuit Against BC’s Investigative Process
The heart of the complaint is that the plaintiff did not have an opportunity to ask questions of the other parties.
Panelists Share Stories of Wrongful Conviction
The Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program hosted a panel discussion regarding wrongful convictions and the means of which victims of the legal system can be freed on Oct. 29.
Students Protest Controversial Speaker Andrew Klavan Outside BC Republicans Event
The BC Republicans-sponsored event began 15 minutes early, which shut out many of the students who had hoped to protest from inside.
Boston College Republicans to Host Speaker With History of Islamophobic Comments
Editor’s Note: Over 100 students gathered outside Andrew Klavan’s Tuesday night appearance to protest his lecture. Read our coverage of it here. Andrew Klavan, a popular conservative journalist and writer, will be coming to Boston College on Tuesday for a Boston College Republicans-sponsored event. Klavan often talks about Judeo-Christian identity in the West, and his…
Environmental Studies Adds New Concentrations
Boston College’s environmental studies program has introduced four new concentrations this year: environmental health, environmental justice and policy, environmental entrepreneurship, and biodiversity conservation. The concentrations were created in an effort to respond to popular student interests and expand academic flexibility within the program, according to the program’s director, professor Tara Pisani Gareau. Since the environmental…
Remembering Alberto Godenzi: “An Inspirational Leader, a Visionary”
Close friends said Alberto Godenzi, who served as the dean of the School of Social Work and vice provost for Global Engagement, lived with virtue and integrity.