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BC To Offer New Psychological Humanities Minor This Fall

Annika Engelbrecht • March 24, 2024

Coming this fall, the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD) will offer a new minor in psychological humanities, open to all students.

Jefferson-Jenkins Talks Progress, Equity, and Advocacy at Women in Leadership Forum

Ashna Potluri • March 23, 2024

Everyone has the ability to make a difference in the world, according to former President of the League of Women Voters Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins.

Panelists Discuss Inequities in Health Care Treatment for Black and Brown Men

Isabel Sullivan • March 22, 2024

For men of color, there is an ever-present fear of receiving subpar health care treatment, according to Keith Mascoll, an actor, producer, and mental health advocate.

BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Remains on Top

Angelina Li • March 21, 2024

For the second consecutive academic year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College, totaling 1,461 enrollees, according to the BC Fact Book—an annual release of University facts and figures compiled by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning.

UGBC Senate Shares Updates on Pine Manor, Discusses Ideas for Outdoor Study Spaces

Jack Beckman • March 19, 2024

The Pine Manor Institute for Student Success (PMI) is primed to serve students next year, despite the increased responsibilities it has taken on, student senators shared at the UGBC Senate meeting on Tuesday night.

Late-Night Fire Alarms Displace Multiple Williams Hall Residents

Lucy Freeman and Angelina Li • March 18, 2024

Though Aria Nafziger lives in Williams Hall, she found herself sprawled out on a couch in the lounge of Roncalli Hall shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning. A series of late-night fire alarms in Williams had left her unable to sleep in her own bed.

BC Delegates Share Takeaways from COP28 Conference in Schiller Symposium

Grace Sullivan • March 17, 2024

There is incremental progress made at every United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), according to Edwin Ward, Boston College COP28 delegate and BC Law ’24.

From Video Games to Sparking Flames: Lunch with Bernard Kim ’98, CEO of Match Group

Gigi Chu • March 17, 2024

Bernard Kim, CEO of Match Group and BC ’98, began his journey of fostering meaningful relationships as a young child growing up in a strict Korean household, where he and his older sister would play video games together into the wee hours of the night.

BC Biologist Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Further Study of Viral Insulins

Annika Engelbrecht • March 17, 2024

Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis felt incredibly grateful for the members of his lab when he found out he had been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to study viral insulins and their cancer implications.