The Heights

$150 Million Integrated Science Building Opens On Campus

Amy Palmer • January 20, 2022

The arrival of the highly anticipated Integrated Science Building at Boston College has attracted visitors from all over campus, which is exactly what it was made to do.

BC Breaks COVID-19 Records Amid National Omicron Surge, Return to Campus

Erin Shannon • January 19, 2022

The University broke its record for the highest-ever number of cases of COVID-19 on campus with 330 undergraduates testing positive after returning from Winter Break, according to an update to the BC Forward website.

Carney’s Reopens Following Extensive Renovations

Sofia Laboy • January 17, 2022

Carney’s dining hall in McElroy Commons reopened this Friday with long-anticipated renovations following a semester with a makeshift set-up.

Parent-Created Petition Proposes Additional Exemptions to BC’s Booster Mandate

Erin Shannon, Sofia Laboy, and Amy Palmer • January 16, 2022

A petition urging Boston College to allow four exemptions to its vaccination booster mandate claims there are “very serious safety concerns” with the University policy. The petition has garnered 830 signatures as of Sunday.

BC Professor Provides Inside Look at Criminal Profiling in New Book

Amy Palmer and Beth Verghese • January 14, 2022

Ann Wolbert Burgess explores these notorious serial killers, various other cases, and her career as a forensic psychiatric nurse with the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) in her new book, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind.

BC Biologists Develop Computer Model To Detect COVID-19 Strains

Eliza Hernandez • January 13, 2022

A computer model developed by Boston College biologists may alter the future of detecting COVID-19 strains by helping to discover new antibodies and cell mutations of the virus, according to Babak Momeni.

Affirm Lab Conducts Two Studies About Supporting Transgender Youth

Beth Verghese • January 12, 2022

The Affirm Lab, a research team at Boston College whose goal is to improve care for stigmatized youth, is currently conducting two studies to assess how mental health clinics and schools can better support transgender youth.

University Announces Updated COVID-19 Testing Noncompliance Penalties for Spring Semester

Amy Palmer and Erin Shannon • January 11, 2022

The University announced updated penalties for noncompliance with COVID-19 surveillance testing for the spring semester, including multiple account holds, a required education module, and summary suspensions, in an email sent to students on Tuesday.

BC Law First-Year Enrollment Increases Significantly During COVID-19

Amy Palmer • January 6, 2022

First-year enrollment at Boston College Law School increased by 40 percent this past year due to a heightened interest in law careers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Boston Business Journal.

BC Implements New COVID-19 Protocols for Spring Semester

Erin Shannon • January 5, 2022

Boston College implemented new COVID-19 protocols for the spring semester, including a pre-second semester COVID-19 testing requirement, a temporary masking period, and changes to isolation and quarantine protocols, according to an email sent to students on Wednesday.

Doug Flutie’s Autism Nonprofit Partners With Inclusive Fitness

Sofia Laboy • December 29, 2021

The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism is teaming up with Inclusive Fitness, a gym in West Roxbury, Mass., to help minimize the disparity in high-quality athletic training for neurodivergent people.

Former BC Student Inyoung You Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter

Erin Shannon • December 23, 2021

Inyoung You, the former Boston College student charged in connection with the suicide of her boyfriend, Alexander Urtula, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Thursday, according to The Boston Globe.