Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health released a report on Thursday investigating the effects of ocean pollution on human health.
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Glenn Gaudette Named Inaugural Chair of BC’s Engineering Department
Gaudette, who will officially begin his role on Jan. 1, currently serves as a professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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BC Professors Reflect on Teaching During a Pandemic
With approximately half of the University’s undergraduate students opting to complete the semester remotely, professors must continue to adapt to the ever-changing landscape of teaching amid a pandemic.
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Honor System Raises Questions About Academic Integrity
For Kathleen Freeman, a senior studying biology at Boston College, an impending physics midterm brought along more than the usual anxiety and frustration associated with midterm season.
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International Students Confront Challenges of Virtual Learning
When the University suspended in-person classes in March, Jiayi Wang, MCAS ’22, returned home to Henan, China to finish out the semester in a different hemisphere, and because of U.S. travel restrictions barring entry to those coming from China, she was unable to return to campus for the fall semester.
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Fifty Years On, PULSE Confronts COVID-19 Without Missing a Beat
The PULSE Program for Service Learning has changed a lot since the program was first introduced, but never quite so drastically as it has this year.
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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.
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OIP Cancels Study Abroad for Spring Semester
Boston College canceled all of its study abroad programs for the Spring 2020 semester on Monday, according to an email sent to students scheduled to study abroad next semester from Office of International Programs Director Nick Gozik.
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Back to the ClassZoom: Lynch Students Return to Teaching
When Boston College moved courses online last semester, undergraduate students studying to become teachers in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development were faced with the task of adapting to online learning both for their BC courses and their own teaching responsibilities.
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Nursing Students Adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic
On Sept. 23, Connell School of Nursing Dean Susan Gennaro received a letter from a recent patient at Newton-Wellesley Hospital who appreciated the difference that interacting with a Boston College nursing student had made during his stay.
