In cases of cardiac emergency, the timely usage of an automated external defibrillator (AED) can make the difference between life and death. At Boston College, the Office of Emergency Management and BC Emergency Medical Services (BCEMS) hope to improve these chances of survival by tripling the number of AEDs located on University-owned properties. “We’ve had…
The upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election remains a top priority for the intelligence community, especially amid recent government reports suggesting that Russia, China, and Iran attempted to influence this year’s election, according to Stacey Dixon, principal deputy director of national intelligence.
Modern democracies are broken, but there is a way to fix them, according to Hélène Landemore. “I have good news and bad news,” Landemore said. “Bad news is electoral politics, it seems to me, is beyond repair. The good news is democracy isn’t, and you can fix it.” The Clough Center hosted Landemore and other…
The heightened divisions of the United States pose a serious challenge in the upcoming presidential election, according to Benjamin Ginsberg, Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow and national counsel to the 2000 and 2004 Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns. “The challenge for this election cycle is that we are a really divided country,” Ginsberg said. “There is half the…
For many students, it may seem like emergency blue lights on campus are perpetually broken or even obsolete now that almost everyone has a cellphone.
Just one year since its initiation, the Boston College Soaring Higher campaign has collected over half of its $3 billion goal, according to a University release.
Boston College’s theology department is launching three new minors in partnership with the philosophy department and the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD).
Stafford Sheehan discussed his entrepreneurial journey from Boston College to co-founding Air Company and running a successful business while working to negate global carbon emissions.
State-sponsored abductions and political imprisonments remain serious violations of human rights warranting accountability, said Tae-Ung Baik, former director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii.
John Mahoney emphasized the impact and values of Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education at an event hosted by the Church in the 21st Century Center on Thursday night. “If your education hasn’t changed you, we haven’t done our job,” said Mahoney, former director of admissions and vice provost for enrollment management at Boston College Students…
