Two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner Mia Hamm left an audience of Boston College students and faculty with a lasting message of empowerment, encouraging attendees to celebrate themselves.
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BC Professors Recognized at Inaugural Illumination Awards Ceremony
The Career Center honored Boston College professors who positively impact their students’ career journeys with the first annual Illumination Awards at the “Breakfast of Champions” ceremony on Monday.
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BC Welcomes Admitted AHANA Students for Return of In-Person AHANA Day
In the most competitive year of Boston College’s undergraduate admissions yet, 42 percent of admitted students in the Class of 2026 identify as AHANA+ students.
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Turning Point Repeatedly Contacts UGBC Members, Reflecting Nationwide Pattern of Targeting Student Governments
A representative of the Campus Leadership Project (CLP)—a conservative leadership development organization designed for college students—has repeatedly contacted and offered resources to a number of Boston College students involved in UGBC. CLP Senior Victory Coordinator Michael Yurkovskiy first reached out to Julia Spagnola, UGBC vice president–elect and MCAS ’23, while she was still a representative...
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BC Admits 16 Percent Of Applicants To Class Of 2026
Boston College accepted 16 percent of a record-high 40,477 applicants for the Class of 2026, according to a University release.
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BC Graduate Employees Union Delivers Health Care Petition to Leahy’s Office
Members of the Boston College Graduate Employees Union (BCGEU) gathered at O’Neill Plaza on Friday and marched to deliver a petition that demanded comprehensive health insurance with no out-of-pocket costs for graduate student workers to University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.
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BC Black Forum Celebrates 50th Anniversary of AADS
It was the spring of 1969, and the Boston College Black Forum had just emerged from eight weeks of meetings with BC faculty and administrators. The students had successfully negotiated the creation of a Black Studies program—set to launch the following September—with the goal of expanding BC’s Black student and faculty population.
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History Department Opens New Podcasting Studio
The Boston College history department officially opened its podcasting studio on Thursday, which Dana Sajdi hopes will become a fundamental part of the department.
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BC Faculty Members Criticize BC Faculty & Staff Experience Survey in Open Letter
One hundred ninety-six Boston College faculty members signed an open letter to the University criticizing the demographic portion of its “Boston College Faculty & Staff Experience Survey” for excluding intersectional identities.
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Twelve Student Groups Pitch Their Businesses at This Year’s Demo Day
The Edmund H. Shea, Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship in the Carroll School of Management annually oversees a nine-week program for student entrepreneurs at BC. At the end of the nine weeks, the students pitch their companies at Demo Day.
