Last week, Boston College reported its lowest undergraduate positivity rate for COVID-19 since classes began, as of its Friday update of the COVID-19 dashboard.
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Campbell Explores Power Behind Ming Dynasty Architecture
Encompassing 180 acres in central Beijing, the Forbidden City, or a complex of nearly a thousand red palaces, towers, and gardens, pays homage to the reign of one of China’s most powerful rulers—Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, or the “Yongle Emperor.”
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Modestino Discusses Urgent Need to Address COVID-19 Childcare Crisis
Alicia Sasser Modestino, a professor of public policy and economics at Northeastern University, joined the Boston College workplace roundtable on Tuesday to share her findings regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on working parents, arguing the necessity of addressing the childcare crisis.
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Panelists Discuss Democratic Reform, Ranked-Choice Voting
The Good Governance Project, a new initiative of the The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, held its inaugural kick-off event on Oct. 1 with a virtual panel of guest speakers who discussed the country’s dire need for democratic reform.
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Anderson Talks Voter Suppression and Democratic Engagement
Maceo Snipes, a black man from Georgia, was determined to vote. Having recently returned from World War II, he went to cast his ballot in the summer of 1946, the first black person to do so in Taylor County.
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After Weeks of Complaints, Parents Grill BC Dining About Poor Service and Food Quality
After weeks of complaints about both the quality and price of the food in Boston College’s dining halls, Dining Services held a Zoom meeting on Wednesday night with a group of parents to address their concerns.
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Infection Data Forces BC to Restrict Guest Policy, Administration Says
Boston College is restricting its guest policy in University residence halls beginning Friday, according to a Wednesday email from Executive Vice President Michael Lochhead and Doug Comeau, director of University Health Services (UHS).
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BC Adds 15 New Cases Out of 264 Tests to Last Week’s COVID-19 Report
Boston College reported an additional 15 cases of COVID-19 out of 264 undergraduate tests from last week, a 5.68 percent positivity rate, in its Tuesday update of the COVID-19 dashboard.
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Galindez Talks Motherhood and Migration
In a lecture on Friday, María Bianco Galindez, a part-time faculty member in the School of Social Work and BCSSW ’20, drew from her research surrounding the challenges of migration to the United States and discussed the nature of being a mother while migrating and seeking refuge in today’s world.
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Panelists Address Catholicism, Politics, and the 2020 Election
Panelists at a Zoom event on Sept. 24 addressed issues surrounding the intersection of Catholic identity and political affiliation in light of the upcoming presidential election.
