The religious imaginary, a collective sense of what provides purpose for citizens, plays a large role in how Americans operate as a society—including who we choose to elect—according to Diane Winston, professor of journalism and communication at the University of Southern California. “I want to focus on religious imaginary,” Winston said. “It’s a shared orientation…
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.
A lawsuit named Boston College as one of 40 private universities alleged of overcharging tuition by considering the financial information of students’ noncustodial parents. Several other Massachusetts universities were included in the class action lawsuit—including Harvard University, Tufts University, Northeastern University, and Boston University—as well as the College Board. Maxwell Hansen, a Boston University student,…
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.
