University divestment from fossil fuels is not merely a symbolic move but an effective one, according to Lily Fleming, vice president of Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC). “Our endowment is approximately 3.5 billion [as of 2023],” Fleming, LSEHD ’25, said. “Fossil fuels investments were estimated to be about 7 percent of the endowment in…
From the teaching to the research, the field of psychiatry is ever-evolving, according to Ann Burgess, professor of nursing at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing (CSON). “I think [psychiatry] changed a lot in terms of the education in itself,” Burgess said. “It has been wonderful to see that in not only the training but…
For over three decades, the Capstone Program at Boston College has enabled seniors to engage in self-reflection through a small fleet of highly demanded courses. But now, the program is expanding, offering more opportunities for seniors to take the introspective journeys the courses promise. “I think that the topics that will be found in these…
Nuclear war is a real and present danger, according to Ira Helfand, recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. “This is the danger in which we allow ourselves to live with every day, that we allow these weapons to continue to exist,” Helfand said. “We need to understand that these weapons do continue to exist—it…
Former football head coach Jeff Hafley and men’s basketball head coach Earl Grant maintained their status as Boston College’s highest-paid employees during the 2023 fiscal year (FY23), according to the University’s 990 tax filing. Hafley earned $3,768,321 and Grant earned $2,114,853. Hafley left the Heights in January 2024 after four seasons to become the Green…
The Boston College Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA) issued a statement on Oct. 30, condemning remarks made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. Hinchcliffe spoke at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27. “There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now—I think it’s called Puerto…
Former Republican Congresswoman Cheney returned to the Heights on Tuesday evening for the Council for Women of BC’s annual colloquium.
The Center for Digital Innovation in Learning (CDIL) is developing an AI chatbot to answer students’ questions about course registration and their degree audit.
Modern-day nuns are often thought of as out of touch with the rest of society, but this is untrue, according to Bernadette McCauley, associate professor of history at Hunter College of the City University of New York. “There is a frequent depiction of 20th-century American nuns as irrelevant, out of touch, and silly,” McCauley said….
Jonathan Metzl argued that the topic of mass shootings in the United States is incredibly complex and rooted in the nation’s identity. “This is a story not only of guns but of Americanness,” he said. The Boston College Park Street Corporation Speaker Series featured Metzl, a professor of sociology and psychiatry and director of the…
