Many of last year’s events for Pride Week focused on advocacy, according to Wells Arkins, but after listening to feedback from the queer community, GLC decided to shift gears this year.
News
The Interconnectedness of the Dobbs Decision and Substantive Due Process: A Discussion with Professor James Fleming
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice hosted the Wednesday panel at Boston College Law School, which focused on Fleming’s most recent book, Constructing Basic Liberties: A Defense of Substantive Due Process, as well as the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
News, On Campus
CSON and Xavier University in the Philippines to Collaborate in Research and Teaching
Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing (CSON) and Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan College of Nursing in the Philippines formalized a partnership aimed to expand academic and research engagement at both schools.
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BC Law Grad, Former CNN Legal Analyst Starts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Former CNN legal analyst and Boston College Law graduate Mel Robbins started her own podcast on Oct. 6—a podcast she said is unlike any other.
News, On Campus, Administration
BC Administrators Reprimand Student Behavior at Red Bandanna Football Game
Boston College administrators sent an email to students on Friday reprimanding their conduct at the Red Bandanna football game on Oct. 8.
Top Story, Off Campus, News
Masked Individual Attempts to Break Into Off-Campus House
A masked individual attempted to break into an off-campus house on Kirkwood Rd. on Thursday night at around 10:15 p.m., according to a Boston College Police Department (BCPD) bulletin.
On Campus, News
Russian Journalist and Nobel Prize Laureate Dmitry Muratov Speaks at BC’s Clough Colloquium
Members of the Boston College community and the public flooded Gasson 100 to hear Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov speak on Tuesday night.
News, Off Campus
CEO of CVS Health Karen Lynch Talks Health Equality, Goals of Company
Amazon will not surpass CVS as a health care retailer because Amazon is a transactional company focused on monetary gain, while CVS’s primary goal is the wellbeing of its customers, said CEO of CVS Health Karen Lynch at a Boston College Chief Executives Club event.
News, On Campus
Panel Discusses Serious Mental Illness and Community-Based Solutions
People with serious mental illness (SMI) die up to 32 years earlier than the general population, Karen Fortuna, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth College, said.
News, On Campus
Student Assembly Representatives Discuss Water Fountains, Student Care Days, and BCPD
The Student Assembly (SA) discussed reopening water fountains on campus, creating student mental health days, and establishing a better relationship between the Boston College Police Department (BCPD) and students in its meeting on Tuesday.
