From food and beverages to paper products and equipment, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the nationwide supply chain and everyone is feeling its impacts, according to Tom Williams, associate director of Boston College Auxiliary Services.
BC Falls One Spot to No. 36 in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ Rankings
U.S. News & World Report named Boston College the No. 36 best national college in its 2022 college rankings, a one-spot drop from last year’s ranking.
BC Reports 59 New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19
The University reported 59 undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 6,579 tests this past week, a positivity rate of .90 percent, according to a Monday update to the Boston College Forward website.
Isabel Wilkerson Talks Dismantling the “American Caste System”
Isabel Wilkerson, the first female Black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in journalism and author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, spoke about her book to the Boston College community on Wednesday over Zoom.
Class of 2025 Inattentive at Annual Convocation
Sherry Turkle spoke about the importance of conversation to the Class of 2025 Thursday evening at the annual Academic Convocation.
Moore, Kalscheur Appointed Co-Directors of Forum on Racial Justice
The appointment of Kalscheur and Moore, who also serves as executive director of the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success, follows the departure of the forum’s inaugural director and former BC Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau.
“Refreshing and Inimitable”: Régine Jean-Charles Leaves BC, Heads to Northeastern
Régine Jean-Charles—who spent 13 years as a professor, mentor, and colleague at Boston College—accepted a position as a full professor at Northeastern University this summer.
BC Faculty Send Letter to Administration Requesting Classroom Mask Mandate
More than 300 Boston College faculty signed a letter sent to the administration on Sunday requesting that the University instate a mask mandate in BC classrooms.
BC Receives Largest Donation in its 158-Year History
Boston College received a gift of $75 million—the largest donation in the 158-year history of the University—from the estate of Joyce Robsham and Paul Robsham, LGSOE ’83, the University announced on Thursday.
Leahy Addresses BC Community at Annual Convocation
University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. discussed the pressures that Boston College faces in the modern day, including an increasingly secular society and struggles within the Catholic Church, at BC’s 2021 University Convocation, according to University communications.