The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) elected Stacy Grooters, the executive director of Boston College’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), as its new president.
Opinions, Column
Recognizing the Dangers of Football
“You can’t care about football without caring about the lives and futures of the football players,” writes Loos.
Features
BC Talks 2017: Activism, Current Affairs, and the Brain
In its seventh year, BCTalks will feature speakers tackling subjects including race, politics, neuroscience, and human trafficking.
Column, Opinions
Why Boston College Should Rethink Football
“It is a dark, unacceptable irony that an institution devoted to developing intellectual capacity would allow, let alone celebrate, the systematic destruction of student brain-function.”
News, On Campus, Top Story
Omalu Tells the Truth About NFL, Concussions
Football helmets do nothing to protect your kid’s brain, Omalu said.
Featured Column, Column
Like Shady Industries Before It, the NFL is in Big Trouble
The league borrowed tactics from Big Tobacco and Big Oil in a war on science that downplayed concussions. Where is the appropriate public outrage?
Column, Football, Featured Column
Ivy League Football Vote to Ban Tackling is the Right Move
Ivy League football made history for all the right reasons when its eight coaches voted to ban full-contact practices earlier this week.
News, On Campus, Academics, Administration
Center For Teaching Excellence To Offer Educational Practices Reform For BC Faculty
One half of the second floor of O’Neill Library has gained a new occupant this semester, as the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has taken over the space that once housed the Campus Technology Resource Center (CTRC).
