Students and Faculty Protest on O’Neill Plaza, Call for Divestment, Action on Gaza

Nikita Osadchiy • February 14, 2025

Boston College students and faculty protested Thursday, condemning activism suppression, demanding investment transparency, and criticizing BC’s silence on Gaza. Speakers called for divestment and accused the administration of stifling student rights.

“We Need Voices”: Clubs Call for Action at Divestment Town Hall

Nic Petrosino and Charlie Phillips • November 6, 2024

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...

BC Unlikely to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment, UGBC Senator Shares

Jack Beckman • April 3, 2024

The primary goal of Boston College’s investments is to grow the University’s endowment, not to champion social or political causes like divestment, Lindsay Meier, environmental and sustainability policy coordinator, shared at the UGBC Senate meeting on Tuesday night.

Only the Personal is Political—White Supremacy Culture, Free Speech, and Individualism at Boston College

Emma Roney • March 18, 2024

During my six years at Boston College, a lot has changed. The student body has continuously grown in diversity, BC began participating in Questbridge, and LGBTQ+ students now have their own dedicated staff member integrated into the Bowman AHANA Intercultural Center (BAIC).

CJBC, UGBC Call for BC to Divest From Fossil Fuels at Global Divestment Day Event

Lucy Freeman • February 25, 2024

Climate Justice at BC (CJBC) and UGBC co-hosted an event on Wednesday in honor of Global Divestment Day, calling for the University to divest from fossil fuels.

BC’s Divestment Scandal: A Rejection of the Catholic Faith

Peter Swindal • February 12, 2024

Yet, while BC seems so publicly driven by the Catholic faith, it is clear that the University’s administration does not place the faith first when it comes to fossil fuel divestment.

Letter to the Editor In Response To: “CEO of ExxonMobil Talks Sustainability, Oil and Gas Industry”

Kyle Rosenthal • November 24, 2023

I was horrified but not shocked to learn that the CEO of ExxonMobil recently spoke at the Boston College Chief Executives Club.

CJBC Urges BC to Uphold Jesuit Values, Divest From Fossil Fuels During Protest

Karyl Clifford • May 3, 2023

Members of CJBC and a crowd of students gathered at the entrance of O’Neill Library for the protest on Tuesday night.

Posts Featuring CJBC, Divestment Removed During EcoPledge Takeover of BC’s Instagram Story

Natalie Arndt • April 25, 2023

When EcoPledge Co-President Maureen Kelly took over the Boston College Instagram story at the Earth Day fair on Friday afternoon, no one gave her any restrictions about what content to post, she said. But when Kelly posted a video of Climate Justice at BC (CJBC) explaining its mission and advocating for BC to divest from fossil fuels, it was taken down immediately, she said.

Student Groups Host Town Hall, Urge BC to Divest

Julia Landwehr • October 17, 2021

CJBC, alongside the Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) of BC, FACES, BC Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), EcoPledge of BC, and Real Food BC, hosted a town hall to explain fossil fuel divestment and why they’re fighting for it.

BC Environmental Groups Respond to Harvard Plans for Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Shruthi Sriram and Amy Palmer • September 21, 2021

It would take immense public action, like the storming of protesters at the Harvard–Yale football game, to give divestment the publicity it needs at Boston College, according to Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC) president Audrey Kang.

Leahy’s Leadership Is Not Jesuit: In Response to: “Complaints About Boston College Priest”

Letters • May 27, 2021

During his tenure at Boston College, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., has made a big deal out of living one’s life in accordance with Jesuit values.  Shortly after becoming...