Boston College hosted a public conference on Friday that dissected findings from an expansive global trial exploring the effectiveness of the four-day work week after the COVID-19 pandemic.
News, On Campus
BC Lynch Professor Offers Free Graduate Course to Afghan Evacuees
Boston College’s Maria Brisk has joined a number of American university professors in offering graduate courses to female Afghan evacuees.
News, On Campus, Top Story
BC Center Renamed Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children With $10 Million Donation
An anonymous donor gifted $10 million to Boston College’s Center for Optimized Student Support, renaming it the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children after its founder and executive director, according to a University release.
News
Lynch School, Others Create Study on State of Urban Catholic Schools
Lynch and Boston College’s Urban Catholic Teacher Corps (UCTC) are collaborating with the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) to conduct a national study about the current state of urban Catholic schools throughout the country.
Academics, On Campus, News
Back to the ClassZoom: Lynch Students Return to Teaching
When Boston College moved courses online last semester, undergraduate students studying to become teachers in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development were faced with the task of adapting to online learning both for their BC courses and their own teaching responsibilities.
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Lynch Launches New ‘Learning Engineering’ Master’s Program
The Lynch School of Education will begin offering a new master’s program in learning engineering this fall—the program is the first of its kind.
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BC Partners With St. Joseph’s in ‘College Road’ Program
High school sophomores from St. Joseph’s Preparatory School shadowed Boston College students as part of the College Road program. College Road began because St. Joseph’s was looking for a partnership that would complement its college preparatory education.
Academics, Top Story, News
Lynch School of Education to Undergo Name Change
The Lynch School of Education is changing its name to the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, effective this January.
Features
‘If You Build It, They Will Come’: McCartney Rebuilds Communities
“It was just the most shocking thing I had ever seen,” McCartney said as she recalled arriving in the devastated New Orleans. “To see that level of destruction and devastation … helped me realize that this whole system of disaster recovery and response in our country, at the time, was really broken.”
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Unions Announce National Campaign to Aid Grad Workers
“These workers are not going away, and we will stand with them for as long as it takes and and we will coordinate our resources to support them,” said Dennis Williams of the United Auto Workers.
