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Nation, World & Society / Education

Braun named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 11, 2023

The Lynch School's Boisi Professor, Henry Braun directs BC's Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy.

Nation, World & Society / Business & Management

16th annual Finance Conference

May 07, 2023

Best-selling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell will keynote the Carroll School of Management event.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Marina Bers Named to National Academy of Education

May 02, 2023

The Augustus Long Professor of Education is among the exceptional leaders and scholars elected for membership this year.

Nation, World & Society / Law & Politics

BC Law to present St. Thomas More Award

April 30, 2023

Vincent D. Rougeau, president of the College of Holy Cross and former BC Law School dean, will be honored for his distinguished service to law and humanity.

Nation, World & Society / International

The Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on

April 20, 2023

BC scholars reflect on the agreement and its legacy; a related symposium focuses on women-authored fiction and journalism.

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Nation, World & Society / Sociology

BC Professor Juliet Schor to speak at TED2022

April 10, 2022

At this year's flagship TED conference, the internationally noted social economist will make the case for the four-day work week.

Nation, World & Society / Education

$10M gift honors BC Lynch School Professor Mary Walsh

February 03, 2022

BC's Center for Optimized Student Support will be renamed the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children.

Nation, World & Society / Law & Politics

BC Law School deanship named

October 28, 2021

The Marianne D. Short, Esq., Law School Deanship will be established through a $10 million gift from the school’s most generous benefactor.

Nation, World & Society / International

Air pollution’s deadly toll

October 14, 2021

BC Global Observatory uncovers air pollution's striking economic and human cost in Africa's first continent-wide survey.

Nation, World & Society / International

Ricci Institute coming to Boston College

October 02, 2021

The internationally acclaimed institute for Chinese-Western cultural history, and its library, will open at BC in early 2022

Nation, World & Society / Education

BC Lynch School students fare well in global longevity design challenge

May 09, 2022

The team's residential mold spore detector takes third place in an international competition focused on solving problems people face as they age.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Building a 'virtual neighborhood'

April 23, 2020

A BC professor and her son create an online peer mentoring program for isolated middle and elementary school students.

Nation, World & Society / Law & Politics

'We the People'

July 04, 2019

How has the Declaration of Independence influenced the U.S. Constitution? In a podcast, BC political scientist Ken Kersch weighs in.

Nation, World & Society / Social Work

Child soldiers, adult lives

June 20, 2019

Families and communities are central to recovery for Sierra Leone's former child soldiers, BC researchers find in 15-year study of war-affected youth.

Nation, World & Society / Law & Politics

A long journey's end

April 30, 2019

The story of a wrongful deportation and the BC program helped to fight it.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Braun named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 11, 2023

The Lynch School's Boisi Professor, Henry Braun directs BC's Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy.

Nation, World & Society / Business & Management

16th annual Finance Conference

May 07, 2023

Best-selling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell will keynote the Carroll School of Management event.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Marina Bers Named to National Academy of Education

May 02, 2023

The Augustus Long Professor of Education is among the exceptional leaders and scholars elected for membership this year.

Nation, World & Society / Law & Politics

BC Law to present St. Thomas More Award

April 30, 2023

Vincent D. Rougeau, president of the College of Holy Cross and former BC Law School dean, will be honored for his distinguished service to law and humanity.

Nation, World & Society / International

The Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on

April 20, 2023

BC scholars reflect on the agreement and its legacy; a related symposium focuses on women-authored fiction and journalism.