Professionals from the Puppet Showplace in Brookline collaborated with BC students throughout the academic year prior to last week's staging of 'AvenueQ' at Robsham Theater, helping them to construct and control their puppet actors. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Springtime at the Heights, captured in a Boston College Minute. Video

Administrators said the events of last week required Boston College to be a community of faith and fellowship, as well as a place of learning and scholarship. The University met the challenge. BC Chronicle (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

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A number of Jesuit colleges and universities made gestures of support for BC and Boston over the past week, including Loyola Maryland, Santa Clara and, at right, Marquette University.

The John Lennon wall in Prague, a sketchpad for hope and inspiration, now bears a line from 'For Boston'  -- an expression of solidarity from abroad by BC juniors Mosie Duhe, Amanda Gallagher, Eileen O'Malley, Tony Boswell, Meghan Gilfillan and Madeline Miller.

Connell School of Nursing freshman Sarah McNamara captured this Mile 21 moment on Marathon Day.

BC NEWS UPDATE - Shelter in place ban has been lifted. Classes and all campus activities will resume on a normal schedule beginning Saturday. BC News Update 4-19-13 | Update for BC parents | Update for BC students (1 p.m.) | Update for Students 5:20 p.m. | Update for Students 7:15 p.m.

Hundreds packed St. Ignatius Church Tuesday for the University's Mass of Healing and Hope in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy. Photos

Hundreds packed St. Ignatius Church Tuesday for the University's Mass of Healing and Hope in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy. (Photo by Graham Beck '15 for  The Heights)

A BC contingent at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival premiere of 'Cry Old Kingdom' by Jeff Augustin '08. (Front l-r: Cam Cronin and Alex Lucci '12, an intern, Christina Lepri and Sarah Lang '10, Meghan Hart '08. Rear: BC Theater Chair Scott Cummings, Caitlin Berger and Libby McKnight '11, Grace Jacobson '10, Augustin, Amanda Engborg and Sarah Lunnie ’08.)

Sesquicentennial on the Road comes to Conte Forum on Saturday, April 13, BC's 8th annual National Day of Service. After only two stops of the seven-city service tour, alumni already have packed more than 65,000 meals for the hungry toward a 150,000 goal.

What connects Boston Public Library head Philip J. McNiff, flamboyant local restaurant owner Bette Arnold and Queen Elizabeth II? Find out at the latest Burns exhibit, on view through May 17.

The Mods-Stayer Hall team led the field in the 2013 NRG Games, designed to reduce residence hall energy consumption. According to the Office of Sustainability, the five-week competition saved nearly 27,000 kWH, equivalent to the electricity for three homes and annual emissions of four cars.

Assistant Professor of Music Ralf Yusuf Gawlick will debut his new song cycle on legendary German painter, printmaker and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz on April 8 in Gasson 100. BC Chronicle | Boston Globe (4th item).

Beginning April 7, Lynch School of Education alumna Elizabeth Byron '06 will compete in the 156-mile Marathan de Sables—'the toughest footrace on earth'—to fund new laptops for her 6th graders at BC partner school Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston. BC Chronicle

The University’s acclaimed jazz instrumental-vocal student ensemble BC bOp! celebrates its 25th anniversary April 5-6 with a pair of Robsham Theater concerts featuring its alumni and world-renowned trumpeter Wayne Bergeron. BC Chronicle

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick spoke on 'The Politics and Policies of Inclusion,' earlier this week in Robsham Theater at an event sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau (far right) looks on as retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor makes a point at the April 2 symposium on 'Law Schools and the Education of Democratic Citizens.' Also on the panel were Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow and Timothy Macklem, head of the law school at King’s College London. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

The debate over immigration reform across the country may translate into the best opportunity for effective policy reform, according to a panel of experts at the Sesquicentennial Symposium 'Migration: Past, Present and Future.' BC Chronicle

150 years ago—on April 1, 1863—Governor John A. Andrew of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts signed the charter for Boston College. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

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Another milestone this Sesquicentennial year: BC's signature building, and the first on its Chestnut Hill campus, marks its 100th anniversary. The dedication ceremony for Gasson Hall took place on March 28, 1913. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

BC students have a front row view of the tech industry through the annual Tech Trek to Silicon Valley for a week of sessions with senior executives, entrepreneurs, and venture partners, including numerous BC alumni. Tech Trek 2013 video highlights

Actor Chris O'Donnell '92 narrated Aaron Copland’s 'A Lincoln Portrait,' accompanied by BC's Symphony Orchestra led by John Finney, at the Sesquicentennial Concert at Symphony Hall, which also featured performances by the University Chorale, BC bOp! and University Wind Ensemble. Boston Globe (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

The University Chorale, the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, BC bOp! and the University Wind Ensemble took the stage March 23 at Boston's Symphony Hall for a Sesquicentennial concert featuring a guest appearance by actor and alumnus Chris O'Donnell, who narrated Aaron Copland’s 'A Lincoln Portrait.' Boston Globe

The U.S. welcomed 94 new citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at Robsham Theater March 21,  hosted by the University and the Graduate School of Social Work. View a video glimpse of the event here | Boston.com slideshow (Photo at right by Justin Knight)

To honor its founding as a university to serve Boston's immigrant population, Boston College and the Graduate School of Social Work will host a naturalization ceremony March 21 in Robsham Theater. | The event was advanced by Boston.com and AOL/Newton Patch, and statewide via AP

Timothy Kopacz, Chris Gouchoe, Maggie Kearnan and Kyle Brown will see their plays staged at Robsham Theater's Bonn Studio in 'New Voices 2013,' a production of original short works by undergraduates March 22 and 23. BC Chronicle

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