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Campus & Community / Alumni

Pickering Fellow

April 24, 2023

A Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship will support Carroll School alumna Nazifa Subah's career plan for foreign service through the U.S. State Department.

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.

Campus & Community / Faculty

'Immigrant Baggage'

April 20, 2023

New memoir by BC's Maxim D. Shrayer is inspired by his Jewish-Russian family and their American assimilation and acculturation.

Faith & Religion / Theology

Boston College ranked 10th worldwide in theology, divinity, and religious studies

March 23, 2023

The prestigious 2023 QS World University Ranking reflects the joint contributions of BC's School of Theology and Ministry and Theology Department.

Science, Tech & Health / Earth, Environment & Sustainability

Health hazards of plastic: From cradle to grave

March 21, 2023

Global Observatory on Planetary Health Director Philip Landrigan, M.D., present a sweeping new report on hazards at every stage of plastics' life cycle.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Next steps for major world surveys of student achievement

March 07, 2023

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center directors discuss pending global assessments of proficiency in math, science, and reading literacy.

Campus & Community / Around Campus

BC faculty share perspectives at forum on Ukraine

March 04, 2023

An interdisciplinary panel provided historical, geopolitical, cultural, and religious perspectives on the conflict.

Campus & Community / Around Campus

Support for earthquake relief efforts

February 24, 2023

Campus initiatives are under way at Boston College in response to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and northern Syria.

Nation, World & Society / International

Taking another view of the Irish Civil War

February 22, 2023

Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Eunan O’Halpin assesses the conflict's impact on Ireland.

Nation, World & Society / International

A world of conversation

February 20, 2023

A portal sparks real-time global discussions for visitors to BC's McMullen Museum.

Humanities / History

A study of censorship

February 07, 2023

BC historian Robert Savage's latest book explores tensions between the BBC and Margaret Thatcher's government during The Troubles.

Nation, World & Society / International

New editor for 'The Journal of the Middle East and Africa'

February 07, 2023

BC Professor of Near Eastern Studies, anthologist, biographer, and translator of poetry and prose Franck Salameh is named editor in chief.

Art & Culture / Fine Arts

'Landscape of Memory' at the McMullen Museum

February 02, 2023

Inventive installations from the Barjeel Art Foundation explore the rich and complex history of the Middle East region.

Nation, World & Society / International

BC Ricci Institute–Harvard-Yenching Institute Fellowship

January 22, 2023

The fellowship allows for a researcher from an Asia-based university or institution to undertake six months of research in Boston during 2023-2024.

Nation, World & Society / Social Work

Global practice

January 21, 2023

BC social work students are currently at work in locations including the Philippines, Uganda, Cambodia, and Lebanon, as well as in the U.S.

Nation, World & Society / International

Fellowships, grants aid BC students’ Middle East research

December 14, 2022

The region is a locus for exploring historical, political, and social issues—and support through BC and elsewhere enables students to go right to the source.

Nation, World & Society / Sociology

A four-day work week?

December 13, 2022

A pair of Boston College faculty members are involved in a landmark international study of this trend.

Campus & Community / Announcements

New major in Global Public Health and the Common Good

December 05, 2022

Highly competitive undergraduate program emphasizes both scientific and social dimensions of public health.

Faith & Religion / Ministry

The theology and practice of synodality

November 28, 2022

The School of Theology and Ministry’s Formación Continua course on building a synodal Church draws Catholics worldwide.

Art & Culture / Music

World premiere

November 23, 2022

Professor of Music Ralf Yusuf Gawlick’s new oratorio was the musical centerpiece of an international conference.

Nation, World & Society / International

Behind the protests in Iran

November 10, 2022

A Q&A with Associate Professor of the Practice Natana DeLong-Bas, past president of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies.

Nation, World & Society / International

"Paddies in Space: Irish Studies in the 24th Century"

November 07, 2022

Award-winning historian Guy Beiner will give his inaugural lecture as BC's Sullivan Millennium Professor of Irish Studies.

Science, Tech & Health / Earth, Environment & Sustainability

BC group headed to COP27

October 30, 2022

A delegation of faculty and students will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

Nation, World & Society / Education

BC's Lynch School hosts major global conferences

October 30, 2022

Events draw to campus deans of education from across the country and around the world.

Nation, World & Society / International

How to write a novel

October 29, 2022

Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Paul Murray will discuss his forthcoming book and thoughts on the creative process.

Nation, World & Society / Education

Online education for Afghan women

October 19, 2022

BC is among a handful of American universities offering graduate-level courses for young alumni of Asian University for Women.

Nation, World & Society / International

Remembering the Irish Civil War

October 15, 2022

The Irish Studies Program presents a lecture by Irish historian and author Síobhra Aiken.

Nation, World & Society / Social Work

Research, intervention approaches to help child refugees

October 04, 2022

BC School of Social Work Salem Professor in Global Practice Theresa S. Betancourt spoke at the launch of Trinity College Dublin's Centre for Forced Migration Studies.

Science, Tech & Health / Nursing & Healthcare