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Students choose Boston College because they want to seize opportunities and shape a college experience that will have meaning. Our academic approach combines intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual development. We challenge you to become a lifelong learner dedicated to the common good.

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Our leading faculty and scholars are dedicated to finding solutions to the world's most complex problems.

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Mike Barnett

Urban Science Education 

Michael Barnett

In Professor Michael Barnett's urban agriculture program, high school students hone their science skills, provide underserved populations with healthy alternatives, and reform local food systems. 

Patricia Doherty

Extreme Space Weather

Patricia Doherty

Institute for Scientific Research director Pat Doherty brought together 150 of the world’s leading scientists for a U.N./U.S. workshop to a develop an international policy to address space weather.

Liane Young

Morality Lab

Liane Young

How do we know right from wrong? Undergraduates work alongside Associate Professor of Psychology Liane Young to investigate the science behind decision-making in her Morality Lab.

Start at Shea

Start @ Shea

The student executive team of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship inspires and engages students to make their ideas happen.

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Companies launched by Boston College students or alumni in the past decade have garnered more than $100 million in venture backing.

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