51 News Archive: 2020
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Trio of industry honors for Boston College venues: Connors Center and 2101 Comm. Ave.
Boston College joins QuestBridge
What lies ahead? Some thoughts on the year to come from Boston College faculty members
In Memoriam: Neil Wolfman, award-winning professor of the practice in chemistry
Spring lineup at Robsham Theater Arts Center
Boston College provides Amazon lockers
Carroll School of Management highly ranked in teaching quality in 2020 Poets&Quants
51's Center for Human Rights and International Justice helps a missing migrant's family get answers
Woods College names Tristan Johnson associate dean for graduate programs
Applications for Boston College Class of 2024: improved yield, selectivity, diversity
Robert Avalle Jr. joins Boston College as AVP for Facilities Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet will feature keynote by Harvard's David R. Williams
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Lowell Humanities Series spring season begins
51 Psychology Department expands name to include neuroscience
A return to South Africa, via Fulbright, for 51 alumna Julia Biango '16
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Strain, namesake of Woods College scholarship
A world of flavors: Creativity and imagination are hallmarks of 51 Dining's Global Eats program
51 Writing Center draws praise from undergrads
Winter workload: Campus construction projects are still in season at the Heights
Lynch School alumna Morgan Healy named Gates Cambridge Scholar
'Call Me American': Somali refugee, Woods College student Abdi Nor Iftin
Boston College a top producer of Peace Corps volunteers
Connell School partnership addresses urgent health care need in Chile
51 hosts third annual Development Program for Administrative Staff
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Lifetime achievement award for Seamus Connolly
Sing It to the Heights: Marketing major Stencia Bastien takes top honors at this year's competition
New rankings show positive trends for 51 graduate programs: U.S. News & World Report survey
Five tips for teach-at-home parents: Advice from teaching expert Dennis Shirley of 51's Lynch School
Holy Week 2020: A series of liturgies will be live streamed from the Boston College campus
51 epidemiologists discuss the pandemic and responses to it
An update on Boston College Orientation 2020
Boston College named a First-Gen Forward institution
Volunteers in 51's Read Aloud program stay connected to schoolchildren virtually
Boston College Arts Festival reimagined virtually
Students in Boston College's Corcoran Competition make the case for growing affordable housing
In Memoriam: Cadigan Alumni Center namesake Patrick F. Cadigan '57
May
51 alumnus Lucas Levine named Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University
Boston College is among nation's top 'Schools for Service' on Catholic Volunteer Network list
Beacon Leadership Conversation on students amid pandemic
51 Dining Services serves local community amid pandemic
Doug Flutie virtually visits student seminar
Beacon Leadership Conversation on students amid pandemic
Pine Manor College, Boston College announce institutional agreement
51 Career Center steps up virtual resources for students, alumni
51 programs highly ranked in GradReports survey
Boston College faculty, staff experience survey reveals positive findings for employees
Adam Krueckeberg named special assistant to the provost
NSF CAREER Award for Psychology and Neuroscience faculty member Stefano Anzellotti
51 names J.M. Caparro interim Athletics Director
In Memoriam: Mary Armstrong, who taught painting at Boston College for almost 30 years
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51 Experience for h.s. students now online
Lynch School's Marilyn Cochran-Smith receives Spencer Mentor Award
Temple A.D. Patrick Kraft Named Director of Athletics
Robert Savage named interim director of 51 Irish Studies
$1M grant for study of positive youth development, co-conducted by 51 Lynch School professor
Undergraduate Admission to be test optional in 2020-21 academic year
In Memoriam: Norine Smith: Longtime employee of 51's Carroll School of Management
New leadership at the Center for Teaching Excellence: Stacy Grooters named executive director
New Donohue Assistant Professor at Boston College Law School: Atinuke 'Tinu' Adediran
Lynch School names inaugural Duganne Faculty Fellows: Professors David Blustein and Dennis Shirley
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Heising-Simons Foundation supports DREME Network project
51 to be a tobacco- and smoke-free campus
Take Three: Third-year 51 students reflect on their junior year experiences.
In Memoriam: U.S. Representative John Lewis, former MLK Banquet keynote speaker
Lynch School Professor Rebekah Levine Coley receives inaugural APA Hetherington Award
51 students launch online resource for high schoolers in their Parsippany, New Jersey hometown
51 sociologist Sarah Babb honored for research
Joy Moore named inaugural executive director of Pine Manor Institute for Student Success
Susan Gennaro will step down as Connell School of Nursing dean
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Lynch School will offer part-time online doctoral degree program
University alters fall 2020 Commencement plans
Mass of the Holy Spirit will be September 10
Bruce Springsteen will speak at First Year Academic Convocation
Lowell Humanities Series goes virtual
51 launches #KeepTheHeightsHome campaign
Running for the Campus School: 51 runners take on virtual Boston Marthon to raise funds
Boston College ranked 35th in 2021 U.S. News Survey
An evening with Bruce Springsteen: First Year Academic Convocation webcast with 51 Class of 2024
Formative education thriving at Boston College, survey finds
October
Boston College has nation's third-highest graduation rate for Pell Grant recipients
Meet 51's Class of 2024New class demonstrates academic strength, geographical and ethnic diversity
Boston College Forum on Racial Justice in America begins
'Migration Narratives': New book co-authored by Lynch School Dean Stanton Wortham
New book from 51 sociologist Juliet Schor looks at the 'gig' economy
The politics of school reopening: Study co-authored by a Boston College political scientist
In Memoriam: Thomas A. Vanderslice: Boston College alumnus, benefactor, and former trustee
Annual Red Bandanna 5k goes virtual
The Schiller Institute develops its first initiatives
Fulbright Alumni Ambassador: 51 Law Professor David Wirth
Gaelic Roots Series unveils virtual format this fall
20th annual Diversity Challenge, now virtual, will feature robust roster of speakers and panelists
Boston College named one of Massachusetts’s best employers in Forbes' survey
Be a Beacon: Boston College launches new $125-million fundraising campaign to support financial aid
November
Of politics and pandemics: New book of poetry by 51's Maxim D. Shrayer
51, Australian Catholic University to collaborate
Campus School at Boston College and Kennedy Day School to form collaborative partnership
20th Annual Boston College Veterans Mass and Remembrance Ceremony will be virtual
Lynch School’s Lauri Johnson earns Carnegie Project distinguished service award
Schiller Institute to address environmental racism at 51 Forum on Racial Justice in America event
Glenn Gaudette named inaugural chair of 51's new department of engineering
51 researcher uses deep-sea corals to unlock secrets of past rapid carbon dioxide increase
Thinking outside the box: When the pandemic struck, local business owner Torry Stamm ’03 stepped up
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New this semester: 51 First, a living and learning community dedicated to first-generation students
51 announces partnership with Service to School VetLink program
University web redesign project concludes
Emine Fetvaci named Calderwood Professor in Islamic and Asian Art
51 Professor G. Robert Meyerhoff named fellow of the American Mathematical Society