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Communication major Bailey Prete ’24 wins Sports Emmy for Paris Olympics broadcast

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 7h

Along with announcing the fall lineup, BC Theatre welcomed Pascale Florestal as the Rev. J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor in Theatre Arts for the year. She is a 4-time Elliot Norton Award-nominated director, educator, dramaturg, writer, and collaborator.
https://on.bc.edu/BCTheatreFall2025

Pascale Florestal wearing glasses and a denim jacket, sits in front of an auditorium with rows of seats in the background.

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 10h

Winning a Sports Emmy isn’t how most new graduates kick off their careers, but Bailey Prete ’24 collected one after contributing to a final NBC broadcast celebrating the totality of the 2024 Summer Games.
https://on.bc.edu/StartingStrong

Starting strong

The most important fact about Pope Leo XIV - The Boston Globe

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 1d

In the @bostonglobe.com ➡️ Clough School Professor Thomas Groome weighs in on how the Pope's devotion to Augustine may guide the current papacy.
https://bit.ly/Groome_BG092725

Leo’s lifetime devotion to the theologian, philosopher, and memoirist Augustine offers a window into his papacy.

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 1d

John J. “Jack” Neuhauser, who served as academic vice president & dean of faculties and the Carroll School Dean, died on September 30 at 82 years old.

A wake will be held on Wednesday, and a funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday at St. Ignatius.

In Memoriam: https://on.bc.edu/Neuhauser

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 1d

BC Physics Professor Qiong Ma has been named a 2025 Moore Inventor Fellow and been awarded—along with Professor Fazel Tafti—a $1 million research grant by the National Science Foundation.
https://on.bc.edu/PhysicistsAwards1025

Qiong Ma and Fazel Tafti standing in a laboratory filled with technical equipment, including computers and experimental devices.

What a government shutdown means for you: Boston College professor Marc Landy explains

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 2d

Professor of Political Science Marc Landy discusses the #GovernmentShutdown on @boston25news.com
https://bit.ly/Landy_Boston25100125

If Congress can’t pass spending bills, parts of the federal government stop — and that can mean delayed paychecks for hundreds of thousands, disruptions to services and a long political fight. W

The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 2d

Tiya Miles, the author of eight books, including four prize-winning histories about race and slavery in the American past, will speak at Wednesday's Lowell Humanities Series lecture.

More Information & Registration: https://on.bc.edu/TiyaMiles_LHS

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 2d

More students are studying across international borders, but where and what they learn is shifting.

Lynch School Emeritus Professor Hans de Wit and Professor Chris R. Glass comment in Nature.
https://go.nature.com/48KTirz

More students than ever are studying across international borders, but where and what they learn is shifting.

go.nature.com

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 2d

What is formative education, and why does it matter?

🎥 Lynch School Dean Stanton Wortham shares his vision for the Transformative Education Lab (@tlab-bc.bsky.social) and the future of whole-person learning.
https://youtu.be/53jVhii-hEo

Interview with Dean Wortham

YouTube video by Transformative Education Lab

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A mainstay of BC international education takes her leave

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 2d

When Adrienne Nussbaum started as an international student advisor was asked if she could make a two-year commitment.

38 years later, she leaves a legacy that includes helping international students call the Heights home.
https://on.bc.edu/AdrienneNussbaum

Adrienne Nussbaum to retire after nearly four decades

Calm Counsel BC Law School Magazine

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Obersheimer JD '10 is the Senior Counsel for the Litigation and Employment Practice Group at Dana Farber, after rising through the ranks. In 2024, he was named Association of Corporate Counsel's "Top 10 30-Somethings."
https://on.bc.edu/CalmCounsel

Obersheimer ’10 finds his calling.

Three generations of Orregos have worked at the Heights. <br>Now, a fourth is here—as a student.

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 4d

Three generations of Orregos have worked in BC Dining Services. Now, a fourth is here on campus—as a student.
https://on.bc.edu/AFamilyAffair

A family affair

How Boston’s Revolutionary Spirit Is Writing Its Next Chapter

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 5d

Sacramento is betting on tiny homes to address the city's homeless crisis. BC Law School Professor Lisa Alexander provides perspective to the @sacbee.com:
https://bit.ly/Alexander_SacBee092225

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 5d

The Institute for the Liberal Arts launches the "Flourishing Together" series with a keynote by Harvard's Robert Waldinger, an expert on what constitutes a meaningful life. There will be a BC faculty panel exploring loneliness & its remedies.

Register: https://on.bc.edu/FlourishTogetherLaunch25

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 5d

Sarah Kahn '03 has traversed the world as a travel writer, but notes that "Boston has always been a part of my life."

She returned to write about the evolution of Bostonians becoming more inclusive for Condé Nast Traveler.
https://bit.ly/BostonRevChapter_KahnCNT

Massachusetts’s capital is famed for its history, but many of the communities who built it have been excluded from the narrative.

‘The Making of an Educator’

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 5d

We've got hockey tonight 👏👏 Good luck to our Eagles opening the season vs. Quinnipiac in Kelley Rink! #WeAreBC 🦅

A crowd of spectators cheers at a hockey game inside a packed arena.

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 6d

Described as a “must-read for anyone working in or interested in education today,” 'The Making of an Educator' by Lynch School Research Professor Andy Hargreaves charts the first 15 years of his career as a teacher, researcher, and school collaborator.
https://on.bc.edu/MakingEducator_BCB

Described as a “must-read for anyone working in or interested in education today,” the latest book from Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development Research Professor…

A Professor Explores What Makes the In-Person Classroom So Valuable

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 6d

In 'What Can I Get Out of This?,' English Professor Carlo Rotella invites readers into the minds of a group of skeptical first-year students who are ultimately transformed by a required literature class.

He discusses the book with The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://bit.ly/Rotella_CHE092525

Carlo Rotella’s new book examines the craft of teaching and learning.

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 6d

Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J., MDiv. '84, urged School of Social Work students to embrace ‘radical kinship’ in their work during a Q&A at the school; he was on campus in September to speak at First year Convocation. https://on.bc.edu/FrBoyleSSW

Gregory Boyle, SJ, giving a speech, with a quote about going to the margins to create kinship, set against a stained glass background.

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 7d

Dominique Williams '28 participated in Pitt's Mobilization and Political Economy REU, an NSF-funded program that provides research training, mentorship, and grad school preparation.

She writes about her experience in Schiller Institute's 'The Scoop': https://on.bc.edu/DWilliams_TheScoop

Group of six people smiling and posing in front of a University of Pittsburgh banner inside a building with a decorative floor.

The life of Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Rawls, the author of the classic children’s book Where the Red Fern Grows, is the subject of a new nonfiction picture book written by Boston College graduat…

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 7d

The life of Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Rawls, the author of the classic children’s book 'Where the Red Fern Grows,' is the subject of a new nonfiction picture book by alumna Lisa Rogers.
https://on.bc.edu/WoodysWords_BCB

‘Woody’s Words’

Boston College Law School Magazine | The Price Paid by Americans

Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 7d

Richard Cordray, former Ohio attorney general and the inaugural director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, visited BC Law to discuss the history and uncertain future of the CFPB.
https://on.bc.edu/PriceAmericans_BCLM

How courts could save constitutional democracy.