Telling the World's Stories
For more than twenty years, the Jacques Salmanowitz Program for Moral Courage in Documentary Film at Ļć½¶Šć has sent fledgling filmmakers around the globe.Ģż
Campus Digest: Winter 2022
News and happenings from around Boston College.
Honoring the Fallen
On Veterans Day, First Lt. Thomas Redgate was recognized as the 211th name to be added to Boston Collegeās undulating stone Memorial Wall. Redgate was a Brighton resident and former Ļć½¶Šć student who went missing in action during combat in the Korean War seventy-one years ago. His remains were returned by North Korea in 2018 and eventually identified. āIt is an honor for us to memorialize Lt. Redgate from now on as someone who gave their life in service to our country,ā Jean Chisser, Ļć½¶Šćās associate director for Alumni Affinity Programs, said before the November 11 ceremony. Redgateās family attended the event, held on the Burns Library Lawn, which also included keynote remarks from retired United States Navy Rear Admiral Raymond Berube ā78.
Campus News
School of Theology and Ministry Dean Thomas D. Stegman, SJ, will step down from his position this June. The popular dean, who led the school to the upper echelons in global rankings, said his decision follows the advice of his medical team to attend to his health in his ongoing battle with glioblastoma. āTom has been an extraordinary leader,ā said Ļć½¶Šć Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley, "and leaves the school in a very strong position.ā
Last fall, Boston College admitted its inaugural cohort of Questbridge students. These 106 Class of 2025 students had an average SAT score of 1420 and an average ACT score of 33, putting them in the top-fifth percentile of applicants nationally. Questbridge is a nonprofit that helps high performing, low-income students to enroll at the countryās top institutions. Ļć½¶Šć was invited to join the organization last year.
The United States Global Research Program has tapped Ļć½¶Šć Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies Andrew Jorgenson to help write the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which will summarize the current state of science on global climate change. Jorgensonās contribution will focus on how human actions are impacting the environment.
Ļć½¶Šć History Professor Heather Cox Richardson received the Massachusetts Governorās Award in the Humanities last fall. Cox Richardson has written six books about American politics, is a national commentator, and authors the acclaimed daily newsletter āLetters from an American.ā She was commended at the virtual ceremony āfor helping millions of Americans understand the historical roots of recent social and political challenges.ā
With analytics and data becoming ever more prevalent in the business world, the Carroll School of Management is now requiring all students to learn coding. āThe process of coding is the process of problem solving and logic, and is an exercise in learning,ā said Andy Boynton, the John and Linda Powers Family Dean of the Carroll School.
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STUDENT CLUB SPOTLIGHT
Avid Listeners of Boston College
Established: 2015
Current members: 112
What it is: Originally founded by heavy metal fans looking to connect with fellow head-bangers, this club today is for admirers of all music genres. Members meet weekly to share and discuss their favorite songs and albums.
āI rarely feel cooler than when I share a song I heard in ALĻć½¶Šć with a friend who isnāt in it.ā
āMitch Collins ā23
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$10
MILLION
The gift that Boston College Trustee Marianne D. Short JD'76 gave to name the deanship of the Ļć½¶Šć Law School.
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3,294,468
The total number of volumes in Ļć½¶Šćās libraries, as of fiscal year 2020.
The Ļć½¶Šć Effect
Boston College recently hired a national, independent research firm to determine the Universityās economic and social impact. Hereās some of what the researchers found.
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