SHARE:  


View online

March 14, 2023

Gasson Hall at sunset
Boisi Center event

Pope Francis, Vatican II, and Synodality

A major conference at Boston College earlier this month, co-hosted by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, is believed to be the largest gathering of Catholic leadership at a college campus in the nation's history. Read on BC News >> | Bishops, theologians talk frankly about synodality at Boston College conference: National Catholic Reporter >> | The event not only discussed synodality, it displayed it: National Catholic Reporter >>

graphic of the word facts repeated under a magnifying glass

Renewing journalism, restoring democracy

BC's Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy hosts a major symposium this week, and launches a new student-led journal. Read on BC News >> | Keynote speaker Jamelle Bouie references his upcoming talk in his column for the New York Times >>

Peter Wilson in class

Wilson named to hall of fame

The late G. Peter Wilson, who held the Joseph L. Sweeney Chair at the Carroll School of Management and was one of the University's most beloved professors, has been named to the Accounting Hall of Fame. Read on BC News >>

Rocio Calvo

Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award


Rocío Calvo, founding director of the Latinx Leadership Initiative in the BC School of Social Work, is honored with an award that recognizes educators who have inspired their former students to achieve greatness. Read more >>

MEDIA COMMENTARY

Silicon Valley Bank collapse


Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law Patricia McCoy weighs in on the SVB failure and what's next for the banking industry: New York Times, The Hill, Marketplace Radio.

Patricia McCoy

Jobs and the Fed


As the Federal Reserve continues to fight inflation with interest rate hikes, increasing attention is being paid to the U.S. job market, which is seeing the lowest level of unemployment in more than 50 years. Economics' Brian Bethune comments for The Hill.

Brian Bethune

Fallout from cyber attacks


The Oakland ransomware attack involves personal data of current and former employees going back to 2010, according to city officials. Woods College M.S. in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Director Kevin Powers comments: KTVU News. | In the video podcast Cybersecurity Vault, he discusses the case of the Uber CISO convicted in relation to the ride-share's 2016 breach.

Kevin Powers

ALSO IN THE NEWS


BC News and resources


More on University happenings and events: BC News


Guidelines and tools for campus writers, editors, social media managers, and web administrators: University Communications website.

OFF CAMPUS


Biden’s Budget Calls for $820 Pell Increase: The administration also wants $90 billion over 10 years to make two years of community college free. Inside Higher Ed


Jaded With Education, More Americans Are Skipping College: Hundreds of thousands of Americans who came of age during the pandemic have opted not to go to college. AP


Stay connected
Facebook  Twitter  Instagram  Linkedin  Youtube