April 14, 2023

spectators cheering at the Boston Marathon

A meaningful 26.2

For more than 30 Eagles set to take on the grueling course, this year's Boston Marathon is much more than a race. Read on BC News >>

Montage of images from the polar plunge event

Freezin' for a reason

Boston College's inaugural Polar Plunge, spearheaded by BC Police, raised nearly $24,000 for Special Olympics Massachusetts. Read on BC News >>

BC BOOKMARKS

Richard Kearney

Salvage, the new novel by Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney, centers on the timeless tension between progress and tradition. Also, his scholarship is the focus of a recent book of essays with contributions from former graduate students. BC Bookmarks >>

Martha Bayles

In the Wall Street Journal,

Political Science faculty member Martha Bayles reviews Shadi Bartsch's Plato Goes to China, suggesting that the author does not fulfill the promises laid out in the book's opening pages. BC Bookmarks >>

Brian Robinette

In The Difference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation, Associate Professor of Theology Brian Robinette explores the idea of creation out of nothing as it applies to God and to questions of Christology, soteriology, and ecology. BC Bookmarks >>

MEDIA COMMENTARY

Red states, blue states, tight states, loose states

How do values and beliefs play into polarizing political biases? Research by Psychology Professor Liane Young and her former student Laura Niemi Ph.D.'15 is cited by a New York Times columnist, in a piece that includes comments from Assistant Professor Joshua Hartshorne.

Environmental racism

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies Lacee Satcher, who was a panelist for a discussion of environmental racism at the Boston Public Library this week, discussed the topic on WGBH Morning Edition.

"Juice jacking" threat

Federal officials have warned about a practice that allows hackers to access data on phones using some public power outlets or public charging stations. Woods College M.S. in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Director Kevin Powers comments for 7 News Boston.

BC News and resources

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OFF CAMPUS

Hopeful Despite Headwinds: Findings from the annual survey of college presidents conducted by Inside Higher Ed.

The Push for a 3-Year Bachelor’s Degree: At a recent event, representatives from a dozen colleges discussed three-year bachelor’s degree pilot programs: Inside Higher Ed.

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