May 24, 2022
Boston College banners at Commencement in Alumni Stadium
Greek Prime Minister at podium
A call to save democracy
Speaking at Boston College's 146th Commencement, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave members of the Class of 2022 an urgent assignment for their post-BC lives. Read on BC News >> | Sampling of national and international media coverage: Boston Globe; AP via Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Independent (U.K.); The National Herald (U.S.); eKathimerini ("The Daily," Athens)
The 2022 honorary degree recipients in academic regalia
Honorary degree recipients
The University presented honorary degrees to five distinguished individuals at Commencement. Read the degree citations >>
Jenna Mu receives Finnegan Award at Commencement
A life-changing experience
Jenna Mu of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences and Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program received BC's highest Commencement honor, the Edward H. Finnegan, S.J. Award. Read about her and the other award finalists >>
Montage of Commencement photos of graduates
Portfolio
See photos from Commencement 2022 on BC Facebook >>
Heather Cox Richardson
BC professor of history elected to AAAS
Heather Cox Richardson, a leading national commentator on American history and politics, joins the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read on BC News >>
BC BOOKMARKS
James Smith
James Smith
A new collection of interdisciplinary essays, co-edited by Associate Professor of English and Irish Studies James Smith, REDRESS: Ireland’s Institutions and Transitional Justice, seeks to answer the question of how will Ireland remedy its legacy of institutional abuse. BC Bookmarks >>
Thomas Stegman SJ
Thomas Stegman, S.J.
Texts Less Traveled: Exploring Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation, the latest book by New Testament scholar and BC STM Dean Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., highlights some of the key New Testament passages that are rarely the subject of Sunday homilies. BC Bookmarks >>
Matt Sienkiewicz
Matt Sienkiewicz
That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them, co-authored by Communication Associate Professor Matt Sienkiewicz and cited by media outlets from New York Magazine to Politico, argues that it a mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. BC Bookmarks >>
MEDIA COMMENTARY
"Lock the door behind you"
Professor Ann Burgess and Steven Constantine of the Connell School of Nursing, authors of the book Killer by Design, are among experts interviewed regarding the case of convicted serial killer Henry Wallace on ABC 20/20.
Ann Burgess
Interest rates leading ARMs race
Rising interest rates is fueling demand for adjustable-rate mortgages, which can lead to lower monthly payments, but carry some risk. Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law Patricia McCoy comments for Marketplace Morning Report.
Social media regulation
Removal of social content during the shooting in Buffalo tests a Texas law prohibiting Big Tech from taking down content it doesn't like, writes BC Law Professor Daniel Lyons in an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News.
Daniel Lyons
Trader Joe's union
Employees are seeking to unionize at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in western Massachusetts. Carroll School Professor of Business Law Christine O'Brien comments: Associated Press.
Christine Neylon O'Brien
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