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@bostoncollege.bsky.socialCongratulations to Peter Lynch '65 on winning the 2026 DeVos Family Prize for Leadership in Giving from the DeVos Family Foundation & @PhilanthropyRnd. The award honors charitable leaders who exemplify impact, innovation, and inspirational giving.
https://bit.ly/LynchAward
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialOnly 1 percent of the approximately 200,000 Division I athletes compete in multiple sports. Emily Mara is the only athlete playing women’s soccer and hockey.
Emma Healy '23 asks her how she does it in the @bostonglobe.com.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialOn Tuesday: Boston College Research Day will feature keynote remarks by Moungi Gabriel Bawendi, the 2023 Nobel laureate in chemistry, and Holden Thorp, @science.org's editor-in-chief.
Learn more & register ➡️ https://on.bc.edu/ResearchDay2026
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialIn @osvnews.bsky.social: Walter Mena, associate director for Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry Leadership in the Clough School, talks about the vocational journey that brought him from El Salvador to Boston College.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialCrista Martin, who brings nearly three decades of experience in providing essential services to college communities, is the new executive director of BC Auxiliary Services. She succeeds Patricia Bando, who retired after 22 years leading the division.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialHappy First Men's Hockey Game Day! 🏒🦅 📸: Lauren Kratsa ’28
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialBC launched "The Bridge Program," in which students will probe the world’s great ideas, problems, and opportunities in custom-designed courses and co-curricular experiences that incorporate the perspectives of the humanities, management, and the sciences.
https://on.bc.edu/BridgeProgram
@bostoncollege.bsky.social📺 @wcvb5.bsky.social covered BC's Prison Education Program's third graduation ceremony in which five incarcerated men graduated with BC degrees.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialWhat is moral theology, and where does it fit in our spiritual lives?
Clough School alumnus @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social asks these questions of James Keenan, @bctheology.bsky.social Professor and Vice Provost for Global Engagement, on “The Spiritual Life” podcast.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialThe BC men's soccer team announced the signing of 13-year-old Gabriel Harris through Team IMPACT. He will participate in many activities with the soccer team, including games, practices, and other team events, over the next two years.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialIn The Boston Pilot ➡️ Clough School Professor Fr. Richard Lennan spoke to priests, religious, and laypeople during a workshop entitled "Understanding Synodality" in September. https://bit.ly/Lennan_Pilot092526
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialArt Cut, commissioned by the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See to host a contemporary art exhibition on the theme of “Exercises in Empathy," is on display at @burnslibrary.bsky.social until Nov. 15. Learn more: bc.edu/artcut
https://youtube.com/shorts/7re_NLT6KrE
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialElias Omondi Opongo, S.J., a peace practitioner and scholar, is serving as Boston College’s Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., Professor and a visiting fellow at the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. https://on.bc.edu/EliasOpongo
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialThe three-day community event celebrating the Inauguration of John T. Butler, SJ, as Boston College's 26th president begins on Oct. 15.
The academic symposia, Inauguration Mass, readings & procession, and Inauguration ceremony will be live streamed. bc.edu/inauguration
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialThe @tlab-bc.bsky.social hosts a panel of distinguished scholars to examine formative education and what it means to support students’ intellectual, emotional, ethical, and spiritual development at a panel discussion on Thursday.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialNearly 93% of known plastic chemicals in commonly used products pose a high risk to human health, according to a new report. Biology Professor Philip Landrigan '63, M.D., who was not involved in the report, comments for @CNN.com.
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialA collaboration between BC's Career Center and the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning is helping faculty to strengthen the student-formation aspect of courses. https://on.bc.edu/CareerCDILCollab
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialAt a time of concern for the state of American democracy and constitutional government, celebrated historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Akhil Reed Amar delivered an optimistic message at the colloquium marking the Winston Center's 20th anniversary. https://on.bc.edu/WinstonCtr20thAnn
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialBoston College placed 31st in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 survey of national universities, a 5-point improvement over last year’s ranking. In addition, BC placed 24th in the new Top Private Colleges category and 12th in the new “Earnings by Major” metric. https://on.bc.edu/USNRanking27
@bostoncollege.bsky.socialClough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Hosffman Ospino provides insights into an increase in men, including Latinos, considering the priesthood for America.
