From his perspective as a longtime observer of political discourse in the United States, Boston College Political Science Professor Peter Skerry believes that the toxicity and polarization in American ...

Alfred C. Yen is Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School. He is a nationally known scholar who has published numerous articles about copyright law, the Internet, ...

Patricia Smith, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, empowers communities to hold on tight to each other and nature. “The Awakening” hails from The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia ...

The Boston College Board of Trustees has named John T. “Jack” Butler, S.J., Haub Vice President for University Mission and Ministry, as Boston College’s 26th president. He will succeed University ...

Named the Fish Field House in recognition of a leadership gift from former BC Board of Trustees Chairman and current trustee associate and Board of Regents chairman John Fish, P’13, ’18, the ...

Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats, a new book by BC Assistant Professor of Political Science David Hopkins and Michigan State University political scientist ...

Despite significant ideological differences, President Ronald Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill offer a model of friendship in and through difference. As Rich Gorecki writes, such friendship ...

The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry will be named the Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry in honor of two of the University’s most loyal and generous ...

The Finance Department in the Carroll School of Management will be renamed the Seidner Department of Finance thanks to a major gift—the largest in the Carroll School’s history—from University Trustee ...

The neighbors didn’t know that Bill Cummings was a billionaire until news came that he was giving away his fortune. The builder and philanthropist came to BC in October to talk about real estate—and ...

On December 6, 2017, the Connell School community gathered in Gasson 100 to celebrate the standout achievements of Professor and Nurse Theorist Callista Roy, C.S.J.—who recently retired from Boston ...

Boston College’s new institute for integrated science, which will create a multi-disciplinary, collaborative research process to address critical societal issues in the areas of energy, health and the ...