Imagine this scenario:  You’re working as an engineer at a well-known manufacturing company that produces plastic materials.  These materials are used to make products ranging from office supplies to children’s toys.  The products have undergone extensive and rigorous testing, and shipments have been released to the market.  However, you discover a report stating that the [...]

A new company is teaming up with a popular social networking site to revolutionize the job and internship search process.  BranchOut uses the information on a member’s Facebook page– such as contacts, educational background, and work history– to facilitate professional networking.  The site allows users to create a profile that may be used to establish [...]

Mayor Thomas M. Menino addressed Boston College students yesterday to discuss issues of education, programming, and diversity among Boston-area youth.  The event, held in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Function Room, was sponsored by the Presidential Scholars Program of Boston College. Mayor Menino, the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, considers education a top priority, and [...]

Try to envision your life ten years from now.  What will you be doing?  Where will you be living?  For many undergraduate students, these questions are difficult to answer.  A simpler question might be the following:  Will you be happy? Hopefully, the answer to that question is ‘yes’.  Yet the saying “Money can’t buy happiness” [...]

Imagine yourself a few years from now, eagerly sinking into the plush desk chair of your corner office at the company of your dreams.   You’ve landed the job—but now what?  Well, in order to preserve your place in that office, it is essential that you master the basics of business etiquette. Etiquette in the workplace involves [...]

Recently, several representatives from global investment firm Goldman Sachs presented BC students with an educational workshop explaining the basics of hedge funds.  Appropriately entitled “Hedge Funds 101,” the program provided the aspiring business professionals in the audience with an opportunity to learn more about a field they are considering. The purpose of the workshop, as [...]

For the 76 million members of Generation Y, the workplace is on the brink of change.  The future of the business market lies in the hands of Generation Y, the twenty-something segment of the population distinguished by its technological sophistication and commitment to environmental consciousness.  Shaped by the advent of the internet, cell phones, and [...]

Boston College recently hosted a panel of prominent financial leaders in a discussion of the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The panel featured U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), FDIC chairman Sheila Bair, and Paul A. Volcker, head of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.  Held in Robsham Theater, the [...]

As many students consider how their liberal arts degree will serve them after they graduate from Boston College, a recent campus event provided them with one viable option.  “How to Succeed in Business With a Liberal Arts Degree,” the latest installment in the Professors and Pastries series, emphasized the skills which best prepare liberal arts [...]

Boston College biology professor Eric Strauss recently spoke to a gathering of graduate and professional students in the Fulton Honors Library, sharing his experiences and offering his thoughts on issues ranging from discovering one’s passion to the differences between science and religion. Strauss’s lecture was part of the Veritas et Vinum series, which is organized [...]