The Boston College Law School is hard at work preparing for the search for a new dean as it bids farewell to current dean John Garvey. According to the Law School’s Communications Director Nate Kenyon, “an interim dean will be appointed sometime this summer.” Moreover, “a search committee will be formed under the direction of [...]

Among Boston College’s most recent guests was acclaimed poet Kevin Young, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. Having received his Bachelor of the Arts from Harvard University, where he learned from poetic heavyweights Seamus Heaney and Lucie Brock-Broido, and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brown University, Young has certainly studied the art of writing extensively [...]

Recently, award-winning journalist Khaled Abu Toameh visited Devlin Hall to discuss the power of journalism that communicates only facts and truth. Toameh characterizes himself as both an Israeli-Arab citizen and a Palestinian. He has had 27 years of journalism experience and has been a producer and consultant for NBC News since 1989. Appearing in the [...]

Boston has always been recognized as a predominantly Democratic community. Influential Democrats at the forefront of Massachusetts’s politics in recent years include, but of course are not limited to, John F. Kennedy, Deval Patrick, and Martha Coakley. However, with the surprising election of Republican Scott Brown to the United States Senate seat previously occupied by [...]

Part of the Distinguished Lecturer in Mathematics series, Professor Benson Farb of the University of Chicago recently visited the Boston College campus to lecture on “Geometry and the Imagination”. In addition to being a celebrated mathematics professor, Farb has also written several books, including A Primer on Mapping Class Groups, Problems on Mapping Class Groups [...]

On February 22nd, acclaimed writer George Saunders visited Boston College to grant his audience “A Reading from his Work.” Among his most famous books are the story collections Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and the essay collection The Braindead Megaphone. Additionally, Saunders writes often for Harper’s, McSweeney’s, The Guardian, The New [...]

Recently, Professor Lewis Hyde visited the Boston College campus to discuss the benefits of public discourse and collective thinking in a lecture entitled “Freedom of Listening.” A poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic, Hyde has produced much insightful writing to be commended, including his famous book The Gift that was published in 1983. Deservedly, Professor [...]

On the evening of February 10th at 7:30, Maureen Foley, the author of the new novel The Book of Illumination: A Novel from the Ghost Files, was scheduled to visit the Boston College bookstore at McElroy Commons to converse about, read from, and sign her debut novel. Written jointly with Mary Ann Winkowski, the novel [...]

At the O’Neill Library, a display providing information about the past 200 years of Catholicism in Boston stole the glances of passersby at the beginning of February. Inspired by the book of essays Two Centuries of Faith: the Influence of Catholicism on Boston: 1808-2008, the exhibit aimed to evaluate the Catholic influences on Boston through [...]

Nancy Werlin, acclaimed  author of young adult books,  recently visited the Vanderslice  Cabaret room at Boston College  to discuss her published works,  experiences as an author, and  plan for future works. Guiding  the discussion were the voices of  “Conversations With” who conduct informal interviews with  “authors, illustrators, and educators.” According to Nancy, she had  wanted [...]