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BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Remains on Top

Angelina Li • March 21, 2024

For the second consecutive academic year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College, totaling 1,461 enrollees, according to the BC Fact Book—an annual release of University facts and figures compiled by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning.

BC Professor Receives Grant to Research Role of Gut Microbes in Type 1 Diabetes

Karyl Clifford • August 31, 2023

The Beatson Foundation awarded assistant professor of biology Emrah Altindis a two-year, $275,000 grant to support his lab’s research on how gut microbes affect Type 1 diabetes. The grant is only awarded to five U.S. research teams each year.

BC Biologists Develop Computer Model To Detect COVID-19 Strains

Eliza Hernandez • January 13, 2022

A computer model developed by Boston College biologists may alter the future of detecting COVID-19 strains by helping to discover new antibodies and cell mutations of the virus, according to Babak Momeni.

Lowery Helps Students Learn About Biology and Beyond

Simran Brar • February 18, 2018

“I love teaching students about biology. I love helping them to learn how to think critically...to see what we can accomplish and the power we have as individuals to change the world,” said Laura Anne Lowery, a biology professor at BC.