The Heights

BC Has Now Closed Italy, South Korea, China Abroad Programs

Scott Baker • March 9, 2020

BC closed Italy and South Korea programs due to the coronavirus, citing government and CDC guidelines. Returning students are advised to self-quarantine.

Parma Study Abroad Canceled Due to Coronavirus

Scott Baker • February 28, 2020

OIP has closed the BC in Parma study abroad programs due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy. Twenty-seven students remain in different cities in Italy.

Dispatches from Abroad: Week 2

Mary Wilkie • February 9, 2020

Students, imagine this: the beating sun teaming up with choking humidity on the hottest of August days; hordes of young people with glow sticks on a lawn; organized events around a stage scheduled sporadically...

Moyer-Nocchi Serves Up a Taste of Culinary History

Megan Kelly • September 15, 2019

Food historian professor Karima Moyer-Nocchi provided an audience gathered in Gasson’s Fulton Room an overview of how pasta—once a staple of the Neapolitan poor—garnered an international reputation as the centerpiece of Italian identity.

Grendler Receives Award in Jesuit Studies

Celia Carbone • October 11, 2018

Paul F. Grendler received the George E. Ganss, S.J., Award in Jesuit Studies for his significant contributions to the field and delivered the keynote address at the fourth annual Feore Family Lecture Series.